Lead Engineer - Network Planning Software - @ Ciena

Desired Candidate Profile

Ciena may well be the most important technology company you ve never heard of. The innovations that wow us (driverless cars) , and those we now take for granted (the ability to mobile-stream your favorite show) are the products of ingenuity from some brilliant and forward-thinking companies. But those companies rely on Ciena, another vanguard of innovation, to create and advance the underlying networks that bring their breakthroughs to our doorsteps. VR, AI, IOT, 5G literally none of it would be possible without the mind-boggling technology that makes the internet itself work. For more than 25 years, Ciena has been the global leader in networking strategy, and our technology has been part of the critical infrastructure running within the most advanced companies in the world.



What will you do at Ciena?



A Software Automation engineer is required to aid in the automation of a Standalone/ Server-based/ Web based/ Cloud based, network design and engineering application for



Real Time Network Planning. This application is developed for Ciena s leading edge



Blue PlanetTM platform. The application will assist customers in the design and development of SONET/ SDH, OTN & Optical DWDM networks featuring Ciena s market leading and pioneering optical products and technologies.



This application is used to design and deploy Ciena s Transport, Switching and Packet hardware for Long haul, Regional and Metro networks.



The successful candidate will be expected follow a disciplined approach to software automation development to ensure that the application is delivered with high quality, to the required specifications, and by the required delivery date.



The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with a dynamic team of engineers and software designers and will gain firsthand experience developing



Responsibilities



•Analysis, software automation design and implementation to validate and optimize DWDM, SONET/ SDH, OTN based networks, which are designed based on a variety of parameters



•Apply design principles to work in a client server, desktop based or microservice-based development environment and keeping in mind performance and memory constraints.



•Work collaboratively with Product Owner, Product Line Manager (PLM) and Verification.



•Complete assigned development tasks including unit testing and documenting work



•Translate functional requirements into development tasks and provide project manager accurate time estimates for completion



•Troubleshooting and debugging of reported issues



•Keep yourself abreast with latest technology trends



General Activities



•Feature analysis and discussion with product owners to understand and frame the detailed requirements with design estimates.



•Work in Agile Scrum and create/ update Jira s with detailed description, DoD & acceptance criteria.



•Design and Implementation



•Unit testing & integration testing.



•Work with product verification team in resolving feature defects.



Collaboration with stakeholders



Work collaboratively with:



•Peers



•Release Manager



•Product Owner



•Product Line Manager (PLM)



•Product Verification



Areas of impact



•Network Planning Software



•OnePlanner



•Blue Planet MCP



•Network Planner



Experience



Candidate should have 7 years of experience in following:



•End-to-end Software automation (requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing, and support) Critical



•Built Test Automation Frameworks with reusable components



•Should be conversant with Java Script and Rest API, Microservices Architecture, Authentication Methodology



•Knowledge of Ansible and some of the continuous integration tools like team-city and jetkins



•Experience Languages



•Dynamic Languages Python, Selenium Critical



•React. js, Ember. js - Desirable



•Knowledge of Dockers, JS - Desirable



•Platform



•Linux, MicroServices



•Message Queues like Kafka



•DB/ File Formats/ ORM



•No SQL Databases e. g. Cassandra



•JSON, XML



•nHibernate/ Hibernate/ Entity Framework



•Client/ Server



•REST API, Web Services, SOAP.



•Decent Knowledge of Data Structures and exposure to Performance Improvement - Desired



Additional skills:



•Problem Solving, Excellent Aptitude and Positive Attitude - Critical



•Good Communication Skills - Critical



•Good Interpersonal Skills - Critical



•Exposure to docker containers - Desired



•Knowledge of concepts in terms of DWDM, SONET/ SDH, OTN and knowledge of telecom object models Desired



•Experience with Agile software development methodologies Desired



•Familiarity/ experience with other technologies, including; database design, Client/ Server etc. is considered an asset



•Prior knowledge of EMS/ NMS will be an asset LI-CN



•Rewarding experience. Meaningful outcomes.



Making a difference in people's lives through design and implementation of leading network technologies. That's what motivates us.



•A distinct way to work



Free thinking, free discussion, and collaboration are the norm. Expect more satisfying outcomes - both personal and professional.



•Ciena values the diversity of our workforce and respects its employees as individuals, regardless of race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, gender or age.



•Ciena is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity, you should advise Ciena in a timely fashion of the specific needs / accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to any specific needs / accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

Education:

UG:   Any Graduate - Any Specialization

PG:  Post Graduation Not Required

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Keyskills:   SQL Linux XML Hibernate Networking Telecom Python Troubleshooting Data structures Agile