Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science., Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals, algorithms, and design patterns., Development experience in Python within a Linux environment., Ability to quickly learn new languages, frameworks, and technologies..

Key responsabilities:

Develop and maintain software micro-services and libraries for Resource Adapters and device simulators.

Create automated test suites for testing RA features.

Troubleshoot and fix product issues during system integration testing and customer deployments.

Participate in all phases of the development cycle including planning, design, implementation, testing, and documentation.

Job description

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.

How You Will Contribute: 

We are looking for a highly motivated and talented software engineer experienced with Python development to work on developing & maintaining Blue Planet’s Resource Adapters (RA), device simulators and RA generator tool. You will be implementing data models, ingress and egress adaptation layer components between Blue Planet Orchestrator and external devices in micro-services oriented, container-based system architecture.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain software micro-services, libraries, and features for Resource Adapters, NETCONF/YANG based device simulator, and tool to auto-generate data model and RA pipeline
Create automated test suites for executing test automation of RA features
Troubleshooting & fixing product issues found in system integration testing and customer deployments
Work closely with local and remote software development & test teams
Participate in all phases of the development cycle – plan, design, implement, test, deploy, and documentation

Required experience and skills

Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science
Strong understanding of Computer Science fundamentals, algorithms & design patterns
Development experience, preferably using Python in Linux environment
Interest and ability to quickly learn and ramp-up on new languages, frameworks, and technologies
Ability to write understandable, reliable and testable code with minimum supervision

Desirable knowledge or experience in (a plus – not mandatory)

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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