Technical Solutions Engineer – Data Center PON

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About the role

  • Technical Solutions Engineer at Ciena Corporation delivering innovative solutions for Data Center PON networks. Collaborating across teams to ensure high performance and operational simplicity.

Responsibilities

  • help deliver and support innovative solutions for next-generation Data Center Out-of-Band Management (DCOM) networks built on Passive Optical Networking (PON) technology.
  • work closely with cross-functional teams—including product management, engineering, and customer deployment teams—to ensure that Ciena’s DCOM PON solutions deliver high performance, reliability, and operational simplicity.
  • Gather and analyze requirements for next-generation routing and switching software solutions supporting 10Gbps PON network technologies and applications for Layer 2 and Layer 3 data networking across a wide range of switch and host platforms.
  • Provide technical expertise and solution guidance for Ciena’s SAOS embedded PON software and platforms.
  • Work closely with customers and internal stakeholders to translate networking requirements into scalable and operationally efficient solutions.
  • Collaborate across the entire software and solution lifecycle, including requirements analysis, integration, verification, solution validation, and customer support.
  • Support deployment and operational readiness of PON-based data center management networks.
  • Proactively identifying and resolving technical challenges through solution analysis, recommendation, and execution.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent, with 7+ years of relevant industry experience.
  • Strong hands-on experience with Passive Optical Networking (PON) technologies including OLT and ONT/ONU, and broadband access architectures such as FTTx.
  • Solid understanding of Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking, including Ethernet, VLAN, QoS, IPv4, IPv6, and switching and routing in access networks.
  • Experience working with network management and automation interfaces, including NETCONF/YANG, gRPC/gNMI, telemetry, and REST APIs.
  • Demonstrated ability to work effectively with remote and globally distributed teams.
  • Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Experience supporting or designing network solutions for complex environments such as large enterprise or data center infrastructures.

Benefits

  • medical, dental, and vision plans
  • participation in 401(K) (USA) & DCPP (Canada) with company matching
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • company-paid holidays
  • paid sick leave
  • vacation time

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

SeniorLead

Salary

CA$115,500 - CA$184,500 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

GRPCSwitching

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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