Senior Manager

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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Manager Roles & Responsibilities
  • Provide technical leadership and managerial guidance to team of software developers.
  • Recruit and mentor staff to grow the team's capability and their individual talent.
  • Review product requirements and feature requests, providing development effort estimates and risk assessments to senior management.
  • Influence architectural decisions, design/code reviews, test plans and technology strategy.
  • Manage multiple concurrent projects to deliver committed features on time.
  • Foster an environment of continuous improvement in software engineering practices and product quality in terms of performance, scalability, availability and flexibility.
  • Work closely with other software development teams as well as product line management, quality assurance (QA), technical support and external contractors.

Key Competencies & Skills

  • Bachelor's degree in electronics and communications engineering, computer engineering or computer science and 10 years of experience in a software development role, in the networking domain.
  • Five years of experience in a technical leadership role and/or people management role.

Ideal candidate will also have the following skills:

  • Familiar with Linux development environment
  • Knowledge of network routers/switches and the networking industry
  • Experience in open-source software development
  • Familiarity with cloud native application development
  • Experience with distributed systems and Python based micro-services

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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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