Testing Engineer- Layer 0/1

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Job Description

PV engineer is responsible for the execution of the product verification (PV) phase for the Network Management related applications in a multi-site R&D environment.

Skills

• Software testing
  • Experienced with PV activities relating to test planning, automation, and tests execution for telecom products
  • Working experience in the development of test strategy, test planning, manual & automation test development
  • Experienced in manual & automation test execution of NMS/EMS-based telecom products
  • Worked in an Agile development environment with experience testing either In-scrum or customer vertical use cases, executing cross-functional workflows using API microservices
  • Understanding of solution, system performance, load, and stress testing
• Technical
  • Experience working with Layer 0/1, Fixed and Flex grid ROADM networks (CDC, CDA, TDA, DIA, CD, ...), DWDM/OTN/SONET/SDH
  • Experience working with Microservice Based Architecture: Dockers, Containers, various DevOps tools
  • Experience working with NMS/EMS-based telecom products
  • Thorough understanding of OAM&P-based products and their project lifecycle, including Service Layer Management, Inventory Management, and Connection Management. Experience with north-bound OSS interfaces (REST/TMF)
  • Working knowledge of Enterprise based network management software solutions in a Unix/Linux/VM/Cloud based environment
  • Development experience in Postman, Python, JavaScript, and Selenium
  • Knowledge of Unix-based scripting tools including Perl
  • Knowledge of databases like Oracle, MySQL, Cassandra
• Soft skills
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Experienced in the coordination of activities between global teams
  • Team player and leader to enable wholesome participation and growth within the team
  • Independent self-starter and committed to delivering on aggressive deadlines
  • Comfortable in a team environment with the ability to lead or to work with little supervision
  • Ability to prioritize within the scope of responsibility, multi-task, and manage time effectively
  • Self-motivated and proactive with attention to detail
• Process
  • Experience with Agile software development methodologies
  • Knowledge of general software Product Verification processes and methodologies
• Desirable Characteristics

• Strong debugging skills
• Work with Lab teams to expand the lab to procure test sets, servers, non-revs, etc.
• Confer with software engineering personnel to resolve problems related to specifications and associated test plans/procedures.
• Work with customer certification test group on all levels of testing:  component level testing, module level testing, system level testing, network level testing
• Perform continuous process improvement via the Test Escape Analysis process (TEA)
• Work with strategic CIENA product partners to ensure coordination throughout the PV cycle
• Must have the ability to understand the customer’s perspective.

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