United States (Remote)
Position: Network Engineer Expert Co-op
Number of Position(s): 1
Duration: 3 Months+
Date: September 2 – December 19, 2025
Location: On-site or Virtual (in the US)
The team you'll be part of
You'll be a part of Nokia's global Cloud & Network Services Virtual Lab Services team.
Our team deploys and maintains over 700+ cloud nodes globally for use by Nokia’s R&D community. We provide several different types of cloud platforms, including Kubernetes and OpenStack platforms. Our diverse team installs, maintains, and supports our global R&D users. We develop best practices to share our knowledge and automated tools to assist in maintenance and advanced services. We’re constantly exploring new technologies to expand our service offerings.
Education Recommendations
Currently a candidate for a bachelor’s, master's degree, or diploma in Computer Science, Computer Systems Engineering, or a related field with an accredited school in the US.
HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE AND WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
As part of our team, you will contribute to:
- Supporting network equipment, including routers, proxy servers, switches, DNS, and DHCP
- Implement new network solutions and/or improve the efficiency of current networks
- Help maintain our infrastructure, including dual-stack network design and management, dynamic routing protocols, load balancing
- Implement Firewall rules
- Work with Nokia Cloud platforms
KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Proficiency in Cisco IOS 7+, Dell networking, Omni, Nuage, 77xx, switches, and routers
- Experience with IPAM solutions
- Strong knowledge of Software Defined Networking (SDN)
- Solid sysadmin skillset
- Knowledge of Ansible scripting
It would be nice if you also had:
- Familiarity with Red Hat OpenShift (preferred) or VMware
- Experience in Kubernetes application deployment
- Knowledge of GCP (preferred) or other Public Cloud platforms
- Experience with GitLab, Jenkins, Artifactory, and API/script development
About Us
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.
We challenge ourselves to create an inclusive way of working where we are open to new ideas, empowered to take risks and fearless to bring our authentic selves to work
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.
Nokia is committed to inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer
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
At Nokia, we act inclusively and respect the uniqueness of people. Nokia’s employment decisions are made regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. We are committed to a culture of inclusion built upon our core value of respect.
Join us and be part of a company where you will feel included and empowered to succeed.
Additional Information
US/Canada Nokia Offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes but is not limited to:
- Corporate Retirement Savings Plan
- Health and dental benefits
- Short-term disability, and long-term disability
- Life insurance, and AD&D – Company paid 2x base pay
- Optional or Supplemental life and AD&D insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
- Paid time off for holidays and Vacation
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Tuition Assistance Plan
- Adoption assistance
- Employee Assistance Program/Work Life Resource Program
The above benefits exclude students.
Disclaimer for US/Canada
Nokia Maintains broad annual base salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience and market conditions, and with consideration to internal peer equity.(Check the salary ranges in the job info section for this role)
All North America job posts will post for a minimum of 7 calendar days and up to 180 days or until candidate/s identified.
About the Team
As Nokia's growth engine, we create value for communication service providers and enterprise customers by leading the transition to cloud-native software and as-a-service delivery models. Our inclusive team of dreamers, doers and disruptors push the limits from impossible to possible.
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Job Info
- Job Category Corporate Services
- Posting Date 05/12/2025, 01:03 PM
- Locations 2000 W Lucent Lane, Naperville, Illinois, 60563-1443, US (Remote)
- Apply Before 07/21/2025, 12:00 AM
- Degree Level Bachelor’s Degree
- Job Schedule Full time
- Role Type Individual contributor
- US/Canada Salary Range $19.40 – $35.55 USD per hour
- Job Identification 20685
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