Principal System Architect
Nokia · Posted Nov 6
Mobile and fixed network infrastructure, IP routing, cloud, and telecommunications technology services
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About the role
Nokia's R&D team works on WaveSuite, a Network Management and Control Systems product for optical and transport networks, supported by a team of more than 400 software developers and testers along with optical and telecommunications domain experts. The role of Principal System Architect sits at the forefront of this R&D effort, owning system architecture and end-to-end solution design for key features. The architect leads cross-functional technical initiatives, derives requirements from Sales, PLM and customers, defines interfaces across NMS/EMS/network elements, and mentors engineers and architects across multiple Scrum teams.
What you will do
- Seeking highly skilled R&D architect and systems engineer to contribute to analysis and specifications of features and components of our Network Management and Control Systems (WaveSuite).
- Working in a team of Optical and Telecommunications domain experts supporting a team of >400 SW developers and testers
- Working in an agile Scrum setup for SW development
- Customer focused mindset, adaptable and ability to drive engagement and collaboration with key Services Practices and Business partners
- Deriving product and R&D requirements from feature requests discussed with Sales and PLM teams as well as with customers and communicate them to the R&D teams
- System architecture ownership
- End-to-end solution design
- Requirements analysis and decomposition
- Feature specification and SRD creation
- Cross-functional technical leadership
- Customer requirement analysis
- Technical decision making and trade-off analysis
- Interface definition across NMS/EMS/network elements
- Review and approval of designs and specifications
- Technical leadership across multiple Scrum teams
- Mentoring engineers and architects
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Telecommunications/Electrical engineering or Computer Science with >10y or Experience in the TelCo domain
- Requirements Engineering: You can define and refine both functional and non-functional requirements to ensure clear product goals.
- Translate complex technical insights into clear, actionable business requirements for internal teams and stakeholders
- Experience in SW and System Architecture and Systems Engineering
- Experience with AI DLC, agentic AI harnesses as well as automation projects
- Optical Networking: You have deep knowledge on L0/L1/L2 networks and and ideally some experience on how to operate and manage transport networks
- Guide and engage with cross-functional teams, ensuring high-quality and timely solution delivery
- Restful API definition: knowledge on OpenAPI, gRPC and general API best practices (like TAPI, OpenConfig)
- Systems Thinking & Detail Orientation: You can see the big picture and pay attention to the details, ensuring complex systems are built with precision and reliability.
- Communication & Leadership: You are an excellent communicator, able to deliver presentations and detailed specifications. You are fluent in English and have a collaborative approach
- Standardization: You should be able to follow up with and contribute to standardization (ONF, MEF, TMF, IETF)
- Kubernetes/Containerization: You deeply understand container technology and Kubernetes, including building API extensions to manage complex applications.
- Distributed Systems: You have 10+ years of experience architecting and scaling resilient, high-performance distributed systems, ideally in observability or data-driven products.
- Cloud-Native & DevOps: You have a foundation in cloud-native and DevOps practices, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, system reliability, root cause analysis, and performance optimization.
- Cloud Engineering: You have cloud engineering skills with experience deploying in both on-prem and public cloud environments.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Nokia
Nokia Corporation is a multinational telecommunications, information technology, and network equipment provider that delivers critical infrastructure solutions across mobile, fixed, and cloud networks. Known for its historical roots and ongoing global presence in connectivity, the company enables advanced network automation, AI-optimized data center infrastructure, and 5G/6G technology for communications service providers and enterprises worldwide.
- Industry
- Telecommunications
- Company size
- 78005 employees
- Founded
- 1865-05-12
- Location
- Espoo, Finland
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Technology and AI Officer
President of Network Infrastructure
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