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Ciena Corporation
Ciena [2000 - 2004]
About Ciena
Role of Systems Engineering
My role as Lead Systems Verification Engineer
Test Plan Development
Power Management Algorithm
Network Architectures [UPSR BLSR LADM]
Network Design
Provisioning of System
Individual Circuit Pack Definitions
Routing and Network Protocols
Transient Testing System Level/Circuit Pack Level
Lab Test Equipment
Regression Testing
Bug Tracking System
Presentations and Cross Group Training

Lead Systems Engineer

November 2000 - April 2004

Ciena [2000-2004]
 
Prime Lead in creating test strategies, documents and reports for key release features with customer impact.
 
Designed Networks using in house power management software, built networks in strategic configurations for testing, and troubleshot defects throughout the design process of new product features.
 
Worked with hardware, software, marketing and systems engineering to resolve defects, meet standards, and ensure system integrity through feature testing, legacy, and upgrades.
 
Provisioned Circuit Packs, Circuits, Overlays, Trib/Line Protection, and tested alarms, switching, OH[path/line/section] using GUI, TL1, SNMP.
 
Trained product line marketing group on system functionality for directed selling features of product.
 
Characterized transient response throughout system, and at the circuit pack level.
 
Worked with Network Management System to set up subrate circuits (path, line, transparency), and to provision VLans, and networking with TCP/IP, PPP, DCC.
 
Directed division documentation and contributed to outlining verification gates in product cycle.
Verified protection architectures in Optical/Sonet UPSR BLSR for valid switch times(50ms-), circuit inter-dependencies, using robustness testing, as well as forced/manual switch and revert techniques.
 
Verified Optical Power Management Algorithms for each network, working closely with designers to ensure proper equalization, channel powers, and OSNR levels for each component [EDFAs, VOA, Switches, Latches, Line Cards]
 
Presented tutorials to Verification and Lab teams about Routing Protocols (OSPF, RIP, BGP, ISIS), and forward error correcting using Reed solomon Encoding.
 
Set up and tested circuits for error free transmission of OC3-OC192 signals, Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, to test in link budget testing, stress testing, and long term soaks.
 
Lab equipment knowledge with Omniber, Ixia, Gnubi, traffic generators, Anritsu optical spectrum analyzers, JDSU VOA modules, EXFO power modules, wave meters, and all fiber maintenance equipment.
 
Created user accounts, and maintained Oracle database using SQL, for use with multi node network GUI.
 
I was trained in the new product introduction [NPI] process, and worked in readying documentation for ISO and Osmine certification.