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Responsibilities
- Own the WaveSuite system architecture and lead end-to-end solution design.
- Analyze and decompose requirements, create feature specifications and SRDs, and derive product and R&D requirements from customer and business requests.
- Lead cross-functional technical initiatives, make architectural decisions, evaluate trade-offs, and define interfaces across NMS, EMS, and network elements.
- Review and approve designs and specifications while guiding multiple Scrum teams toward high-quality and timely delivery.
- Analyze customer requirements and collaborate with Sales, PLM, Services Practices, business partners, domain experts, and R&D teams.
- Mentor engineers and architects and contribute to technical leadership across the organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science, with more than 10 years of experience or experience in the telecommunications domain.
- Experience in software architecture, system architecture, and systems engineering.
- At least 10 years of experience architecting and scaling resilient, high-performance distributed systems, ideally in observability or data-driven products.
- Ability to define and refine functional and non-functional requirements and translate complex technical information into actionable business requirements.
- Deep knowledge of optical networking across L0, L1, and L2, ideally including transport-network operation and management.
- Knowledge of RESTful API definition, OpenAPI, gRPC, TAPI, OpenConfig, and API best practices.
- Deep understanding of container technology and Kubernetes, including building API extensions for complex applications.
- Foundation in cloud-native and DevOps practices, including infrastructure as code, system reliability, root-cause analysis, performance optimization, and cloud deployment.
- Experience deploying systems in both on-premises and public-cloud environments.
- Experience with AI DLC, agentic AI harnesses, and automation projects.
- Ability to guide cross-functional teams, communicate clearly, deliver presentations and detailed specifications, and contribute to standardization through ONF, MEF, TMF, and IETF.
- Fluent English and a collaborative, customer-focused approach.
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About Infinera
Infinera builds optical networking systems and coherent optical engines, plus automation software and services, for telecom carriers, cloud and data center operators, cable/MSOs, and enterprises. The company designs and manufactures advanced optical semiconductors and pluggable modules for metro, long‑haul, and submarine transport networks. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Infinera is now part of Nokia after operating as a NASDAQ‑listed public company.