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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.

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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:

Would be responsible for defining Optical Link Engineering requirements for the planning software team for supporting varied Ciena products. Ensuring their accurate implementation in the Planning Products and also validating the optical results coming out of Planning Products.

  • Understand the link budgeting needs of the CIENA products and Planning software
  • Define detailed requirements from Link Engineering perspective for Planning Software Team
  • Monitoring and Tracking of Link Engineering requirements in the software.
  • Validate the Optical results coming out of the Planning Tool. Creation of manual tools for validation of results.
  • Support customers and field system engineers with their network designs from Link Engineering Perspective
  • Understand Ciena Optical products (Modems, Optical transport lines, Control Plane, Network Management Systems) to ensure appropriate modeling in Planning Tools

Collaboration with stakeholders

  • Work closely with Software developers and clarify Hardware requirements
  • Working with Product Owners around the supporting of these configurations in the different workflows. Identify the gaps if there are any.
  • Interact with Ciena Sales Engineer and Ciena customers to understand Planning Tools usage and requirements

The Must Haves:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Optical Communications /Optoelectronics with 3+ years of experience working with DWDM Platforms.
  • Excellent and In-Depth knowledge of Optical Technologies and Architectures
  • Familiar with simulation tools to compute OSNR Margin, Power Propagation
  • Good knowledge to Linear and Non-Linear effects impacting Optical networks
  • Good Communication skills with strong analytical ability
  • Excellent team worker with strong interpersonal skills
  • Knowledge of writing scripts in MATLAB, TCL, MS Excel etc would be an advantage.
  • Knowledge of different software technologies and architectures will be an asset

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