Junior NPI and Network Design Engineer - EMEA
The team you'll be part of:
The 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, WiFi 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.
Type
Vacancy
Master
Computer Science Engineering, Electrical Engineering
Sector
Telecom
Location
Antwerp
City
Antwerp - hybrid
Benefits
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, SDN and NFV product portfolio.
Help with the technical Pre-Sales, Post-Sales, Engineering and Professional Service support for the IP Routing, NFV and SDN 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.
Occasionally you help with problem-solve customer support requests when an issue appears to be network design related, working closely with the engineering teams to resolve issues.
Act as support in defining and specifying High and Low-Level network design solutions.
Act as support in solution testing and implementation during pre-sales phase. You will prepare and deliver design proposals with support of IP and Solution architects.
Support our customers by developing, reviewing and/or validating scripts, keeping a library of use & reference cases, etc.
Support 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 IP Routing product management teams.
Wanted Profile
You have/are:
Located in Belgium - no relocation offered for this position A Master 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 with related networking concepts and technologies that are complementing the Nokia IP Solutions. Academic knowledge on the concepts of Virtualization, Containerization, SDN & NFV concepts and related technologies. Passionate about the aspects of defining an architecture, design of a solution, build, deploy, troubleshooting & fault-finding of our customer networks and solutions.
It would be nice if you also had/are:
Enthusiast about designing and configuring Network Systems and Management Applications, SDN and NFV products & related technologies. Understanding of IP/MPLS concepts, related technologies and protocols. Experience in 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