Ciena Hiring For Lead Software Engineer- Routing/Switching – Dataplane at Remote

Ciena; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 130,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking technology company that prioritizes a people-first philosophy and fosters a culture of innovation and inclusivity. As a key player in the networking industry, you will leverage your expertise in carrier-grade data communications to contribute to cutting-edge projects involving SDN, NFV, and virtualized routing systems. This role offers the opportunity to develop advanced features in a collaborative environment, ensuring that your skills in C programming, Port/VLAN Management, and Ethernet QoS are utilized to their fullest potential. Embrace a flexible work culture that values employee well-being and professional growth while making a significant impact on the future of technology.

Benefits

Flexible paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Employee share option purchase program

Paid family leave programs

Recognition programs

Qualifications

• Strong C programming skills and debugging on Linux.
• Experience with Port/VLAN Management and Ethernet QoS.

Responsibilities

• Develop Dataplane features and capabilities for carrier-grade services.
• Troubleshoot and fix issues in Dataplane areas.

Skills

C programming

Port/VLAN Management

L2 Protocols Datapath

Ethernet QoS

Debugging and troubleshooting

Carrier class product design

Traffic generators (Ixia, Spirent)

Tools

Linux

BCM SDK

Broadcom SDK

Job description

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.

Introducing Ciena

For more than 30 years, Ciena has been a global leader in networking strategy. Our technology is part of the critical infrastructure that enables innovations that wow us – like autonomous driving, and those we take for granted – like mobile-streaming video. These advancements in technology are possible because of the pioneering approach at Ciena. We are at the forefront of cutting-edge technology that makes the internet itself work. We build adaptive networks that grow smarter, more agile, and more responsive every day – much like Ciena itself.

Why Ciena:

• We are big proponents of life-work integration and provide the flexibility and tools to make it a reality with remote work and potentially, part-time work.
• We believe an inclusive, diverse and barrier-free work environment makes for empowered and committed employees.
• We recognize the importance of well-being and offer programs and benefits to support and sustain the mental and physical health of our employees and their families and also offer a variety of paid family leave programs.
• We are committed to employee development, offering tuition reimbursement and a variety of in-house learning and mentorship opportunities.
• We know that financial security is important. We offer competitive salaries and incentive programs, RSU’s (job level specific) and an employee share option purchase program.
• We realize time away to recharge is non-negotiable. We offer flexible paid time off!
• Great work deserves recognition. We have a robust recognition program, with ongoing and enhanced awards for exemplary performance.

How You Will Contribute:

Ciena is looking for a motivated and talented individual with extensive experience implementing carrier-grade data communications services, while learning to leverage the disruption taking place with SDN, NFV and virtualized routing systems. You will take an experienced and influential role contributing to Layer2/Layer3 datapath architecture, QoS & infrastructure features, delivering innovative solutions to meet demanding performance, scalability and feature requirements in support of advanced Carrier Ethernet services, advancing next generation HQOS & MEF capabilities focused on service provider, carrier grade capability.

• Develop Dataplane & Broadcom centric features and capabilities in areas of Port, VLAN (Q-in-Q), MAC, L2/L3 forwarding & Packet processing, Traffic Management – Ingress/Egress QoS / HQOS, ACL, MEF services, RFC 2544, L2CFT, L2 Transforms etc.
• Author and contribute in Layer2/Layer3 datapath architecture and QoS/infrastructure features including software design, development, validation, and documentation to deliver high quality, functionally excellent products.
• Contribute to integration with enabling technologies including third party software BCM SDK, existing platform and hardware capabilities.
• Troubleshoot and fix reported issues in Dataplane areas. Identify root cause, diagnose, debug and deliver robust timely fixes.
• Provide basic status reporting for own work.
• Continuous learning and development of skills in advanced Dataplane, QoS & Infrastructure features: Port/VLAN Management, Traffic Management Ingress/Egress H-QOS, Bandwidth sharing, Packet processing, Link scanning, Ethernet services and network virtualization.

The Must Haves:

• Strong C programming skills with strong debugging and troubleshooting skills over Linux platform.
• Strong experience in Port/VLAN Management, L2 Protocols Datapath, MAC learning, 802.1Q, 802.1ad, 802.1p, MEF services, Ethernet QoS such as metering, coloring, CoS mapping, scheduling, shaping, congestion avoidance, MEF 10.2/10.3, performance monitoring etc.
• Carrier class product design and delivery experience with Access & Aggregation Switches/Routers designed for Service Provider deployments.
• Exposure to traffic generators such as Ixia or Spirent.

The Good to Haves:

• Exposure to end-to-end feature development including CLI, SNMP/Netconf, inter module/thread communication, hardware abstraction layer & BCM SDK.
• Understanding of BCM L2/L3 packet processing pipeline, traffic management & forwarding engine, with experience on Broadcom SDK for XGS/DNX family based devices is desirable.
• Knowledge of IP networking stack in Linux & IP routing is a bonus.
• Hands-on experience and good knowledge of Chassis based multi-line card and pizza box architecture.

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.

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