Cloud Infrastructure & Services – New Grad 2026

As the global leader in high-speed connectivity, Ciena is committed to a people-first approach. Our teams enjoy a culture focused on prioritizing a flexible work environment that empowers individual growth, well-being, 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 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 Senior Manager, Software Engineering Applications, as a New Grad, Cloud Infrastructure and Services, you will primarily work on the development of infrastructure and services supporting the Development Engine and the internal design community (1000+ users) across multiple products.

Specific areas of focus will include the deployment and support of OpenSource tools and services to address needs in areas such as machine learning, data science, test automation and security. This is done through practices such as Infrastructure as Code (IaC), DevSecOps, CI/CD while contributing as part of a team that leverages cutting edge technologies.

· You will perform scripting, coding, and integration of tools and develop and maintain automated pipelines for infrastructure tooling

· Partake in maintenance activities and support critical services during outages

· Apply the right security practices and control to infrastructure offerings

· Develop or extend new services used for management of infrastructure services supported by the IOST team

What Does Ciena Expect of You?

· Initiative – You’re a self-starter who works with limited direction and is committed to delivering against aggressive deadlines.

· Agility – You are readily able to make key decisions and manage competing and ever-changing account priorities and largely driven by the product development lifecycle.

· Communication expertise – The ability to influence and tailor your message and ideas to the audience to ensure understanding and buy in.

· The flexibility to work independently and as part of a broader team – you thrive in a multi-disciplinary team environment, but are comfortable working independently as required.

· Relationship builder – With an innate ability to influence, you’re able to quickly develop trusted connections and get work done through others.

· A commitment to innovation – You keep abreast of the latest developments (risks, new tools and practices, vendors) in related security, with a focus on transforming these into action items, roadmaps, and proofs of concepts (POCs).

The Must Haves:

· High level of comfort with programming & scripting languages such as Python, BASH, C/C++, Java or other object or functional languages

· Experience working on Linux environments, good knowledge of standard Linux services

· Experience debugging system services and/or applications on Linux

· Proven ability to leverage open-source frameworks and tools to reduce development time

· Familiarity with containerization tools: e.g., Docker, Kubernetes

· Experience using version control tools such as Bitbucket, Gerrit, GitHub

· Some experience with databases: SQL or document based DBs

Assets:

· Experience in automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and provisioning tools including shell scripting, Python, Ansible or similar, Docker, etc

· Familiarity with networking concepts and fundamentals

· Exposure to observability and alerting systems, examples: Open Telemetry, Grafana, ELK, OpenSearch

· Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field with proven S/W development experience

· Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills

· Demonstrated ability to work in a team-oriented environment

· Environments: Linux, Windows

Pay Range: 
 

This role offers a salary range of $62,400 - $99,600 CAD.

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