Lead Engineer

2 weeks ago

Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Ciena 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.

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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:

We believe in the power of people. We are a network strategy and technology company that is motivated by making a difference in people's lives – their productivity, their creativity, their health and comfort. That's why our engineers design and implement technologies that allow people to do great things.

A P3 software engineer will help to drive the development of the Vyatta Network Operating System (NOS) in order to support our customers in developing and deploying their virtualized networks.

The role / What you will do at Ciena

  • Make independent, creative contributions toward individual or departmental business objectives based on professional and company experience
  • Independently work on whole projects/problems
  • Contribute effectively in cross-functional teams
  • Accomplishes assigned results for projects or for significant phases of larger, complex assignments

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 are 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-solving.

The Must Haves:

  • Ability to write quality C code along with automated unit test cases using Python/C
  • Understanding of Linux OS & open source software development
  • Experience with design & development of L2/L3 networking technologies
  • Ability to write quality C code along with automated unit test cases using Python/C
  • In depth understanding of Linux OS & Open Source software development
  • Experience with design & development of L2/L3 networking technologies
  • Experience in software development of Data Forwarding paths (Software, Hardware)
  • Knowledge of network merchant silicon chipsets and whitebox platforms
  • Experience in troubleshooting large-scale deployments
  • Experience in manageability frameworks such as Yang/XML
  • Experience with virtualization technologies such as Intel DPDK, SR-IOV, etc
  • Experience using the Atlassian tool suite, Git, Jenkin

Education / Experience

  • Independently evaluates and selects techniques, procedures, and criteria
  • Uses professional judgement to manage projects or resolve problems

Requires MSc in Computer Science (or similar) with 3+ years of related experience, or BSc Computer Science (or similar) with 5+ years of related experience

Additional Skills:

  • Self-motivated, strong sense of ownership, good teamwork & collaboration skills
  • Ability to multi-task and work independently with minimal manager guidance
  • Be open to continuous learning and continuous self-improvement
  • Strong communication skills are required

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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.Ciena is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.If contacted in relation to a job opportunity, please advise Ciena of any accommodation measures you may require.

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