Ciena Corporation Looking for Python Software Developer( Networking) at India Full Time

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.

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:  

Blue Planet www.blueplanet.com, the software division of Ciena, provides best-in-class intelligent automation software and niche professional services to help clients modernize their IT and network operations. Driven by policy and AI-based insights, Blue Planet delivers the closed-loop automation tools needed to align IT and networking processes—critical to facilitating digital transformation and an adaptive network.   

We are looking for a software engineer experienced in Python Developer.It is based on a next-generation software architecture that demonstrates open-source technologies, model-driven templates and container-based micro-services. Our customers are both internal and external customers of the Blue Planet platform.  

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 priorities.  
• Communication expertise – you possess the ability to influence and tailor your message and ideas to the audience to ensure understanding and agreement.  
• 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 quickly develop trusted connections and get work done across multi sites.  
• A commitment to innovation – you keep abreast of the market and competitive developments and are always keen to formulate new ideas and problem solve.  

• A passion for coaching – fully understanding and appreciating the power of the mentorship role.  

The Must Haves:    

• A bachelor’s/master’s degree in computer science with a minimum of 3 years of software development experience.
• A strong grasp of Computer Science fundamentals, including algorithms and design patterns.
• Proficiency in software development, preferably utilizing Python within a Linux environment.
• A keen interest and the ability to rapidly acquire knowledge and proficiency in new programming languages, frameworks, and technologies.
• Experience in creating new software micro-services, libraries, and features for Resource Adapters, NETCONF/YANG based device simulators, and tools for automatic data model generation and RA pipeline development.
• Competence in developing automated test suites for the purpose of conducting test automation on Resource Adapter (RA) features.
• Proficiency in identifying and resolving product issues discovered during system integration testing and customer deployments.
• Effective collaboration with both local and remote software development and testing teams.
• Involvement in all stages of the development cycle, including planning, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and documentation.

         Good To have: 

• Distributed platforms and stream processing using Kafka or similar systems 
• Cloud environments (e.g., Docker, AWS, Openstack etc.) 
• Basic understanding of NETCONF, YANG and Telecom domain
• Fundamentals of SDN and NFV (Network function virtualization)
• Interfaces to SD-WAN Controllers, NMS/EMS, Virtualized Infrastructure Managers

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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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