Technical Lead – PaCo

Job Description

Join us as a Technical Lead in the PaCo domain, driving end-to-end implementation and support of Nokia’s Packet Core solutions for Communication Service Providers (CSPs) and Enterprise customers. You'll lead deployments, upgrades, operations, and global NPIs, while ensuring stability through defect analysis across Core SaaS, NCES, and WING.

Be part of a high-performing Software Development (R&D) team within CNS, focused on delivering cutting-edge software and enabling customers to capitalize on 5G opportunities through innovation and agility.

How You Will Contribute And What You Will Learn

• Lead end-to-end solutioning, design, deployment, configuration, integration, testing, and upgrades of Packet Core products independently.
• Drive introduction, implementation, and operation of solutions in customer networks, including deployment of new products and cross-product solutions.
• Extend maintenance support with timely issue resolution, collaborating with stakeholders for structured problem solving.
• Support focused 4LS and NPI activities to ensure first-time-right deployments and fast field issue response.
• Prepare and maintain project documentation, including MOPs, incident RCAs, and reports.
• Enable services teams through knowledge sharing and support on solution implementation, including capacity planning and hardware sizing.
  
  

Key Skills And Experience

You have:

• 12+ years of experience in engineering or services roles within the Packet Core domain along with a Bachelor of Engineering or equivalent degree.
• Prior experience with Nokia CMM (MME, AMF), CMG (S/PGW-C, S/PGW-U, SMF, UPF), and NRD (NRF) solutions.
• Strong understanding of GSM, UMTS, LTE, IMS, and 5G networks, including protocols and call flows.
• Experience with VNF/CNF deployments using Helm over platforms like NCP, AWS, or Google Cloud.
• Proficient in scripting and automation using Shell, PERL, Python, Ansible, with the ability to code in Python, Bash, or Golang.
  
  

It would be nice if you also had:

• Quickly learnt new programming languages and tools used in automation workflows.
• Been an influencing communicator with strong customer-facing, interpersonal, and collaboration skills.
• Thrived in a fast-paced, execution-driven environment with a strong focus on teamwork and results.
  
  

About Us

Come create the technology that helps the world act together

Nokia is committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. Your career here will have a positive impact on people’s lives and will help us build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable, and inclusive world.

We challenge ourselves to create an inclusive way of working where we are open to new ideas, empowered to take risks and fearless to bring our authentic selves to work

What we offer

Nokia offers continuous learning opportunities, well-being programs to support you mentally and physically, opportunities to join and get supported by employee resource groups, mentoring programs and highly diverse teams with an inclusive culture where people thrive and are empowered.

Nokia is committed to inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer

Nokia has received the following recognitions for its commitment to inclusion & equality:

• One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere
• Gender-Equality Index by Bloomberg
• Workplace Pride Global Benchmark
  
  

At Nokia, we act inclusively and respect the uniqueness of people. Nokia’s employment decisions are made regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

We are committed to a culture of inclusion built upon our core value of respect.

Join us and be part of a company where you will feel included and empowered to succeed.

About The Team

As Nokia's growth engine, we create value for communication service providers and enterprise customers by leading the transition to cloud-native software and as-a-service delivery models. Our inclusive team of dreamers, doers and disruptors push the limits from impossible to possible.