Specialist, Software Developer

Ciena; Milano; In loco; EUR 50.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

An innovative technology company seeks a Software Developer to enhance its OSS/BSS solutions. This role involves collaborating with sales and technical teams to deliver compelling demos and proof of concepts. You will utilize your expertise in backend programming languages like Java and Python, alongside frameworks such as Spring, to create customized solutions. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of telecommunications technologies and a passion for driving successful outcomes. Join a forward-thinking environment where your contributions will significantly impact the delivery of top-quality products.

Competenze

• 5+ years as a hands-on Software Developer in telco OSS/BSS.
• Strong understanding of Telecom Network design and OSS ecosystem.

Mansioni

• Configuration and development of customizations for Blue Planet products.
• Create demo and PoC supporting material for client presentations.

Conoscenze

Java/J2EE

Python

Spring Data/Security/MVC

JUnit

Neo4j

Oracle DB

PostgreSQL+TimescaleDB

ElasticSearch

Kafka integration

ReST (on Spring MVC)

Descrizione del lavoro

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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