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:

You know what your ideal career looks like: a competitive salary, freedom to live your life as you like, and recognition for your accomplishments-all in an inclusive and diverse people-first environment. Our success is driven by a supported, thriving team; this is why Ciena upholds these benefits for all our employees. Ciena empowers you with flexible paid time off, reimbursed and in-house development resources, support for mental and physical well-being, and assets you may need to attain your goals both at and away from work.

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/IP-MPLS/TDM services in mobile backhaul, enterprise and residential domains

The Packet Software and Access 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.

How Will You Contribute:

Functional engineer will be Responsible for developing functional 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.

• Develop, execute and automate functional test plans to verify product capabilities.
• Execution of test cases and reporting test results with artifacts using Test Rail.
• Understand features through FS/Requirements or RFCs and able to defines scenarios and Work closely with Senior engineers in QA and to ensure required feature test coverage.
• Conduct Test Plan reviews and incorporate review comments post review
• Automate the feature on python.

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 account priorities and largely driven by the product development lifecycle.
• Communication expertise - the ability to influence and tailor your message and ideas in English to the audience to ensure understanding and consensus.
• 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 a proven ability to influence, you're able to get work done through others.
• A commitment to innovation - you keep abreast of the market and competitive developments and are always keen to formulate new ideas and problem solve.

The Must Haves:

• Hands on relevant experience in test planning, test execution and automation • Hands on testing experience on couple of the Networking protocols/services: L2VPN, L3VPN, EVPN, MPLS, LDP, Segment Routing, BGP/MP-BGP, FRR/PIC, RSVP-TE
• Experience with Packet Traffic generators
• Experience in automation in python

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.

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