Analyst, Global R&D Infrastructure & Operations

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How You Will Contribute:

• If you want to be exposed to the latest technologies, such as Linux, Docker, and Cloud, and you love to work with a variety of technologies, tools, and environments, this is the position for you.
• You will work with the PRISM Applications & Infrastructure team to provide the infrastructure, tools, and services to enable Ciena R&D DevOps.
• Ciena Corporation, the network specialist, offers leading network infrastructure solutions, intelligent software and a comprehensive services practice. Our portfolio of software-centric optical and Ethernet platforms combines network element programmability, operating system commonality and management unification, and Carrier Ethernet-based transformation to enable our customers to change the way they compete. Our solutions form the foundation of many of the largest, most reliable, and sophisticated service provider, enterprise, government, and research and education networks across the globe.

Why is this role important within Ciena? What impact can you expect to have?

• Improve the efficiency of R&D design teams by driving cost reductions and productivity enhancements.

• ·Improve the overall developer experience for Ciena engineers by providing resilient and highly available infrastructure.

What type of work environment will you be working in? Who are the key teams with whom you will interact?

• You will have end to end responsibilities, from requirements to implementation and deployment.
• Applying the latest industry technologies (Ansible, Enterprise Storage, Virtualization, Linux, Docker, Cloud) to develop and support in-house, open source, and commercial software.
• Interacting with our highly skilled infrastructure team to provide solutions for our globally distributed product development teams.

The Must Haves:

• Strong willingness to learn or experience in the following:
• DNS, DHCP, Routing, TCP/IP, LACP, VLAN and general network concepts
• LDAP, Microsoft Active Directory
• NetApp Storage technologies including NFS, SMB and Object, CDOT, Snap Mirror, Snap Vault, FAS, Storage GRID, SolidFire and Flash based solutions
• Virtualization technologies: VMWare, KVM, OpenStack, ProxMox, XCP-ng
• Dell Technologies, HP Rack and Blade servers, HP C7000/Synergy Chassis, Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM), HP OneView
• Deployment Technologies: Docker, OpenStack, Ansible, Kickstart
• Operating Systems: Linux (administer, manage, patch, upgrade, security)
• General knowledge of cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, Oracle Cloud)
• Backup and Replication technologies, on and off-site including cloud-based technologies.
• Version Control Systems: Git
• Programming Languages: Ansible, Python, Perl, Bash, PowerShell, PowerCLI
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL
• Atlassian tools like Bitbucket, Jira, and Confluence
• Knowledge of large-scale data center architecture and implementation; appreciate the important aspects of running a 24/7/365 enterprise environment.

Education

• B.S. degree computer science or related degree or relevant experience
• 2+ years of system administration experience (Linux Environments)

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