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Senior SBC System Engineer / IMS Architect

NOKIA
$105,488-$195,906 Plus eligible for Incentives/variable pay.
life insurance, paid time off, tuition assistance
United States
Mar 19, 2025
Nokia Cloud and Network Services, IP Telephony Applications R&D team is seeking for SBC Systems Engineer / IMS Architect to address growing business needs of Nokia Session Border Controller (SBC) product. The SBC is supported on Virtualized Network Function (including RMS) and Containerized Network Function platforms. Therefore, we require a Senior SBC System Engineer / IMS Architect to join our R&D organization. The candidate(s) 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. 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 Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is minimum required. Candidates 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, video) including TrFO, MOS, DSP English as working language It would be nice if you also had: 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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