System Software Engineer Intern

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.

Why Ciena? 

• We’re a company rooted in people—seeking to create a vibrant and inclusive environment, where everyone feels they can belong.  
• Accelerate your career path by gaining hands-on experience and exposure to the latest technology. Our interns and graduates work on real projects in real time in world class labs. Be a part of tomorrow’s future – today. 

• Mentoring. Networking. Leadership Opportunities. We recognize that the learning doesn’t stop when you leave school - we champion a team environment for development and provide the tools to achieve success. 
• We are big proponents of life-work integration. Our people make a big difference at Ciena, but we want to shine light on their differences outside of working hours too. CienaCares supports non-profit causes important to employees by matching employee financial contributions and dedicating time for volunteering. 

The Opportunity:

Six Month work term: Jan,2025 – June,2025

How You Will Contribute:
This role involves taking responsibility for designing, developing, testing, documenting, and analyzing modules or features within new or upgraded software systems and products. It includes executing implementations based on project plans and priorities. our engineers design and implement technologies that allow people to do great things.Packet and Optical networks continue to aggressively move towards Layer 0/1/2 converged infrastructures. Join our highly experienced team of engineers delivering:

• Next Generation Packet Optical Transport Solutions
• Next Generation Routing and Switching Solution
• Hybrid Layer 0/1/2 switching (OTN/Packet)
• Data Driven North Bound Open Interfaces – YANG/NETCONF/gRPC/REST.
• Solutions enabling Wireless, 5G, SDN, NFV and Virtualized oriented networks.

What Does Ciena Expect of You?

• A sense of urgency – what’s important to the customer is equally important to you.  You make getting things done a priority.
• Integrity – you hold yourself to the highest level of personal and professional standards of conduct.
• A commitment to innovation – you continually seek to learn, understand new technologies and ever-changing market conditions, and endeavor to apply that knowledge to Ciena’s advantage.
• You embrace change – thriving in a diverse environment of ever-changing priorities and sometimes stressful situations.
• The flexibility to work independently with minimal supervision as well as part of a broader team.

The Must Haves:

• A willingness to learn and the ability to work well in a team environment is a must.
• Experience using Linux based workstations would be an asset.
• Experience in software upgrade management.
• Understanding of automation script
• Good Coding skills (preferably Python and C ).
• Good debugging and trouble shooting skills over Linux platform.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of real-world network topologies in Carrier/Metro Ethernet Space will be an asset
• Knowledge of Python/XML/YANG/JASON/Golang will be an asset
• Experience in development environments – GIT, Jenkins etc.
• Knowledge of Linux Kernel, Docket containers, TCP/IP stack, Forwarding Tables, IP Filters, VLANs, and memory management
• Working knowledge of MS Office tool suite (Word, Excel, power point), and working with large data sets (sorting, filtering, graphing)

Assets:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Self-motivated and dedicated to meeting deadlines independently.
• Thrives in a collaborative team environment.

Education

• Undergoing MCA or M. Tech. in Electronics and Communication or Computer Science or IT or similar.