Care engineer

Care engineer

As a Care Engineer, you will act as the primary technical interface for customers and Customer Teams (CTs), driving timely resolution of technical issues across Kubernetes/OpenShift, CNF, or OpenStack environments. You will be responsible for end-to-end case ownership, incident diagnosis, log analysis, troubleshooting coordination, and ensuring effective delivery-to-care operations while maintaining high customer satisfaction.

Your responsibilities

• Provide customer-centric technical support for Care cases and critical customer issues.
• Own end-to-end case lifecycle and drive timely resolution through effective stakeholder management.
• Act as the primary interface between customers, Customer Teams (CTs), Market Teams, and L3 Engineering.
• Support Major Escalations (ME), Emergency Management Escalations (EME), and critical incidents.
• Drive Delivery-to-Care (D2C) activities and service readiness processes.
• Identify opportunities for automation, process simplification, and operational improvements.
• Provide on-call support and participate in 24x7 critical incident management activities.

Your skills and experience

• You have
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunications, or a related field with 10+ years of experience in Technical Support, Cloud Operations, or Customer Support.
• Strong Kubernetes/OpenShift development expertise may be considered with less experience.
• Proven expertise in Kubernetes/OpenShift, Cloud-Native Functions (CNF), OpenStack, and Linux L3 administration and troubleshooting across development, deployment, testing, or support.

Nice to have

• Ability to provide 24x7 critical incident, on-call, and emergency support in a customer-facing environment.
• Experience with Docker, Helm, CI/CD, Git, DevOps, and monitoring/observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Shell, or Ansible.
• Knowledge of ITIL, Incident and Problem Management, with experience supporting telecom cloud and cloud-native network solutions.

More information

• Some of our benefits in India:
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements to support work–life balance
• Health and well-being support – medical insurance for you and your family, health check-ups, life and accident insurance, well-being programs, and employee resource groups
• A minimum of 90 days of Maternity and Paternity Leave based on eligibility
• Personal Support Service 24/7 – a confidential support channel open to all Nokia employees and their families in challenging situations
• Career growth & mobility – technical career paths, job rotations, international assignments, and relocation support
• Continuous learning – technical certifications, mentoring programs, coaching, and digital learning platforms
• Opportunities to innovate and contribute through Nokia’s research and development environment
• Recognition programs that celebrate outstanding contributions
• Workplace support – ergonomic working support and mobile device programs based on eligibility

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Job Info

• Job Category
• Posting Date 08/26/2026
• Degree Level
• Job Schedule
• Job Type
• Job Identification
• Will NSA/CAPS approval be required? (E.g., accessing a US Customer Network?)
• Role Type
• Laptop - support with ordering needed
• Experience level
• Locations
• Regular or Temporary
• Regular
• B9, Green Boulevard, Sector 62, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, 201301, IN
• Manyata Embassy Business Park, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560045, IN
• No. 23, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Navalur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600130, IN
• (Hybrid)