AddressCiena is committed to our people-first philosophy. Our teams enjoy a culture focused on prioritizing a personalized and flexible work environment that empowers an individual’s passions, growth, wellbeing and belonging. We’re a technology company that leads with our humanity—driving our business priorities alongside meaningful social, community, and societal impact.
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Why Ciena:
- We are big proponents of life-work integration and provide the flexibility and tools to make it a reality with remote work and potentially, part-time work.
- We believe an inclusive, diverse and barrier-free work environment makes for empowered and committed employees.
- We recognize the importance of well-being and offer programs and benefits to support and sustain the mental and physical health of our employees and their families and also offer a variety of paid family leave programs.
- We are committed to employee development, offering tuition reimbursement and a variety of in-house learning and mentorship opportunities.
- We know that financial security is important. We offer competitive salaries and incentive programs, RSU’s (job level specific) and an employee share option purchase program.
- We realize time away to recharge is non-negotiable. We offer flexible paid time off!
- Great work deserves recognition. We have a robust recognition program, with ongoing and enhanced awards for exemplary performance.
How You Will Contribute:
We are looking for a stellar Software Engineer to work on the team developing the Blue Planet platform. Blue Planet is based on a next-generation software architecture that leverages open-source technologies and container-based micro-services. Our customers are both internal and external customers of the Blue Planet platform.
Responsibilities
- Develop new software services, components, and features that provide a scalable, flexible, and programmable platform supporting service orchestration.
- Work closely with the Blue Planet solution team and other developers to support their use of the platform to deliver solutions to customers.
- Participate in all phases of the development cycle – plan, design, implement, review, test, deploy, document, and train.
What Does Ciena Expect of You?
- Initiative – You’re a self-starter who works with limited direction and is committed to delivering against aggressive deadlines.
- Agility – you are readily able to make key decisions and manage competing and ever-changing priorities.
- Communication expertise – you possess the ability to influence and tailor your message and ideas to the audience to ensure understanding and agreement.
- The flexibility to work independently and as part of a broader team – you thrive in a multi-disciplinary team environment, but are comfortable working independently as required.
- Relationship builder – with an ability to influence, you’re able to quickly develop trusted connections and get work done across multi sites.
- A commitment to innovation – you keep abreast of the market and competitive developments and are always keen to formulate new ideas and problem solve.
- A passion for coaching – fully understanding and appreciating the power of the mentorship role.
Must Have:
- Strong software language skills in Python or Golang (6+ years’ experience)
- Strong understanding of Linux (Ubuntu/RHEL)
- Work on any authentication system like Tron or any third party.
- Database programming with relational and non-relational systems
- Concurrent programming and development of highly scalable distributed applications
Good to have.
- Developing services delivered as Docker or other virtualized containers.
- Exposing services through RESTful APIs
- Automating tests and delivering software using continuous integration and deployment methodologies
- Using configuration management systems (e.g., git)
- Knowledge of cloud-based applications and deployment techniques
Education Qualification:
- Minimum B.Tech. degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
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At Ciena, we are committed to building and fostering an environment in which our employees feel respected, valued, and heard. Ciena values the diversity of its workforce and respects its employees as individuals. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination.
