<br><br> About Company: Ciena Corporation is an American telecommunications networking equipment and software services supplier based in Hanover, Maryland. The company has been described by The Baltimore Sun as the "world's biggest player in optical connectivity." The company reported revenues of $3.62 billion for 2021. Ciena had over 7,200 employees, as of October 2021. Gary Smith serves as president and chief executive officer (CEO). Customers include AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, Korea Telecom, Sprint Corporation, and Verizon Communications. Ciena was founded in 1992 under the name HydraLite by electrical engineer David R. Huber. Huber served as chief executive officer, while Optelecom, a company building optical networking products, provided "management assistance and production facilities," and co-founder Kevin Kimberlin "provided initial equity capital during the formation of the Company". The company subsequently received funding from Sevin Rosen Funds as a result of a demonstration at its laboratory attended by Jon Bayless, a partner at the firm, who saw the value in applying HydraLite's fiber-optic technology to cable television. Sevin Rosen offered funding immediately, investing $1.25 million in April 1994. Ciena received $40 million in venture capital financing, including $3.3 million from Sevin Rosen Funds. Other early investors in the company included Charles River Ventures, Japan Associated Finance Co., Star Venture, and Vanguard Venture Partners. Bayless also recruited physicist Patrick Nettles, a former colleague at the telecommunications company Optilink, to serve as Ciena's first CEO, and Lawrence P. Huang, another former colleague, to accept the sales chief role. Huber and Nettles, who changed the company's name to Ciena, began working from an office in Dallas in February 1994; Huber would remain with Ciena until 1995. The name of the company was changed to Ciena in 1994. Its first products were introduced in May 1996, and Sprint Corporation was the company's first customer. At $195 million, the company's first-year sales were the highest ever recorded by a startup at the time. Ciena had sold $54.8 million in products to Sprint alone by November 1996. WorldCom also became an early customer, and Sprint and WorldCom accounted for 97 percent of Ciena's revenue, as of early 1997. Ciena began diversifying its clientele and acquiring smaller contracts in 1997. Ciena went public on NASDAQ in February 1997, and was the largest initial public offering of a startup company to date, with a valuation of $3.4 billion. The company's headquarters were relocated to Maryland in March 1997. Ciena earned approximately $370 million in revenue and profits of $110 million for the fiscal year ending in October 1997. Customers at the time included AT&T, Bell Atlantic, and Digital Teleport. In March 1998, Nettles and Michael Birck of Tellabs began discussing a possible merger. Tellabs announced the purchase of Ciena for $7.1 billion in June. Revenue surpassed $700 million by August 1998, and Ciena had approximately 1,300 employees at the time. The merger was not completed. Financial performance and shareholder disapproval were cited in the media as reasons for the abandoned acquisition proposal in September 1998. Since 1992, Ciena has been driven by a relentless pursuit of network innovation. We believe in a network that grows smarter, more agile, and more responsive every day. This means that when you digitally interact in your world - picking up the phone, streaming video, texting a friend or loved one – your interactions are being enabled by Ciena technologies. Ciena makes your social / entertainment / business existence REAL. No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified below and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you! <br><br> Position summary: <br>Ciena has been the global leader in networking strategy for more than 25 years, and our technology has been part of the critical infrastructure running within the most sophisticated companies in the world. We are hiring Software Engineer(s) who could participate in product/feature development, as part of a team. They will be responsible to design, develop and support software specializing in different NMS/EMS layers to support network elements using multiple technologies like DWDM, Optical Switches and Multi-Service edge products. <br><br> Essential duties and responsibilities <br>- Coordinate/support release/design lead on successful delivery of release/features. <br>- Implement code according to the design while meeting project timelines. <br>- Compliance with organization-wide adopted conventions and procedures (architecture, code review, etc.) and deliver quality work to testing groups. <br>- Provide inputs in the detailed design. <br>- Development and execution of unit test cases. <br>- Support the technical leadership to solve and fix defects. <br><br> Skills: <br>- Strong analysis, coding, testing, and documentation skills. <br>- Proficient in Object Oriented Concepts, data structures, algorithms. <br>- Knowledge of Operating system concepts. <br>- Knowledge of Networking Concepts. <br>Hands-on in any one or more of the following: <br>- C/C++ <br>- Java/JavaScript <br>- Python <br>- JavaScript/HTML/CSS/JQuery <br>- Scala <br><br>(Academic project in any of these or related areas would be a plus) <br><br> Desired Characterstics / Skills <br>- Exposure to micro-service architecture using Docker and Git configuration management will be a bonus. <br>- Exposure to Linux/Unix environment will be an added advantage. <br>- Good verbal and written communication skills. <br>- Independent self-starter and committed to delivering as per timelines. <br>- Comfortable in a team environment. Education: <br>Undergoing MCA or B. Tech. in Electronics and Communication or Computer Science or IT or similar. <br><br>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. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity, please advise Ciena of any accommodation measures you may require.