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Job id : 44214

Packet Data Path Final

Packet Data Path Final

  Any
   Ciena        Any
  2 years ago   

JOB ID:44214

Job details

Job Type

  Full Time

Functional Area

Database Administrator/ Data warehousing

Industry

Telecom/ISP

Education

Not Specified

Experience Required

  5 - 20 Yrs

Key Skills Required

  git, jenkins, perforce, clearcase, python

Other Skills Required

 

Job Description

About Ciena
Ciena is a networking systems, services, and software company. We're driven by a relentless pursuit of
network innovation—enabling our customers to adapt within ever-changing environments to deliver richer, more connected experiences for their business and users. We attract the best and brightest– those with outstanding talent, motivation, and the right attitude to contribute to our success. Our culture balances our openness and informality with professionalism and trust and is built on the foundation of our core values: Customer First, Integrity, Velocity, Innovation, and Outstanding People.Ciena enables everyone to have a voice and a network that supports them while on the journey to discovering their passion and purpose. We trust each individual to do what they can to reach their full potential and make an impact on the business, whenever, wherever they are in the world. With Ciena’s highly innovative, forward-thinking business practices, we reward people for pushing ...  See More
About Ciena
Ciena is a networking systems, services, and software company. We're driven by a relentless pursuit of
network innovation—enabling our customers to adapt within ever-changing environments to deliver richer, more connected experiences for their business and users. We attract the best and brightest– those with outstanding talent, motivation, and the right attitude to contribute to our success. Our culture balances our openness and informality with professionalism and trust and is built on the foundation of our core values: Customer First, Integrity, Velocity, Innovation, and Outstanding People.Ciena enables everyone to have a voice and a network that supports them while on the journey to discovering their passion and purpose. We trust each individual to do what they can to reach their full potential and make an impact on the business, whenever, wherever they are in the world. With Ciena’s highly innovative, forward-thinking business practices, we reward people for pushing the boundaries. Unlock your potential at Ciena!What we’re looking for:We are a network strategy and technology company that is motivated by making a difference in people lives – their productivity, their creativity, their health and comfort. That’s why our engineers design and implement technologies that allow people to do great things.With customer proven capabilities, the Ciena Packet Transport Team is enhancing and advancing Carrier Ethernet Solutions to take advantage of worldwide market opportunities as Service Providers virtualize their networks, unify their legacy networks, and prepare for 5G.We’re looking for motivated and talented individuals with extensive experience implementing carrier-grade data communications services. You will take an experienced and influential role contributing to Layer2/Layer3 data-path architecture, infrastructure and features, delivering innovative solutions to meet demanding performance, scalability and feature requirements for carrier grade Ethernet services.
What will you do at Ciena?
Drive the development of Packet Dataplane centric features and capabilities in areas of L2/L3 forwarding, Traffic Management - Ingress/Egress QoS/H-QOS etc.
Drive the development of advanced routing, service features and capabilities in a switching/routing system involving advanced routing: OSPF, IS-IS, BGP-PIC, Segment Routing, IP-VPN, EVPN, Ethernet services and network virtualization.
Work on highly complex systems involving fabric based multi-line card hybrid architecture that support high-availability, carrier-grade requirement of scale and performance.
Author and contribute in software design, development, reviews, validation, and documentation to deliver high quality, functionally excellent products.
​Provide basic status reporting for feature of ownership.

Required Skills:
Working knowledge in areas of L2/MPLS/IP packet forwarding on networking devices.
Good understanding of BCM chipset in areas of L2/L3 packet processing pipeline forwarding engine, traffic management, injection/extraction etc.
Good knowledge of working of Broadcom SDK API's and internal for XGS/DNX family based chipsets.
Exposure to L2/L3 control protocols (e.g. LLDP, LACP, CFM, Y.1731, G.8032, BFD, BGP, RSVP-TE, 6PE, 6vPE etc.) is a plus.
Strong C programming skills with strong debugging and trouble shooting skills over Linux platform.
Exposure to end-to-end feature development including CLI, SNMP/Netconf, inter module/thread communication.
Knowledge of IP networking stack in Linux & IP routing is add on advantage.
Carrier class product design and delivery experience with Access & Aggregation Switches/Routers designed for Service Provider deployments.
Exposure to traffic generators such as Ixia (IxNetwork, IxExplorer) or Spirent (Spirent TestCenter) is added advantage.
Understanding of IPv4 and IPv6 protocol family
Understanding around In Service Software Upgrade (ISSU)
Understanding of distributed system and architecture
Demonstrable self-initiative and “can do” attitude to find and implement the best solutions for customers.
Effectively able to work independently with little supervision and delivering to aggressive timelines.
Take test delivery ownership for a feature or a group of features. Understanding end-to-end feature requirements at individual and architecture level. In depth knowledge of the hardware and protocols involved, their dependencies and their role within the product architecture.
Thorough understanding of the impact of requirements across various releases. Confidence to take on the architects and question every requirement for their individual validity and completeness towards the deliverable.
Provide support for Senior Engineers through collecting log files, software upgrades, execution of the assigned test cases.
Develop customer deliverable requirement use cases. Interact with PLM, architects and release managers to weed out uncertainties and ambiguities in requirements. Understand the landscape of competitive usage of a feature and incorporate as a deliverable in present release or influence it to be part of future releases.
Education and Experience:Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related discipline.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, effectively able to collaborate with multiple teams across geographically diverse areas.
Work experience of 5-20 years.
Software development experience in C
Experience in development environments – GIT, Jenkins, Perforce, Clearcase, etc
Experience in Agile and Waterfall models of development
Knowledge of real world network topologies in Carrier/Metro Ethernet Space
Knowledge in area of 2G/3G/4G/5G is an added advantage
Automation experience in Python is desirable.
Position requires proficient troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
Team oriented; strong inter-personal skills and ability to understand customers’ needs, expectations and perspective
Demonstrates ability to multitask on multiple projects
Demonstrates communications skills, both verbal and written, to effectively communicate/collaborate with remote QA and Development teams
Strong commitment to product excellence and quality
Contributes and take lead role among team of engineers involved in the release of software. Quickly comes up to speed in understanding of advanced concepts/methodology and contributes to improving and extending the impact and effectiveness of those concepts or new approaches to the current project
Conducts knowledge sharing sessions: Moderate to complex topics, specific functional area presentations or methods of procedures. Topics not product related that may help enhance process or efficiency
Being You at Ciena
As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we want to foster an environment that values and respects all individual’s strengths, perspectives, ideas, and ability to meet the needs of our customers globally. Ciena values the diversity of its workforce and respects its employees as individuals, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or marital status or any other category protected by applicable law. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination.
Ciena is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.If contacted in relation to a job opportunity, you should advise Ciena in a timely fashion of the specific accommodation measures required for you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. See Less
About Company
Ciena is a networking systems, services, and software company. We help our clients build more adaptive networks in response to the constantly changing demands of their users—businesses and consumers alike. We do this by delivering best-in-class networking technology through high-touch consultative relationships, backed by 26 years of experience in building the world’s most complex networks. From our founding, Ciena has always been a pioneer in the networking industry. Coupled with innovation, our growth and success have been built on our ability to partner with clients—delivering the solutions they require to evolve their networks. What they demand today is changing, driven by changing end-user behavior. End-users want more capacity, more content, and more flexibility while also demanding less overhead, less complication and less cost. Our clients and their networks must transform. Ciena is the best partner to guide them through this transformation to build a more int...  See More
Ciena is a networking systems, services, and software company. We help our clients build more adaptive networks in response to the constantly changing demands of their users—businesses and consumers alike. We do this by delivering best-in-class networking technology through high-touch consultative relationships, backed by 26 years of experience in building the world’s most complex networks. From our founding, Ciena has always been a pioneer in the networking industry. Coupled with innovation, our growth and success have been built on our ability to partner with clients—delivering the solutions they require to evolve their networks. What they demand today is changing, driven by changing end-user behavior. End-users want more capacity, more content, and more flexibility while also demanding less overhead, less complication and less cost. Our clients and their networks must transform. Ciena is the best partner to guide them through this transformation to build a more intelligent and adaptive network. Only Ciena has the depth of expertise and the culture of collaboration and partnership required to help clients evolve. We do this by strategically integrating hardware, services, and software in an open environment to ensure our clients’ networks are ‘fit for flexibility’ today and into the future. See Less