Lab It Compute Architect / Solution Designer

Nokia Global; Portugal; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Nokia is seeking a Lab IT Compute Architect / Solution Designer in Portugal to lead IT services for laboratories, including networks, compute resources and security. You will design end-to-end IT service offerings, including private/public cloud and SDN, and drive architecture, configuration and performance improvements.

You will engage with IT and business stakeholders, document designs, and ensure operational readiness from design to day-2 operations across global environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or engineering degree in Telecommunications/Information Technology/Computer Science or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Understand Nokia IT and Business requirements and strategy for Laboratories and special environments.

Skills

Enterprise Compute

Private cloud

Datacenter design

Network design

Linux virtualization

ITIL processes

Security knowledge

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications/IT/CS

Tools

OpenStack

VMware

OpenShift

Proxmox

Job description

Description

Lab IT Compute Architect / Solution Designer is responsible and accountable for IT services in Laboratories, including but not limited to Lab networks, compute resources and security services. Solution Designer handles the full cycle of Service offerings, from collecting requirements to day 2 operations – Architecture, technical concept and design, configuration, functionalities, processes, standardization and performance. This is a global position to support Nokia ongoing Digitalization and AI journey.

Responsibilities

• Understands Nokia IT and Business requirements and strategy for Laboratories and special environments.
• Understand security controls and policies. Network and Compute hardening best practices and standards
• Engage with IT and Business stakeholders on requirements reviews and solutioning
• Desing and customize IT Service offerings for Laboratories. Services like private/ public cloud and SDN (Software Defined Networks), ensuring high Performance, security and flexibility
• Define Processes and Operational Procedures for services in her/his area of responsibility
• Perform implementations (new deployments or changes), implementation reviews or acceptance to ensure design compliance and gap mitigation.
• Document solution design for various projects and deployment scenarios
• Support analysis of critical incidents and Identify design related gaps that caused the incident to define preventive actions
• Drive automation and optimization of Laboratory IT Infrastructure Services

Qualifications

• Bachelors’ degree or engineering degree in Telecommunications/Information Technology/Computer Science or equivalent
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Minimum of 5+ years’ experience in Enterprise Compute solutions, Private cloud, Datacenter or Network design and deployment, 3+ year experience architecting and integrating private cloud solutions or datacenter virtualization
• Knowledge in switching, routing and security
• Strong knowledge in Linux OSes and virtualization platforms (Openstack, VMware, Openshift , Proxmox, etc.).
• Deep Understanding of ITIL processes
• Experience in handling large enterprise datacenter environment
• Knowledge of datacenter design and deployment

It would be nice if you also had:

• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience in automation and orchestration
• Experience in coding as scripting

Additional Knowledge

• knowledge about Nokia Service Routers and Nokia SR Linux products
• knowledge about Fortinet and Palo Alto Firewalls
• Knowledge of standard Network infra protocols such as OSPF, BGP, QoS, VRRP, VxLAN etc.

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