Specialist, Software Developer

Ciena; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative technology company is seeking a skilled Software Developer to join their dynamic team. This role focuses on implementing use cases and proof of concepts, working closely with sales and technical teams to drive successful outcomes. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in OSS/BSS, backend programming, and a strong understanding of telecommunications technologies. Join a people-first organization that values growth and wellbeing while making a meaningful impact in the industry. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge projects in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a Software Developer in telco OSS/BSS.
• Experience with backend languages and frameworks.
• Understanding of Telecom Network design.

Responsibilities

• Configuration and development of customizations for Blue Planet products.
• Create demo and PoC supporting material.
• Facilitate workshops and design sessions.

Skills

Java/J2EE

Python

Maven

Spring Data/Security/MVC

JUnit

Neo4j

Oracle DB

PostgreSQL

ElasticSearch

Kafka integration

Job description

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.

The Technology Application Sales (TAS) Software Developer position has responsibility for implementing use cases and proof of concepts in support of the go to market and technical sales teams. Working closely with Solution Architects (SA), Technical Sales Leads (TSL) and Global Sales & Partner (GS&P) leads the candidate will translate pre-sales requests into technical supporting material; product demonstrations, solutions, and enablement scripts for colleagues to apply. The successful candidate is a strong team member who communicates clearly and knows how to drive requirements to technical implementation and application support, with a passion for the delivering successful outcomes and desire to provide Blue Planet teams with top quality configured products and solutions.

The ideal candidate will have technical knowledge of the OSS domain with specific focus on one of the Blue Planet portfolio products, a thorough understanding of a broad range of telecommunications technologies, as well as good understanding of software development and system integration patterns.

The applicant needs to have experience in software configuration, deployment and testing according to product and solution patterns.

They will have experience working with architects and designers collaboratively to understand requirements around OSS software configuration and possess the ability to translate those requirements into software solutions across the Blue Planet Portfolio or similar applications.

Successful candidates can expect to participate in the following day to day activities and duties:

• Configuration and development of customizations as applicable to Blue Planet products.
• Creates demo and PoC supporting material; demo scripts, recordings and clickable demos to describe the product and use case implementation and benefits
• Interact with the client’s IT, Network Operations, Planning and Engineering teams in the process of delivering Proof of Concepts to account opportunity audiences to understand target business and system processes and to define outcomes using BP products
• Work closely with Blue Planet pre-sales and Go-To-Market teams to ensure alignment between sales messaging and solution being developed throughout the demo/PoC creation process
• Work independently and in a hands-on manner
• Facilitate and/or participate in knowledge transfer and enablement of the pre-sales teams to ensure TAS end users are well-informed and engaged and projects are delivered to (internal and external) customer satisfaction.
• Facilitate and participate in workshops and design session both internally and externally to drive towards an optimal solution for a desired requirement while maintain pragmatism and meeting sales objectives.

Key skills:

• Minimum of 5 years in the role of hands-on Software Developer in the telco OSS and/or BSS areas with experience in a selection of the following:
  • Backend programming/markup languages: Java/J2EE, Python
  • Backend development frameworks/libraries: maven, Spring Data/Security/MVC
  • Backend testing frameworks/libraries: junit
  • DB: Neo4j (graph DB), Oracle DB, PostgreSQL+TimescaleDB
  • Others technologies: ElasticSearch, drools, Kafka integration, ReST (on Spring MVC), SSO (LDAP, Reverse Proxy, OAuth2)
  • Programming theory: algorithms and data structures, relational and graph database concepts, etc
• Understanding of Telecom Network design and software that supports providers
• Understanding of the Telco OSS ecosystem and ideally knowledge of one or more of the Blue Planet Portfolio products and their role in operators ecosystems.
• Configuration processes from a functional and technical perspective.
• Domain knowledge in multiple telecom technologies (DWDM, Ethernet, IP, etc)
• Demonstrated expert knowledge of the software development life cycle and practices
• 5+ years’ experience in the OSS domain
• Domestic and international travel is required.

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