Senior Manager, Solutions Engineering

Ciena Corporation

Unknown, Unknown, Unknown
$151,700 – $242,300 py
Not specified (assumed to be flexible based on company culture)
Advanced optical networking
Secure government environments
Layer 0, layer 1, and layer 2 networking
Ciena Corporation is seeking a Senior Manager of Solutions Engineering to lead a high-performing engineering team focused on secure networking solutions for government clients. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in telecommunications and networking, along with an active security clearance

Job Summary

  • Lead and scale a high-performing Network Solutions Engineering team supporting secure, mission-critical government environments.
  • Own day-to-day services operations, balancing technical execution, people leadership, and contract performance.
  • Influence executive decision-making through clear, data-driven presentations on utilization, skills, capacity planning, and growth strategy.

Matching Summary

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Ciena Corporation is seeking a Senior Manager of Solutions Engineering to lead a high-performing engineering team focused on secure networking solutions for government clients. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in telecommunications and networking, along with an active security clearance.

Salary

$151,700 – $242,300

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • advanced optical networking
  • secure government environments
  • Layer 0, Layer 1, and Layer 2 networking
  • SONET, DWDM, ROADM architectures
  • Carrier Ethernet expertise
  • technical documentation production

Nice-to-have

  • Ciena product portfolio knowledge
  • U.S. government program support
  • formal project management certification
  • contributing to statements of work
  • mentoring engineers and development pathways

Key Requirements

  • Active security clearance
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience
  • 8+ years telecommunications/networking experience
  • 3+ years leading technical engineering teams
  • Security+ or equivalent DoD 8570 IAT Level II+

Work Rights

Active security clearance

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