Job Description

Since 1992, Ciena has been driven by a relentless pursuit of network innovation. We believe in a network that grows smarter, more agile, and more responsive every day. This means that when you digitally interact in your world - picking up the phone, streaming video, texting a friend or loved one – your interactions are being enabled by Ciena technologies. Ciena makes your social / entertainment / business existence REAL.
No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified below and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you!
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The communications networking industry is undergoing transformative change and Ciena is leading the charge with a fresh wave of innovation uniting optical and packet technologies. As a trusted partner to over 1,000 customers in 60+ countries, Ciena builds networks that fundamentally changes the way our customers compete
What we’re looking for:
We believe in the power of people. We are a network strategy and technology company that is motivated by making a difference in people lives – their productivity, their creativity, their health and comfort. That’s why our engineers design and implement technologies that allow people to do great things.
We’re looking for an experienced, motivated, and talented individual interested in progressing their career in data driven north bound interfaces like CLI/REST/NETCONF/gRPC, while learning to leverage the disruption taking place with SDN, NFV and virtualized routing systems.
What will you do at Ciena?

• Test advance features based on YANG data model and web based technologies.
• Author and contribute in Integration testing document, testing strategy document.
• Develop automation sanity and regression suit for all features.
• Monitor daily sanity and if there are issues report it.
• Contribute to integration with enabling technologies including third party software, existing platform and hardware capabilities.
• Provide basic status reporting for own work or that of a small team.

Requirements:

• Strong Python/TCL/TK programming skills with experience with pytest and google unit test framework.
• Experience with YANG data model, XML, JSON, xquery, protobuf and different data formats is desirable.
• Experience with open white box
  http://openroadm.org/ is plus.
• Relevant software development experience including product deliveries of advanced networking software systems
• Experience with modeling of ROADM, OTN, using YANG model is desirable.
• Carrier class product design and delivery experience with optical transport products/switches.
• Demonstrable self-initiative and “can do” attitude to find and implement the best solutions for customers.

Education and Experience:

• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related discipline.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, effectively able to collaborate with multiple teams across geographically diverse areas.
• Effectively able to work independently with little hands-on supervision delivering to aggressive timelines.
• 10+ years’ experience in relevant technology

Being You @ Ciena
As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we want to foster an environment that values and respects all individual’s strengths, perspectives, ideas, and ability to meet the needs of our customers globally. Ciena values the diversity of its workforce and respects its employees as individuals, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or marital status or any other category protected by applicable law. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination. Ciena is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity, you should advise Ciena in a timely fashion of the specific accommodation measures required for you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner.
We do not charge any fee for employment and the same applies to the Recruitment Partners we work with. Additionally, we do not ask for any refundable security deposit to be paid in bank accounts for employment purposes. We request candidates to be cautious of misleading communications and not pay any fee/ deposit to individuals/ agencies/ employment portals on the pretext of attending Ciena’s interview process or seeking employment with us.