Job description 

How You Will Contribute:

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 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.

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.

•            Execution of test cases and reporting.

•            Work closely with engineers across teams to ensure quality for the features.

•            Build in-depth knowledge of product architecture and develop ability to root-cause issues

•            Coordinate with teams across the geographical location.

•            FS and Test Plan Reviews: Able to host test plan reviews with minimal supervision for assigned features. Attend independently 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

• Understand and write test cases on interop between various products.

Required Skills

• Position requires proficient troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Excellent debugging skills
• Good in test case execution and automation
• Team oriented; strong inter-personal skills and ability to understand customers’ needs, expectations and perspective  
• Demonstrated communications skills, both verbal and written, to effectively communicate/collaborate with remote QA and Development teams
• Strong commitment to product excellence and quality
• Develop test plan based on FS, requirements and other external materials
• Conducts Knowledge Sharing Sessions (Desirable): Basic to moderate topics, including specific product feature or functional areas related the assigned features
• Adaptability: Able to manage feature and schedule churns with minimal guidance
• Excellent in various fiber optics/transceiver architecture and their need.

General Activities

• Capability to give technical leadership to small team of software engineers (mentorship)
• Independent self-starter
• Strong commitment to product excellence
• Excellent communications skills

Collaboration with stakeholders

• Strong software analysis, design, coding, testing, and documentation skills.
• Ability to resolve complex issues that may require design trade-offs.

Areas of impact

• Position requires proficient troubleshooting and problem solving skills
• Team oriented; strong inter-personal skills and ability to  understand customers’ needs, expectations and perspective  
• Demonstrated ability to multitask on multiple projects
• Demonstrated communications skills, both verbal and written, to effectively communicate/collaborate with remote QA and Development teams
• Strong commitment to product excellence and quality
• Contributes (may take lead role) on a project team of engineers involved in the release and test of software.  Quickly comes up to speed in understanding of advanced concepts/methodology and contributes to improving and extending the impact and effectiveness of those concepts or new approaches to the current project
• Conducts knowledge sharing sessions (Critical): Moderate to complex topics, including smaller protocol or RFC related information, specific functional area presentations or methods of procedures.  Topics not product related that may help enhance process or efficiency, such introduction to new tools for testers

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 software development process.
• Communication expertise – you have the ability to influence and tailor your message and ideas 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 an 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:

• BE / B.Tech. (ECE/CS) Degree
• 4+ years of relevant experience in telecommunications, test and automation
• Hands-on Experience on at least 2 of the following Networking Protocols: Carrier Ethernet, PON(Passive optical network), FTTH & OAM (BFD, CFM, EOAM, AIS)
• Experience with Ixia or Spirent traffic generators
• Experience on IxNetwork is desirable

Assets:

• Experience in automation would be big plus.

Understanding of ITU-T standard specification

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