Nokia Project Technical Lead 

India 

398496750

Join our team as a Transport Network Engineer, where you’ll work on building and maintaining large-scale optical transport systems. You’ll be involved in network commissioning, troubleshooting, and supporting NPI activities, while contributing to project planning, documentation, and technical coordination across multi-domain environments.

• Deploy, configure, and support large-scale optical networks (DWDM & OTN), spanning long-haul, metro, and data center interconnects.
• Design and maintain Engineering Design Packages for metro, regional, and long-haul optical systems.
• Perform network turn-up, integration, testing, commissioning, and maintenance activities, ensuring design validation and operational readiness.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex network build and operational issues using advanced tools like OTDR, CD/PMD analyzers, and BERT.
• Lead and execute customer-facing activities such as demos, PoCs, field trials, and New Product Introduction (NPI) validations.
• Create, review, and approve Methods of Procedures (MOPs) and develop comprehensive system support documentation.
• Provide technical expertise to field teams and deliver internal training on new technologies and solutions.
• Contribute to network design and project management for hardware deployments, upgrades, and migrations, ensuring best practices are followed across transport domains.

You Have:

• Hands-on experience with DWDM & OTN network deployment, integration, and troubleshooting.
• Proficiency with optical test tools such as OTDR, Power Meters, CD/PMD Analyzers, and BERT.
• Deep understanding of transport technologies: GMPLS (L0/L1), ASON, SDH, Ethernet, MPLS-TP.
• Experience in creating and maintaining engineering documentation and Methods of Procedure (MOPs).
• Proven ability to lead network commissioning, maintenance, and NPI (New Product Introduction) activities.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional and field teams.

It Would Be Nice If You Also Had:

• Experience with1830 PSS platforms (e.g., PSS-4/16/32, PSS-36/64, PSS-8/16II).
• Familiarity with Flexgrid, CDC architectures, and Raman amplification,

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