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 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 solve.
The Must Haves:

Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Strong understanding of Computer Science fundamentals, algorithms & design patterns
Development experience (> 3 to 6 years) – preferably on languages such Javascript, Typescript
Asynchronous programming patterns (e.g., Promises, Async built with JavaScript or TypeScript)
Interest and ability to quickly learn and ramp-up on several new languages and technologies.
Ability to write understandable, reliable and testable code with minimum supervision.
Good to Have

Distributed, highly available systems running at large scale
Cloud environments (e.g., Docker, AWS, Kubernetes etc.,)
Basic understanding of TOSCA Modeling
Experience with IDEs & it’s powerful capabilities for building and maintaining software (e.g VS code, WebStorm or any other open source cloud-based IDEs)
Experience in CI/CD (Continuous Integration & Delivery), AGILE work environments
Ability to fix and solve issues on scale systems.