JOB DESCRIPTION

How You Will Contribute:

Ciena is seeking motivated, talented and proficient Software Developers who are passionate about developing a high performance, secured, robust and innovative L3/MPLS OAM solutions for our current / next-generation Routing & Switching Platforms and virtualized Routing software. You will have an influential and meaningful role contributing to carrier grade, scalable and reliable software design and development.

Contribute to design and development of features and enhancements in L2/IP/MPLS OAM protocols like : 802.1ag CFM, Y.1731, Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD), RFC 2544/Y.1564 Ethernet Service Activation test, TWAMP etc.

Participate in software design, development, validation, and defect resolution activities to deliver functionally excellent products to Ciena customers.

Assist and lead in early product demonstrations to customers.

Drive integration with third party software on IP/Routing platforms.

Trouble shoot and fix reported issues. Identify root cause, diagnose, debug and deliver robust timely fixes.

Provide basic assessment of own work including effort estimation and status reporting.

Continuous learning and development of skills in L2/IP/MPLS control plane, OAM and network virtualization.

The Must Haves:

4+ years of industry experience with minimum 1 year of Packet networking experience.

Excellent “C” programming skills with strong debugging and trouble shooting skills over Linux platform. Proficiency in Python would be an advantage.

Exposure to L2/IP/MPLS OAM protocols including CFM, Y.1731, BFD, RFC 2544 Benchmarking, TWAMP, IP/MPLS ping/traceroute etc.

Exposure to debug tools (e.g. GDB), test tools (e.g. Ixia/Spirent) and configuration management (e.g. Perforce/Git) is required.

Exposure to end-to-end feature development including CLI, SNMP/Netconf, inter module/thread communication, protocol state machine.

Familiarity with product cycles and deployment requirements for carrier class products in service provider customer environment.

Understand agile SW development methodologies.

The Good to Haves:

Familiarity with Broadcom XGS/DNX family of switches is a value add.

Familiarity with IEEE/IETF/MEF standards is a bonus.