Software Automation Developer Co-op (January 2025) - 8-12 months

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.

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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

8 month work term (preferred): January – August 2025

4 month work term: January – April 2025

12 month work term: January – December 2025

How You Will Contribute

The successful candidate will join the Photonic Product Assurance Team to instrument the software to help gather better performance metrics and develop test automation to capture and analyze these metrics while the system is under test. Specific responsibilities may include:

• Adding instrumentation to the existing software.
• Capturing various metrics from a network while it’s under test.
• Development and maintenance of scripts to automate performance metric captures.
• Development of various visualizations to present performance data on dashboards.
• Executing automated test scripts, interpreting, and reporting results and help in debugging problems.
• Assisting in resolution of problems reported and contributing to improved product quality in functionality, performance, robustness, and hardening areas.
• Working closely with test engineers, SW designers and systems architects to understand the product capabilities and expected behaviour.
• Supporting the product verification and integration test teams by developing common tools.
  
  

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 endeavour 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

• Working towards completion of a Software Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science degree
• Previous programming experience on a related school project or other related experience through hobbies, clubs, etc.
• Working knowledge of scripting and other software programming languages like C, C++, Python, JavaScript, Bash Shell script.
• Software development and test process, including revision control systems like Git.
• Familiarity with Linux based workstations and OS.
• Enthusiastic, self-motivated, strong communicator, team player, problem solver and ability to multi-task.
  
  

Assets

• Familiarity with software performance concepts is a plus.
  
  

Compensation And Benefits

The pay range for this position is $24.50-33.00/hr CAD

Pay ranges at Ciena are designed to accommodate variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions, and locations, reflecting our diverse products, industries, and lines of business. Please note that the pay range information provided in this posting pertains specifically to the primary location, which is the top location listed in case multiple locations are available.

In addition to competitive compensation, Ciena offers students access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company-paid holidays, paid sick leave, and vacation pay as required by applicable laws.

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At Ciena, we are committed to building and fostering an environment in which our employees feel respected, valued, and heard. Ciena values the diversity of its workforce and respects its employees as individuals. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination.

Ciena is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

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