Nokia’s Network Infrastructure group is at the heart of a revolution to bring more and faster network capacity to people worldwide through our ambition, innovation, and technical expertise.Network Infrastructure, includes IP Routing, Optical Networks and Fixed Networks, as well as Alcatel Submarine Networks business, currently reported under “Group Common.” This business group will respond to the ever-increasing demand for higher capacity, greater reliability, faster speeds and lower costs. The Network Infrastructure - IP Division group is looking for a Senior SW Engineer. This position will be in Westford, MA. USAResponsible for developing open-source software SONiC NOS on the next-gen routing/switching products for application in Compute DC and AI fabric Develop platform and SW support for new Nokia switching portfolio based on Broadcom and Marvell chipsetBe a part of the team that will work closely with key customer and productize Nokia platforms in customer networksWork closely with Test team peers to ensure quality of Nokia productWork closely with Product Line Manage to make sure all customer requirements are metBackground in software design, implementation and debugging.Strong communication, teamwork and problem-solving skills are essential. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. Candidates with Bachelor´s in CS, EE, will be more relevant. Master’s degree a plus.Person should have hands on experience with Software development on LinuxPerson should have strong foundation on Operating Systems concepts Excellent programming skills in C++ and Python is MUSTPerson should have experience designing and developing network protocols, analyzing, and improving existing protocol specifications.Excellent knowledge of BGP and IGP protocols is MUSTKnowledge of SRv6 and EVPN/VxLANPerson should have experience with virtualization technologies Dockers/Containers,Namespaces, etc.Knowledge and experience of complex software design for distributed systems in embedded networking/telecommunications projects.Experience in designing and developing network management interfaces like gNOI, etc.Strong knowledge of operating system architecture such as memory management, IPC, scheduling, task switching, concurrent memory access, event driven programming Desired Qualifications: (Education, Technical Skills/Knowledge)IP network fundamentals, including network architecture, routing protocolsAdvanced operating system fundamentals, including kernel operations, scheduling, memory management, semaphoresData structure and algorithm fundamentals, including use cases, order of complexity, performance analysisStrong programming skills including C, C++, Python