• Job Description

  Req#: R023428

  Ciena 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.

  Introducing Ciena

  For more than 30 years, Ciena has been a global leader in networking strategy. Our technology is part of the critical infrastructure that enables innovations that wow us - like autonomous driving, and those we take for granted - like mobile-streaming video. These advancements in technology are possible because of the pioneering approach at Ciena. We are at the forefront of cutting-edge technology that makes the internet itself work. We build adaptive networks that grow smarter, more agile, and more responsive every day – much like Ciena itself.

  Why Ciena:

  Achieve your ideal career at the forefront of innovation with Ciena. We know the importance of life outside of work, which is why our employees enjoy flexible paid time off and the freedom of working remotely. Ciena empowers our teams with competitive salaries and incentives, community volunteer programs, professional development resources, and support for our mental and physical health—all experienced within a diverse and inclusive culture. To put it simply, we’re a technology company driven by our humanity.

  What will you do at Ciena?

  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 RSP (Routing Switching Portfolio) R&D organization is responsible for delivering platform-independent Service Aware Operating System (SAOS), Access products and next-generation virtualized operating system to support Virtualized/SDN/NFV applications.

  Gurgaon R&D center has seen exponential growth in various dimensions including development, test and release planning. In last 6 years, Gurgaon test team has grown to be the largest team across globe having ownership of multiple RSP products/releases. Team has huge state-of-art engineering lab in Gurgaon and real time exposure to Tier-1 service provider network deployments.

  How You Will Contribute:

  • 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.
  • 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. Drive authoring of detail feature test-plans, test bed design, test topologies, test Executions. Set up complex test beds based on Project requirements. Assist development engineers in product defect diagnosis/debugging and verification of fixes.
  • Develop python scripts for features as part of automated testing.
  • Execution of test cases and reporting test results with artifacts using Quality Center (QC)
  • Work closely with engineers across teams/geographies to ensure quality for the features.
  • 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.
  • Position requires troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
  • Understand Software Development Life Cycle.
  • 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.
  • Conducts Knowledge Sharing Sessions (Desirable): Basic to moderate topics, including specific product feature or functional areas related the assigned features.
  • Able to manage feature and schedule churns with minimal guidance.
  • Contribute to team deliverable through involvement in agile scrum development sprints.

  The Must Haves:

  • Fluency and experience in data communication systems, networking, Ethernet switches.
  • Hands-on experience with L2/L3 topologies.
  • Strong testing experience in Layer-2/Layer-3 and OAM protocols like BGP, IS-IS, BFD, QoS, HEQoS, EQoS, SAT, TWAMP, MPLS, Segment Routing, VPLS, VPWS, EVPN.
  • Experience with traffic generators such as Ixia, Spirent.
  • 6-10 years of experience with BE/B.Tech./M.Tech. (EE/CS) Degree.
  • Experience with Python/Tcl/Expect is a must.

  The Good To Haves:

  • Good knowledge of network design and deployment scenarios in Carrier/Metro Ethernet Space is plus.
  • Netconf/GNMI/Telemetry exposure is an added advantage.

  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.

  If contacted in relation to a job opportunity, please advise Ciena of any accommodation measures you may require.

• About the company

  Ciena Corporation is an American telecommunications networking equipment and software services supplier based in Hanover, Maryland.

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