As the global leader in high-speed connectivity, Ciena is committed to a people-first approach. Our teams enjoy a culture focused on prioritizing a flexible work environment that empowers individual growth, well-being, and belonging. We’re a technology company that leads with our humanity—driving our business priorities alongside meaningful social, community, and societal impact.
Join a fast-growing DevOps team shaping the future of Optical Networks (ON) at Ciena. This role accelerates the quality, stability, and speed of delivery for ON software releases by enhancing automation, workflows, and data-driven DevOps capabilities. With broad visibility and impact across hundreds of developers, this is an opportunity to innovate, solve complex problems, and influence the evolution of DevOps practices at Ciena.
How you will make an impact:
• Drive enhancements to Continuous Integration pipelines, tools, and designer workflows to improve software quality and stability.
• Implement automation solutions that increase speed, reliability, and scalability across ON development environments.
• Collaborate across geographies with software engineering, infrastructure, and tooling teams in an Agile environment.
• Integrate industry technologies—including Python, Jenkins, Git, Google Repo, and Gerrit—to streamline DevOps workflows.
• Optimize code integration processes to support rapid and predictable ON product releases.
• Apply data-driven approaches to improve system performance and identify areas for process innovation.
• Contribute to a problem-solving culture by identifying, triaging, and resolving DevOps challenges.
The must haves:
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience in software development or tools development, ideally within Continuous Integration environments.
• Strong knowledge of the Git development environment and workflow.
• Experience with Jenkins, Python, Go/Yocto build environments.
• Proven communication skills, including inter-personal, written, and verbal.
• Hands-on experience building or maintaining development automation.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in Agile teams.
• Strong understanding of DevOps fundamentals.
Nice to haves:
• Familiarity with Bitbucket, Google Repo, Gerrit.
• Exposure to Angular, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js, REST, SQL/NoSQL databases, Docker, and Ansible.
• Experience with DevSecOps practices.
• Understanding of AI-driven automation.
• Experience supporting large-scale software development organizations.
• Knowledge of Optical Networking concepts.
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Ciena is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
- 5+ years of experience in software development or tools development, ideally in Continuous Integration environments
- Strong knowledge of Git development environments and workflows
- Experience with Jenkins, Python, and Go/Yocto build environments
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
- Hands-on experience building or maintaining development automation
- Ability to work effectively in Agile teams
- Strong understanding of DevOps fundamentals
- Familiarity with Bitbucket, Google Repo, and Gerrit
- Exposure to Angular, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js, REST, SQL/NoSQL databases, Docker, and Ansible
- Experience with DevSecOps practices
- Understanding of AI-driven automation
- Experience supporting large-scale software development organizations
- Knowledge of Optical Networking concepts
Ciena Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is often characterized as competitive or above-market in certain roles and regions, with references to market-aligned salary ranges and transparency around pay bands.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is frequently framed as comprehensive, including medical, dental, and vision, with indications that coverage can extend to dependents and is viewed as a meaningful component of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are described as flexible and generous, including Flex/uncapped PTO in many cases and additional paid time for volunteering.
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What We Do
Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) is a global leader in networking systems, services, and software. We build the world’s most adaptive networks to enable our customers to deliver richer, more connected experiences for all users. At our core, Ciena is a company rooted in people. We prioritize deep, collaborative relationships within our teams and alongside our customers, partners, and communities around the world. For three-plus decades, we’ve brought our humanity to our relentless pursuit of innovation. We continue to lead the evolution of networking with a strong track record of industry firsts. As end-user expectations skyrocket, our customers and their networks must transform. Ciena powers this transformation by driving next-generation solutions built for maximum openness and agility—today and into the future. Corporate/Brand Values: • Customer First • Integrity • Velocity • Innovation • Outstanding People We're the perfect size for you to make an impact. W Only Ciena has the depth of expertise and the culture of collaboration and partnership required to help our partners 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 f
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We are known for our industry-firsts, including the first coherent optical solution, converged packet-optical platform, and intelligence automation platform. Our commitment extends beyond innovation, logging in over 35,000 volunteer hours and $2 million to worthy causes in 2023. We're the perfect size and culture for you to make a difference.
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