FN RDE Leader

Nokia; Thiruporur; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Nokia is seeking a Technology Leader to drive remote delivery of Fixed Access networks, xPON, CPEs, and cloud-integrated infrastructures. You will lead architecture, deployment, validation, and lifecycle management while ensuring delivery excellence for multinational customers.

You will mentor a global engineering team and collaborate with Sales, Pre-Sales, Product Management, and customer stakeholders to drive strategic growth and successful outcomes.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree in Telecommunications or related field.
• Proven leadership of large, distributed engineering teams.
• Experience with fixed access, SDAN, and cloud-native networks.
• Strong customer engagement and executive communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end remote delivery of Fixed Access networks and cloud-native platforms.
• Own architecture, design, deployment, migration, and lifecycle of Fixed Access networks.
• Provide technical leadership for cloud-integrated infrastructures (cINF).
• Drive customer engagements from definition to deployment and acceptance.
• Mentor globally distributed engineering teams and align with roadmaps.
• Promote network automation, SDN, and telemetry-driven operations.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud infrastructure

SDN

Network automation

Python

Kubernetes

OpenStack

Customer engagement

Strategic communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering/Telecommunications

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenStack

VMware

APIs

Job description

Job Description

The Technology Leader will work closely with customers, project delivery teams, product line management, pre-sales organizations, business development teams, and global customer engineering organizations to drive successful delivery of Fixed access network, SDN and other Cloud native applications. The role is responsible for leading and scaling a high-performance Remote Delivery Engineering organization focused on Fiber Access xPON network, CPEs and cloud-integrated network infrastructures. The individual will provide technical leadership across architecture, design, validation, deployment, optimization, and lifecycle management of customer networks while ensuring delivery excellence and superior customer experience. The candidate will lead a team of highly skilled engineers covering solution architecture, technical delivery, network design, interoperability validation, automation, customer acceptance, and technical consultancy across Nokia's Fixed Networks portfolio and cloud-native infrastructure environments.

How You Will Contribute And What You Will Learn

• Lead end-to-end remote delivery of Fixed Access Network, xPON, CPEs, Mesh, SDAN and Managed in – home connectivity solutions.


• Own architecture, design, deployment, migration, and lifecycle management of Fixed Access networks.


• Provide technical leadership for cloud-integrated network infrastructures (cINF) supporting network modernization and cloud transformation initiatives.


• Lead customer engagements from solution definition through deployment and operational acceptance.


• Build, mentor, and develop globally distributed engineering teams.


• Partner with Sales, Pre-Sales, Product Management, and Customer stakeholders to drive strategic growth opportunities.


• Act as a trusted technical advisor to executive and senior customer stakeholders.


• Drive adoption of network automation, SDN-based Access architectures, cloud-native operational models, and AI-driven network assurance.


• Ensure first-time-right delivery with high-quality engineering outputs and technical governance.


• Establish best practices, reusable delivery frameworks, engineering standards, and solution blueprints.


• Drive risk management, technical escalation management, and continuous improvement initiatives.


• Align customer solutions with Nokia product roadmaps and future technology evolution.

Key Skills And Experience

Fixed Networks

• xPON, FTTx CPEs, Mesh, Access Points and Cloud native management platform


• PON for Data Centre, Mission Critical networks


• Wi‑Fi Controller for in‑home experience


• Carrier‑grade Access transport architectures and resiliency frameworks


• Nokia Fixed Access product portfolio (ISAM FX, LS, MF, CPEs, Altiplano and Corteca solutions)

Cloud Infrastructure (cINF)

• Cloud Infrastructure platforms supporting telecom workloads


• Kubernetes, OpenStack, VMware, and cloud-native environments


• Infrastructure virtualization and containerized deployments


• Network cloud integration and automation frameworks

Automation & Software Defined Networking

• SDN-controlled Access networks


• Network automation and orchestration framework p


• Python, Ansible, APIs, and model‑driven networking


• Telemetry, analytics, and closed‑loop assurance

Leadership & Customer Skills

• Strong customer engagement and executive relationship management.


• Proven ability to influence customer technology strategy and investment decisions.


• Demonstrated leadership in managing large, geographically distributed engineering organizations.


• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills.


• Strong commercial acumen with ability to support business growth and opportunity development.


• Strategic thinker with excellent problem‑solving and decision‑making capabilities

Experience

• 20+ years of experience in Telecommunications, Fixed Access Networks, or Network Infrastructure domains.


• 10+ years leading engineering, architecture, or delivery organizations.


• Proven experience in large-scale Fixed Access, SDAN and Wi‑Fi Management solution deployments.


• Experience managing global customer engagements and remote delivery organizations.


• Strong understanding of service provider, hyperscaler, enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Science, or related discipline.


• Demonstrated expertise in Access Transport, cINF, and Network Automation technologies.


• Industry certifications in relevant telecom technologies is a plus.