Sol. Architect - SW Supply Chain (Entitlement Management and/or PKI)

Role & responsibilities

• Supply Chain SW & MAKE team at Nokia plays a crucial role in providing IT solutions for Software Supply Chain and Manufacturing across all Business Groups. With a focus on solving problems and addressing the needs of our clients, we work towards developing effective solutions that optimize Software Supply Chain and Manufacturing functions. 

• In this Solution Architect role, you will be part of a multinational team that creates the future Software Supply Chain Platform, focusing on EMS (Entitlement Management Solution) introduction and development of PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) solutions. You will have the opportunity to work closely with a highly experienced team and gain a lot of learning opportunities while planning and implementing EMS and PKI solutions.

• Propose, define, and implement solutions that best fit the business problems/needs, ensuring thorough analysis and planning.
• Take responsibility for creating feature, architectural, and solution documentation.
• Act as a guardian of planning software platforms, ensuring they remain standard and do not become overly customized.
• Challenge solution proposals from Software Vendors and System Integrators to ensure simplicity, usability, and cost efficiency for the business.
• Set up and facilitate System Integration tests, coordinate user acceptance tests (UAT), and perform data validation with key users during system deployments.
• Participate in defining the scope of releases to maximize business impact across the E2E Supply Chain Planning Process, considering change management implications.

Preferred candidate profile

Required Skills:

• Bachelors or Master degree in information technology, computer science, or equivalent qualification with 4 years of work experience in the supply chain management domain.
• Experience in Software Supply Chain, Entitlement Management and/or Public Key Infrastructure solutions.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of SAP solutions incl. SAP4 Hana / ECC6
• Cloud, SaaS, Mobile concepts, architectures, and standard deployment models.
• Capability to validate system solutions, design and present proposals from process, change, business, and technical viewpoints
• Experience evaluating the change management impact of a proposed solution.
• Ability to understand the process and solution architecture of E2E (end-to-end) across multiple technologies.
• Experience in DevOps and applying Agile and waterfall methodologies.
• Ability to assess cost, quality, and speed trade-offs in defining a solution
• Ability to work autonomously in an international context