
Nokia
Customer Solutions Architect (CNS Cloud and Network Services)
- Permanent
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
Job expiry date: 13/11/2025
Job overview
Date posted
29/09/2025
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Salary
Undisclosed
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
5 - 10 yrs
Seniority
Senior & Lead
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
13/11/2025
Job description
As a Customer Solutions Architect at Nokia (CNS Cloud and Network Services) across Riyadh, Dubai, and Doha, you act as a trusted advisor collaborating closely with customersā CTO and Chief Architect teams to understand unique requirements and translate them into tailored, end-to-end architectures using Nokiaās comprehensive portfolio alongside third-party products. Operating within a collaborative, innovative environment, you engage in large, complex solution-selling cases, develop high-level designs, align solutions with market positioning and customer expectations, and influence strategic technology decisions that shape adoption. The role spans the full lifecycle: gathering stakeholder inputs and converting them into actionable requirements; applying architecture standards to maintain solution integrity; conducting thorough research and evaluations across specialized domains; and leading cross-functional teams to deliver client-specific solutions while managing day-to-day resource allocation and project issues. You contribute to organizational direction by developing best practices, setting professional standards in architecture, and serving as a senior subject matter expert who fosters regional and global collaboration. The focus is on delivering measurable customer value, efficiency, and business growth across mobile, fixed, and cloud network contexts, reinforcing Nokiaās commitment to inclusive, innovative technology leadership and continuous learning.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Develop tailored architectures and high-level solution designs that address specific customer requirements
- Engage with customer CTO/Chief Architect teams to guide strategic technology decisions and explore new business opportunities
- Collaborate on complex customer solution cases, ensuring alignment with market positioning and customer expectations
- Translate stakeholder inputs into actionable requirements and enforce rigorous adherence to solution architecture standards
- Research and evaluate options to design effective solutions across specialized domains
- Lead cross-functional teams to deliver innovative, client-specific solutions while managing resource allocation and resolving project issues
- Influence organizational strategy by developing best practices and establishing professional standards in architecture
- Act as a senior subject matter expert, providing guidance regionally and globally and fostering collaboration across organizational units
Experience & skills
- Have 7-10 years of relevant experience in solution architecture and design
- Demonstrate deep understanding of end-to-end solution architecture, including integration methodologies
- Show proven ability to engage effectively with senior stakeholders, including CTOs and Chief Architects
- Exhibit expertise in applying architecture standards and maintaining solution integrity
- Bring experience integrating third-party products into solution frameworks (preferred)
- Hold an advanced degree in a technical discipline or related field (preferred)
- Demonstrate strong analytical skills to solve complex problems with innovative approaches
- Possess cross-cultural communication experience and a global mindset (preferred)