Ciena Corporation
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Optical Communications
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How Ciena Corporation hires
Truth index
B 81/100
Median time to fill
10 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
96%
Reposted roles
0%
Ciena Corporation scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 27 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 96% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 10 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Visa sponsorship
- United States · H-1B filings in 12 months: 36 · green card filings: 4
- Canada · Positions approved through LMIA in 12 months: 5
- United Kingdom · Licensed UK visa sponsor (Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker)
Overview
Ciena Corporation is an American networking systems company that makes optical transport platforms, coherent optical modules, routing and switching equipment and network automation software. Its customers include telecom operators, cloud and data center providers, governments and large enterprises, and it runs a major research and development centre in Ottawa, Canada. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the company is headquartered in Hanover, Maryland, United States.
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Ciena Corporation over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
115
Postings analysed
98
Stack modernity
77/100AI adopter
Languages
Python53%
C++19%
MATLAB12%
SystemVerilog10%
Frameworks & libraries
UVM8%
Angular3%
Pytest2%
ASP.NET Core1%
Databases
Snowflake2%
MySQL1%
PostgreSQL1%
Cloud & platforms
Linux21%
Power BI10%
Bitbucket6%
Windows4%
AI & ML
LLM3%
BERT1%
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Full Ciena Corporation tech stack
115 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$129k
Typical range
$48k – $281k
Open positions
39
39
Jobs
Intern
2.6%
Junior
23.1%
Middle
2.6%
Senior
41%
Staff
12.8%
Principal
12.8%
Architect
5.1%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | 1 | $50k | $50k |
| Junior | 9 | $77k | $48k – $167k |
| Middle | 1 | $80k | $80k |
| Senior | 16 | $128k | $83k – $213k |
| Staff | 5 | $132k | $109k – $183k |
| Principal | 5 | $155k | $141k – $237k |
| Architect | 2 | $254k | $226k – $281k |
Highest paying role
Director of Procurement Operations
$281k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Ciena Corporation
By role, level and city, against the market · 39 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
76/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
138
41 opened / 10 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
9 days
faster than 71% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~7 hours
10/15/2026
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Hardware
24% ▼
Industrial Engineering
14% ▲
Networking
6% ▼
Operations
6%
Management
6% ▲
Early Careers
6% ▲
Actively hiring for Hardware (+14 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added Jenkins to stack
Oct 2026
Added C# to stack
Oct 2026
Added Talend to stack
Oct 2026
Added ETL/ELT to stack
Oct 2026
Added NIST AI RMF to stack
Oct 2026
Added EU AI Act to stack
Oct 2026
Added AI Agents to stack
Oct 2026
Added Cadence Sigrity to stack
Oct 2026
Added BERT to stack
Oct 2026
Added Ansys SIwave to stack
Oct 2026
Added SQL to stack
Oct 2026
Added Snowflake to stack
Oct 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
22
Hiring now
21
Countries
11
Busiest office
Ottawa
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Hanover
United States
HQ
Ottawa
Canada
Engineering / R&D
Canada- Ottawa- 5050 Innovation- Bldg A
63 open roles 53 posted in 90 days 52% engineering 1000-5000 est. staff $101k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering, Early Careers
Baltimore
United States
Engineering / R&D
Canada- Ottawa- 5050 Innovation- Bldg A
17 open roles 12 posted in 90 days 12% engineering 6% remote 200-500 est. staff $154k Avg Salary
hires for Finance, Marketing, Operations
Alpharetta
United States
Regional office
US- GA- Alpharetta- 1120 (Atlanta)
7 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 57% engineering 50-200 est. staff $104k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Hardware, Early Careers
Gurgaon
India
Regional office
India-Gurgaon-TRIL Tower 3
6 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 17% remote 200-500 est. staff
hires for DevOps, Hardware, Networking
Quebec
Canada
Plant / site
Canada- Quebec- 505 Parc-Technologique
6 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 50-200 est. staff $75k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, QA, Hardware
New Providence
United States
Plant / site
US-NJ-430 Mountain Avenue
5 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 40% engineering 50-200 est. staff $205k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware
Braunschweig
Germany
Engineering / R&D
Germany- Braunschweig
3 open roles 100% engineering 50-200 est. staff $141k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, DevOps
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh - Roshn Business Front
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Hardware, Marketing
Atlanta
United States
Canada- Ottawa- 383 Terry Fox- Bldg C
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Legal, Enterprise Apps
Zapopan
Mexico
Mexico- Zapopan - Jardines
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
Tokyo
Japan
Japan- Tokyo- Marunouchi
2 open roles 10-50 est. staff
hires for Management, Sales
Rochester
United States
US- NY- Pittsford- 1250 Pittsford Victor Road (Rochester)
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff $235k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware
Montreal
Canada
Canada- Montreal- 2351 Alfred Nobel
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
Belfast
United Kingdom
UK- Belfast- 87 Park House
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Management, Operations
London
United Kingdom
UK - London - HX5
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Solutions
Providence
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Enterprise Apps
Milan
Italy
Italy- Milano- Via Giovanni Durando 39 (Milan)
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Argentina- Buenos Aires- 7208 Libertado
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Finance
Mumbai
India
India-Mumbai-Ananta Karma Tattva
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Customer Success
Bangkok
Thailand
Thailand- Pathumwan- 57 (Bangkok)
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Networking
Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Germany - Frankfurt - Regus
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Networking
Jobs
≈ $88k – $206k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • Top Secret • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • United States
Model Context Protocol
DevOps
MPLS
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≈ $18k – $39k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Gurgaon
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
SQL
Node JS
Angular
DevOps
Ansible
CI/CD
Jenkins
Git
Docker
Bitbucket
Gerrit
Management
Agile
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≈ $9k – $25k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Gurgaon
Python
BGP
OSPF
MPLS
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$82k – $132k per year • Equity • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • United States
Incident Management
Management
ITIL
ITSM
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≈ $92k – $169k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 15+ years exp • Ottawa
Python
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≈ $145k – $262k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • Full-Time • Master's Degree • New Providence
Python
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≈ $57k – $121k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Ottawa • Atlanta • Providence • Baltimore
Copilot
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≈ $66k – $137k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United Kingdom) • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • United Kingdom
Python
SQL
Snowflake
AI/ML
dbt
Machine Learning
Analytics
Alteryx
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$66k – $136k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 7+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Ottawa
C++
Rest API
Bitbucket
GitHub
Linux
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≈ $73k – $127k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Ottawa
LTspice
Cadence Allegro
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$82k – $132k per year • Equity • Remote (likely United States) • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree
Incident Management
Management
ITIL
ITSM
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≈ $75k – $131k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • Full-Time • Master's Degree • Ottawa
Python
C++
SystemVerilog
UVM
Formal Verification
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