SVT/PV Engineer Software Applications

As the global leader in high-speed connectivity, Ciena is committed to a people-first approach. Our teams enjoy a culture focused on prioritizing a flexible work environment that empowers individual growth, well-being, and belonging. We’re a technology company that leads with our humanity—driving our business priorities alongside meaningful social, community, and societal impact.

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, creativity, health, and comfort. 

We’re looking for a highly motivated, talented, and experienced engineer who is passionate about product and Solutions verification activities and is ready to assume a leadership position within the team in addressing future projects. You will certify solutions that provide our customers opportunities to differentiate their service offerings in a very competitive market. 

The ideal candidate is a flexible, highly technical, self-driven, and problem-solver, with interdisciplinary knowledge of software, test & test automation. You feel at home in a dynamic, multi-disciplined environment, acting as an interface between Solutions design, other Blue Planet test engineering teams, and members of other functional groups (support, documentation, marketing, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Work in Blue Planet’s verification team as an individual contributor engaging with various (engineering, Development, and pre-sales) teams, project managers, and architects to transform concepts and high-level requirements into optimized test coverage and enhanced customer experience.
• Perform system and feature requirements analysis and develop comprehensive test plans for functionalities, quality, and usability verification.
• Perform all aspects of verification, including functional, structural, regression, stress, stability, and system testing.
• Write and review the Test Plan to make sure that all the requirements have test coverage
• Raise a JIRA defect for the issues encountered during testing and highlight critical issues that can have a potential customer impact.
• Analyse test results and prepare test reports. 
• Design, develop, and implement complex test automation at both the functional and system levels.
• Work with other members of the team to improve our processes, tools, methods, effectiveness, and efficiency.
• Set up and manage test environments in the lab for feature development and testing, troubleshoot and isolate problems with the development lab, and assist with the setup of demo deployments in the field.
• Help drive a culture of quality and continuous improvement with an emphasis on test automation, technical curiosity, and data-driven decision making.

Skills And Experience:

Expected From The Candidate:

• Frontend testing frameworks/libraries: Cucumber, Jasmine, Webdriver.io, and Typescript/JavaScript.
• Backend testing: Rest API testing automation tools, Postman/Newman, JSON, XML, Python
• Load testing: JMeter, Grafana + Prometheus 
• Container management: Docker, Kubernetes, OpenStack, VMware
• Continuous Integration Tools: Jenkins, GitLab 
• Cloud Environments: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud.
• Version control system: Git, Bitbucket
• Experience or knowledge of Network management systems, Web applications, Microservice solution architecture, and network modelling
• Effective written (documentation) and interpersonal communication skills (English) 
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills, and must be able and willing to work in a high-energy, dynamic, and fast-paced development environment.
• Experience working with DWDM/OTN/SONET/SDH/Carrier Ethernet/ Packet and networking technologies.
• Knowledge of Layer 3 Networking domain and routing protocols – (CLNS, EGP, ICMP, IGMP, IPSec, IPV4/IPV6, OSPF, RIP).
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipeline configuration and maintenance 

Desired Skills:

• Bachelor's/master’s degree in computer science/ECE or equivalent
• 3+ years in software development roles
• Experience with automation/configuration management, preferably Ansible.
• Experience working with DWDM/OTN/SONET/SDH/Carrier Ethernet/ Packet and networking technologies.
• Experience with virtualization: Docker, Kubernetes
• Experience or knowledge of Network management systems, Web applications, Microservice solution architecture, and network modelling
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipeline configuration and maintenance 
• Experience with Rest API testing automation tools, Postman/Newman, TeamCity, JIRA, Testrail, Confluence, and Gitlab 
• Frontend testing frameworks/libraries: Cucumber, Jasmine, Webdriver.io, and Typescript/JavaScript.
• Databases: PostgreSQL, Neo4j, ClickHouse
• Perform system and feature requirements analysis and develop comprehensive test plans for functionality, quality, and usability verification
• Other skills: Kafka, Elasticsearch, Kibana

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