Core Ims Specialist

**Come create the technology that helps the world act together**

Nokia 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 work.

**The team you'll be part of**

As Nokia's growth engine, we create value for communication service providers and enterprise customers by leading the transition to cloud-native software and as-a-service delivery models. Our inclusive team of dreamers, doers and disruptors push the limits from impossible to possible.

**What you will learn and contribute to**

Are you passionate about solving problems?
As part of our team, you will:
CORE IMS Engineer
- Serving as an interface between the remote Nokia team and Customer.
- Providing oversight and coordination of the Nokia responsibilities.
- Being the primary Nokia interface to the Customer operations team.
- Providing a periodic Nokia activity report.
- Ensuring that connectivity is established between the Customer facility and the Nokia NOC.
- Providing practical OTJ training and mentoring on operating the defined CNE:

- Learning by Hearing.
- Learning by Watching.
- Learning by Doing.
- Participating with Customer in the diagnosis and remediation of network issues that involve defined CNE.
- Drawing up a defect sheet, establishing a report, and updating the logbook for the system location before the end of the service.
- Conveying Nokia recommendations to Customer concerning tuning of the management mechanism(s).
- Providing advice for the cloud operations related decision making for in scope network elements.
- Assisting Customer O & M staff to carry out tasks and activities related to day-to-day Operations at NOC and
- Adhering to Customer environmental & safety regulations while on premises.

**Your skills and experience**

You have:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
- 9+ years of work experience in related field
- Extensive experience providing end - to - end support with Nokia's solutions
- In - depth knowledge and experience working with CBIS Open stack Cloud, Cloud Orchestration, VMware, OpenStack IMS VNFs (including Application Server, CSCFS, MRF, and ENUM), SBC, and CS Core Nodes (MSS / MGW).
- IMS core nodes (such as CBIS, TAS, CFX, MRF, ENUM, and SBC), CS core nodes (MSS, MGW, and HLR), Open Stack Cloud, and VMware.
- Leading a team to manage service, customer handling, project transition to GDC (Global Delivery Center) and stabilization, onsite customer support, and configuration / fault management of IMS core nodes.
- Experience with installation, commissioning, and integration of MSS, MGW, and GMSC.
- Experience with pre-launch testing and RA testing, in - roamer, POI configuration with other operators, CDR verification, and validation (AT).
- Expertise with the following proprietary tools and frameworks:

- Nokia ' s IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Core products
- Nokia ' s IMS CFX
- Nokia ' s CloudBand Infrastructure Software (CBIS)
- Nokia ' s Session Border Controller (SBC)

**What we offer**

Nokia offers flexible and hybrid working schemes, 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.

Company Culture: We believe our people are our greatest asset and we aim to foster a fun, challenging, positive, and inclusive work environment. We offer 1-on-1 mentorship, learning and development opportunities, global impact and interaction, and flexible work/life balance.

**Nokia is committed to inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer**

Nokia 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
- LGBT+ equality & best place to work by HRC Foundation

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.