C Programmer

**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.**

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**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**:

- Contribute to design and development of features and enhancements in L2/IP OAM protocols like: 802.1ag CFM, Y.1731, RFC 2544 etc.
- Participate in software design, development, validation, and defect resolution activities to deliver functionally excellent products to Ciena customers.
- Translate market directions, customer requirements, and new industry standards into software design and execution activities.
- Assist and lead in early product demonstrations to customers.
- Trouble shoot and fix reported issues. Identify root cause, diagnose, debug and deliver robust timely fixes.
- Provide basic assessment of own work including effort estimation and status reporting.
- Continuous learning and development of skills in L2/IP control plane and OAM.

**What Does Ciena Expect of You?**
- Initiative - You’re a self-starter who works with limited direction and is committed to delivering against aggressive deadlines.
- Agility - you are readily able to make key decisions and manage competing and ever-changing priorities.
- Communication expertise - you possess the ability to influence and tailor your message and ideas to the audience to ensure understanding and agreement.
- The flexibility to work independently and as part of a broader team - you thrive in a multi-disciplinary team environment, but are comfortable working independently as required.
- Relationship builder - with an ability to influence, you’re able to quickly develop trusted connections and get work done across multi sites.
- A commitment to innovation - you keep abreast of the market and competitive developments and are always keen to formulate new ideas and problem solve.
- A passion for coaching - fully understanding and appreciating the power of the mentorship role.

**The Must Haves**:

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, effectively able to collaborate with multiple teams across geographically diverse areas.
- 5+ years of Packet networking experience with minimum 2+ years of L2/IP control plane or OAM exposure.
- ** Excellent “C” programming skills with strong debugging and trouble shooting skills over Linux platform.**:

- Linux Driver/Middleware development for Embedded platforms
- Familiarity with product cycles and deployment requirements for Broadband products (ONU/ONT, G-PON and OLT).
- Deep exposure to L2/IP OAM protocols including CFM, Y.1731, RFC 2544 Benchmarking, IP, ping/traceroute etc.
- Familiarity with IEEE/IETF/MEF standards, OMCI stack, ITU-T G.988 is a bonus.
- Exposure to debug tools (e.g. GDB), test tools (e.g. Ixia/Spirent) and configuration management (e.g. Perforce/Git) is required.
- Exposure to end-to-end feature development including inter module/thread communication, protocol state machine.
- Strong experience working on large complex software bases.
- Self-starter with a strong “can do” belief, committed to delivering quality results on aggressive timelines. Effectively able to work independently with little hands-on supervision.
- Team oriented; strong inter-personal skills and ability to understand customers’ needs, expectations and perspective.
- Capable to multitask on multiple projects, with good time management skills and stay focused under pressure.

**Education Qualification**
- Bachelor’s/ master’s degree in computer science or a related discipline.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, eff