Job ID: 800630 Job Type: Permanent Experience: 5 – 7 Years Work Location: Chennai, India
Role Overview:
The Solution Specialist / Senior Solution Engineer will proactively plan and execute advanced technical activities that require deep knowledge across multiple domains or system levels. This role involves designing and implementing customer-specific solution architectures, supporting bid processes, and ensuring successful technical delivery of Core Network and SDM (Subscriber Data Management) solutions. The ideal candidate will act as a technical authority, capable of guiding both internal and customer teams through complex solution designs and implementations in the Telecom Core Network (2G/3G/4G/5G, IMS, SDM) domain.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop detailed customer solution architectures and perform technical risk evaluations.
- Own the technical aspects of bid preparation, including architecture design, effort estimation, scope definition, and BoM creation.
- Lead technical implementation during delivery and verify or adapt solutions throughout the realization phase.
- Align customer requirements with Nokia and 3rd-party product capabilities, ensuring architectural integrity.
- Design and execute integration operations and performance solutions for customer projects.
- Participate in customer discussions to gather and refine technical requirements.
- Create Low-Level Designs (LLDs) and implementation plans.
- Support troubleshooting of call flows (2G/3G/4G/5G/IMS/VoLTE) and solution deployments.
- Engage in automation initiatives using scripting tools (Shell, Python, PERL, Ansible).
- Travel up to 50% for project deployments and customer engagements.
Technical Skills Required:
- Strong knowledge of GSM, UMTS, LTE, IMS Networks, and Call Flows.
- Expertise in Core Network Elements: SDL, HLR, HSS, IMS Node, OneNDS, MNP, EIR.
- Experience in SDM Solution Integration and Subscriber Database Migrations (HLR/HSS/EIR/MNP).
- Hands-on experience with CNF, Cloud Virtualization, and VNF Deployments.
- Experience with HP hardware, Juniper switches, and server room setup (rack, power, cabling).
- Familiarity with network configuration (routers/switches) and firmware management.
- Strong command of Unix/Linux environments.
- Experience in network troubleshooting (Wireshark or similar tools).
- Understanding of IP Networking and Telecom Security principles.
- Experience with VMware or OpenStack virtualization.
- Knowledge of microservices, SOA, and CI/CD architectures.
- Exposure to Cloudband Application Manager (CBAM) and Nokia Container Services (NCS) is a plus.
Behavioral & Personal Attributes:
- Strong communication and customer interaction skills.
- Ability to work as both an individual contributor and collaborative team player.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Capable of managing high-impact customer engagements with minimal supervision.
- Willingness to travel (domestic/international) up to 50% of the time.
Mandatory Skills:
- Microservices Architecture
- SOA and Microservices-Based Architecture
- 4G/5G
- CI/CD Architecture
- SDM
- Cloudband Application Manager (CBAM)
- Telecom – Nokia Container Services (NCS)
- Telecom Architecture
- Telecom Security
- Telecom Solution Deployment