Senior Software Engineer – Cloud Orchestration

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer – Cloud Orchestration to lead the design and development of highly scalable, resilient, and secure cloud architectures for our mining technology solutions. This role is key to ensuring orchestration, automation, and optimization of our cloud-based AI, IoT, and data processing workloads.

• Architect and develop cloud-native orchestration frameworks for managing large-scale AI, IoT, and industrial applications.
• Design and implement Kubernetes-based infrastructure with service mesh (Istio, Linkerd) for scalability and security.
• Lead the integration of edge computing and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) to enable real-time data processing and decision-making.
• Develop high-performance microservices architectures using event-driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, MQTT).
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) strategies with Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi.
• Ensure high availability and disaster recovery for mission-critical mining applications.
• Optimize resource allocation and cost efficiency using AI-driven cloud orchestration techniques.
• Work closely with AI, networking, and data engineering teams to ensure seamless deployment and scalability.
• Define best practices for security, compliance, and observability (IAM, Zero Trust, SRE principles).
• Drive CI/CD automation, improving deployment cycles and system reliability.
  
   

• 10+ years of experience in cloud software engineering, distributed systems, and cloud orchestration.
• Expertise in Kubernetes (K8s), Docker, and container orchestration in hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
• Strong programming experience in Golang, Python, or Rust for cloud-native development.
• Deep knowledge of serverless computing (Lambda, Knative), service mesh (Istio, Consul), and edge computing frameworks.
• Experience with real-time streaming data processing frameworks (Apache Flink, Spark Streaming, or TensorFlow Serving).
• Familiarity with 5G, TSN (Time-Sensitive Networking), and IoT networking protocols.
• Proven experience in multi-cloud security, authentication (OAuth, JWT, OpenID Connect), and compliance (ISO 27001, IEC 62443).
• Strong knowledge of DevOps and SRE principles, including CI/CD pipelines (GitOps, ArgoCD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in industrial automation, mining, or telecom environments.
• Knowledge of AI model deployment, optimization, and inference at scale.
• Experience with hybrid cloud and edge computing strategies.
• Understanding of decentralized orchestration frameworks is a plus.

Soft Skills:

• Strong problem-solving mindset and ability to tackle complex distributed systems challenges.
• Effective collaboration across AI, networking, DevOps, and product teams.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to mentor junior engineers.

Come create the technology that helps the world act together

Nokia is committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. Your career here will have a positive impact on people’s lives and will help us build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable, and inclusive world.
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What we offer
 
Nokia offers continuous learning opportunities, well-being programs to support you mentally and physically, opportunities to join and get supported by employee resource groups, mentoring programs and highly diverse teams with an inclusive culture where people thrive and are empowered.

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• One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere
• Gender-Equality Index by Bloomberg
• Workplace Pride Global Benchmark

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We are committed to a culture of inclusion built upon our core value of respect.

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