Junior NPI and Network Design Engineer – EMEA

Job title:

Junior NPI and Network Design Engineer – EMEA

Company:

Nokia

Job description

Job Category: Customer ServicesDegree Level: Master’s DegreeJob Description:You will provide technical expertise in Software Defined Networks (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) solutions, supporting Demos, Proof-of-Concepts, Trials, Workshops, and Post-Sales activities for Nokia’s IP Routing, SDN, and NFV product portfolio across the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East, Africa). You will work closely with Pre-Sales, Post-Sales, Engineering, and Professional Service teams, capturing customer requirements, defining use cases, and converting them into test cases and plans, while staging and demonstrating solutions to convince customers of Nokia’s technical capabilities.
Additionally, you will assist with network design, troubleshooting, solution testing, and delivering technical presentations and workshops, ensuring that customer support requests are resolved efficiently, and customer requirements are communicated to product management teams.Our TeamThe pandemic has highlighted how important telecoms networks are to society. Nokia’s Network Infrastructure group is at the heart of a revolution to bring more and faster network capacity to people worldwide through our ambition, innovation, and technical expertise.We are an international team of more than 45 Engineers located across 8 different countries, all working at EMEA level (Europe, Middle East and Africa). We are active in a growing and challenging business which is in constant evolution. We are in contact with R&D teams, Project/Program and Technical Managers, Consulting Engineers and Business Development teams, Local Account teams and Regional Customer Engineering & Support teams.We are introducing, via Demos, Workshops, Proof of Concepts and Trials, the new IP Routing products and features which we incorporate into our solutions like Triple-Play, Multi-Services Edge, Core, Mobile Backhauling, Wi-Fi Offload, Nuage/SDN & NFV & NSP together with their respective Network Management systems, to our customers in the EMEA Region. Network Design for the above Technologies, Products and Solutions also belong to our set of responsibilities. By means of regular workshops, we have a Knowledge Creation & Transfer responsibility towards all teams we are interacting with. Finally, with our Automation / DevOps environment and engineers we are developing Automatic Test Systems for Nokia’s Cloud Products and Solutions.Responsibilities:As part of our team, you will:

• Provide technical skills and expertise for handling Demos, Proof-of-Concepts, Trials, Workshops and/or Post-Sales activities, in the area of Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization solutions, all based on the Nokia IP Routing, Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization product portfolio.
• Assist with the technical Pre-Sales, Post-Sales, Engineering and Professional Service support for the Internet Protocol Routing, Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks product portfolio in the EMEA region.
• Help capture customer requirements, define relevant Use Cases and work out a corresponding list of required features & capabilities, and convert Use Case/Features into Test Cases/Test Plans.
• Validate Use Case(s) by staging and demonstrating them in Nokia labs and/or customer site(s). You help convince the customers’ technical representatives that Nokia can provide them with the best technical solution.
• Provide occasional support in diagnosing and resolving customer support requests involving network design, in close collaboration with engineering teams.
• Act as support in defining and specifying High and Low-Level network design solutions.
• Assist in solution testing and implementation during pre-sales phase. You will prepare and deliver design proposals with support of Internet Protocols and Solution architects.
• Support our customers by developing, reviewing and/or validating scripts, keeping a library of use & reference cases and more.
• Help the delivery of technical presentations and workshops to our internal and external customers.
• Work with multiple points of contact, mainly (technical) project managers, to ensure support requests are solved in a timely manner.
• Report customer requirements to the Internet Protocol Routing product management teams.

Qualifications:You have/are:

• Located in Belgium – no relocation offered for this position
• A Master’s degree in Engineering
• Fluent in English – written and verbal communication
• Motivated to acquire detailed knowledge and hands-on experience of the Nokia IP Network Infrastructure Products, together with becoming knowledgeable about related networking concepts and technologies that complement the Nokia Internet Protocol Solutions.
• Academic knowledge of the concepts of Virtualization, Containerization, Software Defined Networks & Network Function Virtualization concepts and related technologies.
• Passionate about defining an architecture, designing a solution, building, deploying, troubleshooting & fault-finding of our customer’s networks and solutions.

It would be nice if you also had/are:

• Enthusiast in designing and configuring Network Systems and Management Applications, Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization products & related technologies.
• Understanding of Internet Protocol/Multi-Protocol Label Switching concepts, related technologies and protocols.
• Experience of scripting in both networking and virtualized environments.
• Knowledge of Linux/Unix shell and datacenter networking
• An analytical problem solver
• Like to give presentations
• Eager to learn and to grow in the role, willing to invest in continuous learning

About Us:Come create the technology that helps the world act togetherNokia 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 workWhat we offerNokia 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 employerNokia 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.

Expected salary

Location

Belgique

Job date

Wed, 28 May 2025 01:31:06 GMT

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