AI Summary
Join Nokia's R&D organization as a Senior SBC System Engineer / IMS Architect to define, design, and deliver SBC product capabilities tailored for telecom and enterprise markets.
Key Highlights
Collaborate with Nokia R&D stakeholders to define SBC product and/or IMS solution level requirements
Cooperate with Product Manager, Product Architect, Systems Engineers, Solution architects, CTO and Development Teams
Support design, implementation, test, sales and maintenance of product with relevant teams
Technical Skills Required
Benefits & Perks
Flexible working arrangements
Health and well-being support
Private medical care for you and your family
Life insurance
Mental health programs
Employee resource groups
Minimum of 90 days of Maternity and Paternity Leave
Meal and lifestyle perks
Lunch Pass (monthly meal subsidy)
Nokia Social Fund (sport card, cinema tickets, loans)
Volunteering – two paid days per year for community or charitable activities
Career growth & mobility
Technical career path
Job rotation
Domestic relocation support
Continuous learning
Mentorship programs
Digital learning platforms and tools
Annual bonus
Pension scheme (PPE)
Car benefit
Job Description
Job Description
We are seeking a Senior SBC System Engineer / IMS Architect to join our R&D organization.
In this role, the selected candidate(s) will collaborate closely with Nokia R&D stakeholders—including the CTO, systems engineers and architects from other IMS products, product owners, and software engineers—as well as product line managers (PLMs) and customer support teams. The primary focus will be to define, design, and deliver SBC product capabilities tailored for both telecom and enterprise markets.
How You Will Contribute And What You Will Learn
- Definition of SBC product and/or IMS solution level requirements to respond to new market needs, with primary focus on Session Border Controller (signaling plane or media plane).
- Cooperation with Product Manager, Product Architect, Systems Engineers, Solution architects, CTO and Development Teams on defining product roadmap, feature / requirements definitions and backlog prioritization.
- Identification of product gaps and weaknesses toward standards & competition, addressing them into enhancements/ roadmap.
- Supporting design, implementation, test, sales and maintenance of product with the relevant teams.
- Documenting and presenting product capabilities internally and externally (documentation/ publications and presentations).
- Cross-sharing technology & product knowledge among various project team members.
- Representing Nokia R&D internally and externally.
You Have:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is minimum required. Candidate´s with degree in computer science and / or telecom will be more relevant. Master’s degree is a plus.
- At least 8-10 years of professional experience including system / solutions engineering in IMS domain.
- Previous experience in software design, software development and/or testing in an R&D or similar organization.
- Good knowledge of Session Border Controller product(s) (control plane and media plane), their functions, components, interfaces.
- In-depth knowledge of IMS architecture and SBC applicable use cases.
- In-depth knowledge in VoIP and VoLTE architecture, entities, use cases.
- 3GPP and IETF standards knowledge applicable to SBC signaling & media services and networking.
- Experience and strong knowledge related to signaling plane: SIP, H.248, Lawful Interception, Diameter, HTTP(S), SIPREC, IPsec, TLS.
- Experience and strong knowledge related to media plane: H.248, MSRP(S), (S)RTP, RTCP, UDPTL, DTLS, TLS, DTMF, SIGTRAN, transcoding (audio, fax, video) including TrFO, MOS, DSP
- Experience and strong knowledge related to OAM interfaces (CM, FM, PM): HTTP(S), SSH, (S)FTP, SNMP, NETCONF, RESTCONF.
- Good understanding of cloud, cloud native principles, microservices.
- Good knowledge of system performance, capacity and overload control aspects.
- Experience with Kubernetes, Openshift, AWS, Azure, Openstack, VMware clouds, Software Defined Networking.
- Data analytics skills, understanding of Machine Learning technologies & methods would be a plus.
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About The Team
Some of our benefits in Poland :
- Flexible working arrangements to support work–life balance
- Health and well-being support – private medical care for you and your family, life insurance, mental health programs, and employee resource groups
- A minimum of 90 days of Maternity and Paternity Leave based on eligibility
- Meal and lifestyle perks – Lunch Pass (monthly meal subsidy), Nokia Social Fund (sport card, cinema tickets, loans)
- Volunteering – two paid days per year for community or charitable activities
- Career growth & mobility – technical career path, job rotation, and domestic relocation support
- Continuous learning – mentorship programs, digital learning platforms and tools
- Annual bonus – based on individual and company performance
- Pension scheme (PPE) – available after 36 months of continuous employment
- Car benefit – the eligibility for a company car is based on employee’s job grade