Design & Planning Specialist

Family Description

Customer Services (CS) covers customer service in different areas such as technical support, account support, operations, maintenance, network design / deployment / integration / transformation, and education. Generates revenue and the increase of customer satisfaction through planning, designing, deploying, integrating, optimising, operating, and maintaining phases.

Subfamily Description

NW Design & Optimisation (NWD) comprises the planning and / or managing the planning of communications networks for customers. Covers consultation of customers on communication network performance. Contains optimisation and / or managing of the optimisation of customer networks. Covers the execution of end-to-end design-related activities (address surveys, site surveys, design and as-built) for deployment projects.

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE AND WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

As part of our team, you will

• Consult and provide overall engineering support.
• Work with other team members on an end-to-end solution definition and design. Consult with customer on end-to-end solution architecture.
• Defines Interworking between layers and technologies, Root cause Analysis.
• Technical documentation generation for process standardization & implementation of network elements.
• Analysis & High-Level Design involving Solution Definition, Requirements Development, Architecture and High Level Design
• System Development Detailed Design involving Interface specifications, Design of Migration Methods of Procedure (MoPs), Failure Mode Analysis, Detailed capacity guidelines, and Performance analysis.
• System Element Development involving System Element requirements specification, implementation, and acceptance of Nokia and 3rd party supplied System Elements
• System Integration & Verification involving planning, design, and execution.
• Network Deployment Detailed Design involving developing configuration templates for software, hardware configuration templates, IP addressing, VLAN, Capacity, and QoS plans.
• Network Element Integration including customizing documentation, performing software updates, establishing and validating connectivity to network and element management system, testing alarms, timing and synchronization, redundancy, call flows, services, and any customer/country specific tests necessary to get customer acceptance and sign off.
• Network Integration involving multiple Network Element Integrations
• Migration Execution and Legacy Exit involving planning, execution, and management of migration activities including decommissioning obsolete equipment.
• IT Integration including OSS integration with element management systems and customization for provisioning and fault management systems.
• APC Stack and Intent Development involving design and implementation of APC templates and Intents for provisioning services on the network element.
• Provide support to pre-sales team during RFI/RFQ phase.
  

Impact

Impact is short-term and usually departmental/project in scope. Accountable for quality, accuracy and efficiency of own and/or team achievements. Actions and errors can have program, project, functional impact.

Scope & Contribution

Individual Contributor: Performs and/or coordinates day-to-day activities to meet departmental/project objectives. Carries out root/cause analysis in more complex problems. Can develop and implement recommendations. Managerial/Supervisory: Direct supervisory responsibilities for people. Typically first level (and lowest level) of solid line management. Carries out variety of complex activities according to plan within broader area of responsibility, analyses problems. Decision-making typically according to established solutions.

Innovation

Accepts responsibility for and demonstrates support for delegated decisions. Requires minimum supervision. Uses non standard approaches to resolving issues. Suggests improvements and seeks opportunities for innovation. Demonstrates initiative & adaptability to changing business environments. Is willing to take on new roles or jobs appropriate to skill set in different environments and/or locations.

Communication

Works to influence others to accept job function's view/practices and agree/accept new concepts, practices, and approaches. Requires ability to communicate with functional leadership regarding team & technical matters. May conduct briefings with senior leaders within the job function. May at times be required to negotiate regarding operational issues.Has cross-cultural knowledge and global mindset

Knowledge & Experience

Knowledge & Experience

Your skills and experience

• Knowledge of Access Technologies (GPON, XGS, 25G)
• Knowledge of SDAN / NETCONF / YANG
• Knowledge of Nokia EMS solutions (AMS, Altiplano)
• Knowledge of Layer 2/Layer 3 IP protocols
• Test Automation (robot framework, python).
• A degree in engineering or technical field and at least 8 years work experience.
  
  

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

• Corporate Retirement Savings Plan
• Health and dental benefits
• Short-term disability, and long-term disability
• Life insurance, and AD&D - Company paid 2x base pay
• Optional or Supplemental life and AD&D insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Paid time off for holidays and Vacation
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Tuition Assistance Plan
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Assistance Program/Work Life Resource Program