Ciena
Jobs, news, and who works there
As of 2026-10-31, Skillenai has indexed 23 Ciena job postings over the past 90 days. Ciena appeared in 44 news articles in the same window.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-31
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Hiring at Ciena
Weekly Ciena job postings — last 90 days
Roles Ciena is hiring for
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Embedded Software Engineer | 3 | 13.0% |
| Embedded Software Developer | 2 | 8.7% |
| Optical Test Engineer | 2 | 8.7% |
| Software Developer | 2 | 8.7% |
| Software Engineer | 2 | 8.7% |
| Test Engineer | 2 | 8.7% |
| DevOps Engineer | 1 | 4.3% |
| Endpoint Security Engineer | 1 | 4.3% |
| Hardware Systems Architect | 1 | 4.3% |
| Logistics Analytics & Optimization Lead | 1 | 4.3% |
Skills in Ciena job postings
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 6 | 26.1% |
| Linux | 5 | 21.7% |
| C | 5 | 21.7% |
| embedded systems | 3 | 13.0% |
| Ethernet | 3 | 13.0% |
| Git | 3 | 13.0% |
| Bitbucket | 3 | 13.0% |
| C++ | 3 | 13.0% |
| JIRA | 3 | 13.0% |
| firmware development | 2 | 8.7% |
| MATLAB | 2 | 8.7% |
| debugging | 2 | 8.7% |
| manufacturing processes | 2 | 8.7% |
| C/C++ | 2 | 8.7% |
| TCP/IP | 2 | 8.7% |
Where Ciena is hiring
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ottawa | 14 | 60.9% |
| Atlanta | 1 | 4.3% |
| Belfast | 1 | 4.3% |
| Guadalajara | 1 | 4.3% |
| Petaluma | 1 | 4.3% |
Who works at Ciena
From the career profiles Skillenai holds for current staff. Small groups are withheld.
Skills on staff profiles
- python12%
- Java7%
- C++7%
- Jenkins5%
- Git5%
- sql4%
- Cucumber4%
- Carrier Ethernet4%
- JavaScript4%
- kubernetes4%
- Java Swing4%
- Jira4%
- Microservices3%
- planning tools3%
- Jest3%
- Identity Access Management3%
Share of observed positions at Ciena that list the skill.
Degree level
- Bachelor10
- Master5
- Associate1
- PhD1
Field of study
- Computer Science4
- Economics1
- Electrical and Computer Engineering1
- Electronics Management Electronics Design & Troubleshooting1
- Finance1
- Management Studies1
Schools
- Sonoma State University5
- Georgia Institute of Technology3
- North Carolina State University3
- Auburn University2
- Brigham Young University2
- Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University2
- United States Naval Academy2
- University of California, Davis2
Ciena in the news
44 news articles and 28 blog posts mentioned Ciena in the last 90 days.
News
- Mid-term AI build-out – and pay-outrcrtech.com · October 29, 2026
- Musk predicts ‘hundreds-of-billions’ in Starlink ‘connectivity’ revenuercrtech.com · October 22, 2026
- Changes in financing for AI infrastructurercrtech.com · October 23, 2026
- Taming power spikes in transient AI loadsrcrtech.com · October 20, 2026
- Nvidia PODs: shrinking time-to-first-token’rcrtech.com · October 21, 2026
- Ericsson – good show, flat marketrcrtech.com · October 15, 2026
Blogs
- Anthropic, AWS, Google: Compute, Cloud & Revenuercrtech.com · October 27, 2026
- Adding ‘quantum’ to photonic integrated circuitsrcrtech.com · October 28, 2026
- Meta $95B stock offering on heels of SpaceX $40B debt roundrcrtech.com · October 26, 2026
- OCP Global Summit 2026: Irrational Recapirrationalanalysis.substack.com · October 19, 2026
- AI news for October 24, 2026: Brotli CVE-2026-111497: Node, Python, Bun, curl Fixes; Ciena AI Demand vs Supply: $8.5B Backlog, What's Confirmedexplainx.ai · October 24, 2026
- The AI Era Calls for a New Data Center and Cloud Blueprinttelecomreviewamericas.com · October 22, 2026
How this was computed
Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Job counts are postings whose employer resolves to Ciena over the 90 days ending 2026-10-31; mentions are news and blog documents that resolve to the same entity. Career-profile aggregates come from the Skillenai talent graph with the same suppression the talent-graph API applies.
- note
- Observed profiles counts the career profiles Skillenai holds at this company, not its employee count.
- source
- Skillenai jobs, news and blog indices; Skillenai career-profile corpus
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