Product Architect

Join Nokias Autonomous Networks engineering team to architect the next generation of Core Network Management platforms that help telecom operators predict failures, accelerate troubleshooting and reduce MTTR. As a Product Architect, youll shape scalable, resilient and AI-powered cloud-native solutions leveraging 4G/5G, OAM/FCAPS, Kubernetes/OpenShift, microservices, Golang, Kafka, OpenTelemetry, ClickHouse, VictoriaMetrics, React, AI/ML and Agentic AI. Partner with customers, Product Management and engineering leaders to solve complex distributed-system challenges, drive architectural vision and build intelligent, future-ready telecom solutions that power the networks of tomorrow.

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE AND WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• Define and drive the architectural vision, roadmap, and technology strategy for the cloud-native observability platform supporting 4G/5G Core Networks.
• Architect scalable, resilient, secure, and highly available solutions leveraging cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, architecture patterns, and platform capabilities, and provide data-driven recommendations to guide technology adoption and investment decisions.
• Lead architecture reviews and critical design decisions, ensuring alignment with business objectives, product strategy, operational requirements, and long-term platform evolution.
• Drive innovation in observability, OAM/FCAPS, analytics, and operational automation to improve network visibility, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Solve complex system-level challenges across application, platform, and infrastructure layers, including performance, scalability, reliability, and production deployments.
• Partner with Product Management, Customers, Operations, and Engineering teams to translate business requirements into future-ready solutions and successful customer outcomes.
• Mentor engineering teams, establish architectural governance and best practices, and drive technical excellence through design reviews, technology leadership, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

You have:

• Engineering degree or equivalent with 15+ years of experience in telecom, cloud-native platforms and large-scale production environments.
• Cloud-Native & Distributed Architecture: Deep expertise in Kubernetes (CRDs, Operators, Controllers), OpenShift, microservices, distributed systems and platform engineering.
• Telecom & Network Management: Strong expertise in OAM/FCAPS, 4G/5G Core Networks, Network Functions, SNMP and 3GPP standards, with experience architecting telecom management and observability platforms.
• Data & Streaming Architecture: Hands-on expertise in high-scale data ingestion, ETL, event-driven/streaming and analytics architectures using Kafka, ClickHouse, VictoriaMetrics, MariaDB and Data Lakes.
• Observability & Intelligent Operations: Strong knowledge of OpenTelemetry, OTLP, OpAMP, PromQL/VMQL, metrics, logs, traces, correlation, automated RCA, anomaly detection and operational analytics.
• Carrier-Grade Engineering & DevSecOps: Experience designing highly available, scalable, resilient, secure and multi-tenant platforms, with expertise in CI/CD, automation, IaC, Kubernetes operations and cloud-native security.

Nice to have:

• Technology Leadership & Innovation: Experience driving technology strategy, architecture governance, platform evolution and AI/Agentic AI adoption, while partnering with customers, product, engineering and executive stakeholders and enabling teams through architectural guidance.