
Nokia
Senior System Architect
RoleSolutions Architect
LevelSenior
LocationIndia
WorkOn-site
TypeFull-time
Posted3 months ago
About the role
Senior System Architect performs targeted research to solve problems and support hardware, software, and system development. They provide techno-economic consulting and apply expertise to improve products, processes, and customer-specific features. SWA includes defining requirements, translating use cases into technical models, developing and testing software (e.g., drivers, microcode, firmware), and maintaining Software Configuration Management (SCM) and build/integration infrastructure.
You have:
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a related field, with 10+ years of experience in architecting software, IT, or telecom solutions.
- Skilled in Java/J2EE, Linux, DBMS, web technologies, cloud/virtualization, Micro services, Kubernetes, containers, SDN, and data analytics.
- Experience in Tools & Frameworks like Kafka, Prometheus, Grafana and Istio
- Experience in Distributed Data Processing Systems like Hadoop, Spark, HBase, HDFS
- Expertise of next-generation management and control-plane protocols like Net Conf/YANG, IPFIX, gRPC
- Proven experience in defining architectures and delivering those solutions to the market.
- Prior design experience in network management products. Able to quickly prototype and validate design approaches.
Nice-to-have:
- Intent based networking, Tuning and ability to optimize Scale and Performance aspects scaling to millions of subscribers.
- Ability to interpret standards from a practical point of view, understanding customer deployment aspects and helping to resolve critical customer aspects from an architecture standpoint.
- Expertise in software engineering practices like DevOps, Agile, CI, test automation, microservices, and XaaS models.
NIFN2026
- Define the Altiplano architecture and design, contributing to the BU’s innovation strategy.
- Maintain awareness of industry trends in management solutions and software engineering to identify suitable technologies for adoption.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to implement the architecture and design across domain controller components.
- Mentor and coach distributed engineering teams to ensure efficient design, high performance, and high-quality output.
- Lead internal process improvements and software engineering innovations to achieve best-in-class practices.
- Foster and strengthen the innovation mindset within the group.
- Contribute to multi-domain management solutions and cross-BG workgroups to align on common technologies and best practices.
- Drive innovation processes and customer collaborations to support product and solution evolution.
Required skills
Java
Kubernetes
Linux
Kafka
Spark
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