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Since 1992, Ciena has been driven by a relentless pursuit of network innovation. We believe in a network that grows smarter, more agile, and more responsive every day. This means that when you digitally interact in your world - picking up the phone, streaming video, texting a friend or loved one – your interactions are being enabled by Ciena technologies. Ciena makes your social / entertainment / business existence REAL.
No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified below and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you!
Your Role
Ciena is seeking early in career Software Engineers to join our engineering team and help drive the development of the newly acquired Vyatta Network Operating System (NOS), in order to support our customers in developing and deploying their virtualized networks.
As a new hire will have an assigned Mentor and will be offered extensive learning opportunities.
Responsibilities
- Develop embedded software on the Vyatta NOS, which is a modified Debian Linux operating system
- Participate in all stages of software development
- Requirements analysis, architect and high-level design, implementation and testing
- Solve software issues, provide customer and verification support
- Design and develop unit tests and test-automation suites
- Engage with Product Owners and System Architects to evolve software applications adopting new features and technologies without compromising performance
- Influence the software architecture, improve resiliency, debuggability and maintainability
What technical experience and/or professional and personal skills are required for this role?
- Excellent analytical, problem solving and programming skills (C, C++, Python)
- Excellent communication and technical documentation skills
- Excellent organization skills to manage time, resources, and priorities
- Familiarity with Linux development environment
- Ideal candidate will have hands-on experience or be familiar with the following:
- Knowledge of network routers/switches or routing protocols (OSPF, BGP, etc.)
- Experience in open-source software development
- Experience with automated test frameworks such as Jenkins
- Experience with design and development tools such as Atlassian (Bitbucket, Confluence, Jira), Eclipse, GDB, etc.
- Independent self-starter and capable of effectively managing priorities to achieve business objectives
- Comfortable in a team environment while still taking accountability and working independently as needed
- A minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Engineering or equivalent degree
- You must be currently based in the UK and hold a valid permanent work permit for the country
We are hiring for 2 of Ciena's sites in Reading (located in the heart of the Thames Valley, just a few minutes walk from the railway station) and/or Edinburgh (just a few minutes’ walk from Haymarket station).
As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we want to foster an environment that values and respects all individual’s strengths, perspectives, ideas, and ability to meet the needs of our customers globally. Ciena values the diversity of its workforce and respects its employees as individuals, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or marital status or any other category protected by applicable law. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination. Ciena is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity, you should advise Ciena in a timely fashion of the specific accommodation measures required for you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner.
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