System QA & Automation Lead
Nokia · Posted Oct 26
Mobile and fixed network infrastructure, IP routing, cloud, and telecommunications technology services
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About the role
The role sits within Nokia's Core Management System team, focused on software validation and test automation for cloud-native, microservices-based telecommunications platforms. The team drives functional and non-functional quality across distributed systems, leveraging modern automation and AI-assisted engineering. This individual contributor lead will define end-to-end testing strategies, architect scalable test and automation frameworks, and drive system validation across the solution.
What you will do
- Design and drive product-level testing strategies that align with both technical requirements and business objectives.
- Architect scalable test platforms and automation frameworks for cloud-native, microservices-based systems, with a focus on efficiency, reliability, and maintainability.
- Translate complex customer, product, and system requirements into comprehensive test strategies, detailed test designs, and executable test plans.
- Lead software subsystem integration and end-to-end system validation activities to ensure seamless functionality, performance, and quality across the solution.
- Identify, analyze, and address testing gaps, quality risks, support issues, and performance bottlenecks throughout the development and validation lifecycle.
- Collaborate closely with customers, product management, architecture, and engineering teams to ensure testing priorities are aligned with overall product strategy and delivery goals.
- Act as a subject matter expert in quality engineering, mentoring teams on modern testing methodologies, driving resolution of critical customer escalations, and championing continuous improvement through advanced automation and AI/agentic testing frameworks within agile environments.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Engineering Degree with 12+ years of experience in software testing, quality engineering, and test automation.
- Strong expertise in test architecture and quality assurance for cloud-native, microservices-based, highly scalable distributed systems.
- Proficiency in Python, Go, and/or C++ for automation development, with hands-on experience in Linux environments and modern cloud-native technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Envoy, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps toolchains.
- Demonstrated experience in designing, implementing, and executing test strategies for highly scalable, resilient, and reliable systems, supported by strong debugging, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis skills. Solid understanding of database testing, observability frameworks, monitoring systems, and telemetry-driven validation practices.
- Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams, deliver high-quality outcomes in fast-paced agile environments, and communicate effectively with technical and business stakeholders.
- Hands-on experience leveraging Agentic AI and AI-assisted engineering tools to enhance testing effectiveness, automation coverage, development productivity, and overall engineering efficiency.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience in NMS/EMS testing, including interoperability and observability testing, with validation of databases, gRPC-based services, APIs, and open-source integrations.
- Experience in the Core Network Signaling domain (4G/5G mobile core networks)
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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