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!

CIENA's Packet products portfolio comprises of a broad family of products for access and aggregation tiers of the network. Typically spanning from the Metro edge to the customer edge, these products provide Carrier Ethernet/MPLS/G.8032/TDM services in mobile backhaul, enterprise and residential domains. The Packet Software and Access R&D organisation is responsible for delivering platform-independent Service Aware Operating System (SAOS), Access products and next-generation virtualised operating system to support Virtualised/SDN/NFV applications.
Functional engineer will be responsible for developing functional test strategies, test plans, test execution along with automation suite for platform-independent current and next-generation packet software encompassing the broad spectrum of CIENA's networking products. You will get an opportunity to innovate and influence new technologies that shape the future of Next Generation networks.
Responsibilities include:

• Requires continuous research to ensure software features meet identified standards and product functional requirements.
• Develop, execute, and automate functional test plans to verify product capabilities.
• Execution of test cases and reporting test results with artifacts using Quality Center (QC).
• Work closely with engineers across teams to ensure quality for the features.
• Coordinate activities with North America test and development teams on a need basis.
• FS and Test Plan / script Reviews: Able to host test plan reviews under guidance for assigned features. Attend and provide comments specific to the functional requirements for FS reviews for assigned features.
• Develop test cases beyond what is described in FS, including compliancy to commercial specs and RFCs, potential and likely interactions with other features, which may involve complex scenarios and topology.

Required Skills

• Position requires troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Understand Software Development Life Cycle.
• Able to think key scenarios, write test cases, automate & execute test cases.
• Team oriented; strong inter-personal skills
• Demonstrated communications skills, both verbal and written, to effectively communicate/collaborate with remote QA and Development teams
• Strong commitment to product excellence and quality
• Adaptability: Able to manage feature and schedule churns
• Automation Experience preferable in Python.
• Experience with L2/L3 technologies at least at concept level.

Required Experience

• BE / B.Tech. (EE/CS) Degree
• 1-2 years of relevant experience in telecommunications and testing.
• Fluency and experience in data communication systems, networking, Ethernet switches.
• Hands-on experience with L2/L3 topologies would be a plus.
• Experience with at least one networking protocols would be a big plus: MPLS, TCP/IP, Ethernet, 802.1Q, GRE, VXLAN, VLAN, L2VPN, L3VPN, MPLS, G.8032, BGP, Network Security
• Experience with traffic generators such as Ixia, Spirent would be plus.
• Knowledge of network design and deployment scenarios in Carrier/Metro Ethernet Space is plus.

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.
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