Software Test Engineer- Layer 0/1/Optical

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What will you do at Ciena?

Software test engineer will work in Ciena India network management system verification team as an Individual contributor. He/She is responsible to carry out manual execution, automation development and execution of network management system and planning software. He/She must be experienced with s/w testing activities relating to test planning, automation development, and tests execution for telecom products

Responsibilities

S/W Test engineer is responsible for the execution of the product verification (PV) phase for the Network Management related applications in a multi-site R&D environment.

General Activities

Collaboration with stakeholders

• Work with customer certification test group on all levels of testing:  component level testing, module level testing, system level testing, network level testing
• Work with Lab teams to expand the lab to procure test sets, servers, non-revs, etc.
• Confer with software engineering personnel to resolve problems related to specifications and associated test plans/procedures

Skills

• Software testing
  • Working experience in development of test strategy, test planning, manual & automation test development
  • Experienced in manual & automation test execution of NMS/EMS based telecom products
  • Worked in an Agile development environment with experience testing either In-scrum or customer vertical use cases, executing cross functional workflows using API micro services
  • Understanding of solution, system performance, load and stress testing
• Technical
  • Experience working with DWDM/OTN/SONET/SDH/Packet technologies
  • Experience working with Microservice Based Architecture: Dockers, Containers, various DevOps tools
  • Development experience of Python, JavaScript, Postman and Selenium
  • Knowledge of databases like Oracle, MySQL, Cassandra
  • Knowledge of Core/Metro Transport, Core/Metro Switching
  • Thorough understanding of OAM&P based products and their project lifecycle, including Service Layer Management, Inventory Management and Connection Management.
  • Experience with north bound OSS interfaces (REST/TMF)
  • Working knowledge of Enterprise based network management software solutions in a Unix/Linux/VM/Cloud based environment
• Soft skills
  • Excellent communication and inter-personal skills
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Experienced in coordination of activities between global teams
  • Team player and leader to enable wholesome participation and growth within the team
  • Independent self-starter and committed to delivering on aggressive deadlines
  • Comfortable in a team environment with ability to lead or to work with little supervision
  • Ability to prioritize within the scope of responsibility, multi-task and manage time effectively
  • Self-motivated and pro-active with attention to detail
• Process
  • Experience with Agile software development methodologies
  • Knowledge of general software Product Verification process and methodologies

• Desirable Characteristics
  • Strong debugging skills
  • Work with Lab teams to expand the lab to procure test sets, servers, non-revs, etc.
  • Confer with software engineering personnel to resolve problems related to specifications and associated test plans/procedures.
  • Work with customer certification test group on all levels of testing:  component level testing, module level testing, system level testing, network level testing
  • Perform continuous process improvement via the Test Escape Analysis process (TEA)
  • Work with strategic CIENA product partners to ensure coordination throughout the PV cycle
  • Must have ability to understand customer’s perspective

Experience

• Industry experience of 1 to 5 years
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Education

• Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science
• Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication
• M. Tech/MSc in Electronics and Communication, Computer Science

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