Product Security Lab Engineer

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.

In this role, you will strengthen Ciena’s Product Security organization by managing a dynamic, India‑based security lab that enables product validation, telemetry readiness, and Detection Engineering. This position offers the opportunity to shape a scalable lab environment that supports secure, high‑quality product outcomes.

How you will make an impact:

• Oversee the stability, availability, and upkeep of the Product Security lab environment across compute, storage, virtualization, and tooling.
• Administer and troubleshoot systems, configurations, services, patching, backups, and performance to maintain reliable lab operations.
• Manage lab networking, including VLANs, routing, firewall rules, DNS/DHCP, VPN and remote access, certificates, and time synchronization.
• Build and maintain customer‑like lab topologies that support accurate testing, validation, and security readiness.
• Implement secure access controls and baseline hardening across products and lab systems.
• Establish and maintain centralized logging pipelines, ensuring complete, reliable syslog and telemetry for validation activities.
• Enable Detection Engineering by ensuring required signals, data quality, and test scenarios are consistently available.

The must haves:

• 5+ years of experience in lab operations, systems administration, network administration, or similar infrastructure roles.
• Strong Linux administration capabilities with the ability to troubleshoot end‑to‑end system issues.
• Hands‑on experience with networking fundamentals, including VLANs, routing, and firewall management.
• Working knowledge of syslog, telemetry pipelines, or logging technologies.
• Experience administering virtualization technologies such as VMware or KVM.
• Ability to reproduce issues, capture evidence, and document validation steps with clarity.
• Strong communication skills and experience collaborating across security and engineering teams.

Nice to haves:

• Proficiency in Python, JSON, or scripting for automation and data normalization.
• Exposure to basic security testing tools such as Nmap, Wireshark, Burp Suite, or vulnerability scanners.
• Experience with containerization technologies, including Docker or Kubernetes.
• Prior experience building or maturing a testing lab in a networking or telecom environment.
• Familiarity with SIEM tools or advanced logging workflows.
• Background in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
• Strong documentation skills, including creating diagrams, inventories, and runbooks.

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