Why Ciena:

• We are big proponents of life-work integration and provide the flexibility and tools to make it a reality with remote work and potentially, part-time work.

• We believe an inclusive, diverse and barrier-free work environment makes for empowered and committed employees.

• We recognize the importance of well-being and offer programs and benefits to support and sustain the mental and physical health of our employees and their families and also offer a variety of paid family leave programs.

• We are committed to employee development, offering tuition reimbursement and a variety of in-house learning and mentorship opportunities.

• We know that financial security is important.  We offer competitive salaries and incentive programs, RSU’s (job level specific) and an employee share option purchase program.

• We realize time away to recharge is important.  We offer flexible paid time off!

• Great work deserves recognition. We have a robust recognition program, with ongoing and enhanced awards for exemplary performance.

How You Will Contribute:

Reporting to the Senior Director, Global Engineering & Learning Solutions, as a Service Security Solution Architect, you will support the delivery of network transformation and modernization via a set of services that analyze the customer’s network, identify the network solutions (Ciena and/or third party), and plan the integration/conversion requirements to meet the customer’s needs. 

You will play a critical role assisting with the design, development, and integration of security best practices across the entire service portfolio and service delivery globally, including engagement in the product’s development life cycle, documenting how requirements will be satisfied, and then proceeding with synthesis, design, and system validation while considering the totality of the product’s function.

• You will serve as a consultant to various Ciena teams to develop revenue (hardware and service opportunities) as well as support feature development and enhancement, test and validation procedures, and regularly guide product architects, security primes, and developers with their technology specialty and threat modeling. 

• You will track technology specific guidance and developments across the industry and create documentation and guidelines for product releases to be incorporated into security documentation packages.

• You will support regional engineering teams on specific security project deliverables, answering specific customer questions relative to their technology.

• You will enable Regions to be self-sufficient on all aspects of network security engineering guidelines, from tools to technology.

• You will develop and present complex network modernization end to end solutions, ensuring proposed solutions are technically viable, while affording security leadership and technical consultation services to all Ciena field service teams.

• You will perform network security audits and architecture design to enable the introduction of complete end-to-end network security.

What Does Ciena Expect of You?

• Initiative – you’re a self-starter who works with limited direction and is accountable for resolving issues quickly and delivering against aggressive deadlines.

• Relationship builder – you’re capable of building trusted internal and external working relationships quickly with an ability influence at all levels of an organization.
• Customer first – what’s important to the customer is equally important to you.  You make understanding their needs, expectations and circumstances a priority.
• A high level of comfort in working independently or as part of a multi-faceted and matrixed team network.
• You embrace change – thriving in a multi-faceted, multi-team environment of ever-changing and often competing priorities.
• Problem solver – you take pride in your ability to readily find solutions to complex issues.
• Communication expertise – you possess the ability to clearly articulate technical issues and tailor your message to the audience to ensure understanding and agreement.
• A dedication to ongoing learning – staying up to date on innovations, technical trends and applying this knowledge to the benefit of the customer.

The Must Haves: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Systems Technology coupled with extensive experience in networking security consulting.
• Expert-level technology specific certifications where applicable - CCIE Sec, ITIL Master, S-CISO, CISSP, RHCA, CISM, CCISO, RHCE, etc.
• Prior experience participating in Security and Development Teams across multiple disciplines (Incident Response, Architecture and Engineering with advanced experience in IP protocols and networking devices/technologies.
• Experience in data analytics and working experience with BI Platforms as well as with various software development methodologies and DevOps toolchains to drive faster innovations.
• Working knowledge with Programming Languages such as Python or Java as week as Relational and NoSQL Databases.

Assets:

• Master’s degree or graduate level work in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Information Systems Technology.

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