Lab IT Network Architect / Solution Designer is responsible and accountable for IT services in Laboratories, including but not limited to Lab networks, compute resources and security services. Solution Designer handles the full cycle of Service offerings, from collecting requirements to day 2 operations – Architecture, technical concept and design, configuration, functionalities, processes, standardization and performance. This is a global position to support Nokia ongoing Digitalization and AI journey.
Responsibilities• Understands Nokia IT and Business requirements and strategy for Laboratories and special environments.
• Understand security controls and policies. Network and Compute hardening best practices and standards
• Engage with IT and Business stakeholders on requirements reviews and solutioning
• Desing and customize IT Service offerings for Laboratories. Services like SDN (Software Defined Networks), Private Clouds, ensuring high Performance, security and flexibility
• Define Processes and Operational Procedures for services in her/his area of responsibility
• Perform implementations (new deployments or changes), implementation reviews or acceptance to ensure design compliance and gap mitigation.
• Document solution design for various projects and deployment scenarios
• Support analysis of critical incidents and Identify design related gaps that caused the incident to define preventive actions
• Drive automation and optimization of Laboratory IT Infrastructure Services
• Bachelors’ degree or engineering degree in Telecommunications/Information Technology/Computer Science or equivalent
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Minimum of 8+ years’ experience in Network, Datacenter or Private cloud design and deployment, 3+ year experience architecting and integrating solutions for datacenter network and virtualization
• Strong Knowledge in switching, routing and security
• Strong knowledge in Linux OSes and virtualization platforms (Openstack, VMware, Openshift , Proxmox, etc.).
• Deep Understanding of ITIL processes
• Experience in handling large enterprise network environment
• Experience in datacenter design and deployment
It would be nice if you also had:
• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience in automation and orchestration
• Experience with Nokia Service Routers and Nokia SR Linux products
• Experience with Fortinet and Palo Alto Firewalls
• Knowledge of standard Network infra protocols such as OSPF, BGP, QoS, VRRP, VxLAN etc.
• Good understanding on other network protocols like DHCP, DNS, IPsec,TLS etc.
• Experience in IPv6 deployment.
Nokia is a global leader in connectivity for the AI era. With expertise across fixed, mobile and transport networks, powered by the innovation of Nokia Bell Labs, we’re advancing connectivity to secure a brighter world.
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