Job Description
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 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/HQOSetc.
- 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 multiline 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:
- Experience in development in areas of MPLS/IP packet forwarding or L2 packet forwarding on networking devices.
- Good understanding of BCM chipset in areas of L2/L3 packet processing pipeline forwarding engine, traffic management
- Good knowledge of working of Broadcom SDK API's and internal for XGS/DNX family based devices.
- Excellent understanding of any one of Bridging, MPLS and IP data path is required.
- Exposure to L2/L3 control protocols (e.g. LLDP, LACP, CFM, Y.1731, G.8032 ERPS, 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, InExplorer) or Spirent (Spirent Test center) is needed.
- Demonstrable self-initiative and can do attitude to find and implement the best solutions for customers.
- Effectively able to work independently with little hands-on supervision delivering to aggressive timelines.
- Work experience of 7-20 years.
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.
Job Classification
Industry: Telcom, ISP
Functional Area: IT Software - Embedded, EDA, VLSI, ASIC, Chip Design,
Role Category: Programming & Design
Role: Programming & Design
Employement Type: Full time
Education
Under Graduation: Any Graduate in Any Specialization
Post Graduation: Any Postgraduate in Any Specialization
Doctorate: Doctorate Not Required, Any Doctorate in Any Specialization
Contact Details:
Company: Ciena India
Location(s): Noida, Gurugram
Keyskills:
Software design
Linux
Ethernet
Debugging
Agile
SNMP
SDK
Virtualization
MPLS
OSPF