Jr. Systems Engineer

The team you will be a part of

The candidate in this role will be required to work with Nokia R&D members (CTO, other IMS products systems engineers/architects, product owners, software engineers) as well as product line managers (PLMs) and customer support teams to define, design and deliver SBC product capabilities for both telecom and enterprise markets.
 **Due to NSA requirements this role will not be offering sponsorship.  Candidates must be US Citizens or green card holders.

**Relocation will not be offered for this position.

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE AND WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

What you will learn and contribute to

• Definition of Nokia SBC product requirements to respond to new market and customer needs
• 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
   

KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Qualifications

You have:

• Bachelor’s degree with a graduation date within the past 12 months is the minimum required.  Candidates with degrees in computer science and/or telecom will be more relevant. Master’s degree and internship experience in related areas is a plus.
• At least 4-5 years of professional experience including system/solutions engineering in the 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
• Good knowledge of IMS architecture and SBC applicable use cases
• Good knowledge of VoIP and VoLTE architecture, entities, and use cases
• 3GPP and IETF standards knowledge applicable to SBC signaling & media services and networking
• Experience and knowledge related to signaling plane: SIP, H.248, Diameter, Lawful Interception (X1/X2), security aspects and protocols
• Experience and knowledge related to media plane: H.248, MSRP(S), (S)RTP, RTCP, (D)TLS, DTMF,  transcoding (audio, fax, video) including TrFO, MOS
• Knowledge of generic OAM interfaces
• English as a working language
   

It would be nice if you also had:

• Previous experience as a Nokia intern or co-op
• Understanding of cloud, cloud-native principles, microservices
• Understanding of system performance, capacity, and overload control aspects