IT Leadership Program - New Grads

About the role

Join Ciena's IT Early Career Rotational Program and gain hands-on experience across multiple IT disciplines through four structured six-month rotations. Participants engage with real business challenges, collaborate with technology leaders, and contribute to initiatives that support business growth, operational efficiency, and technology transformation. Coaching, mentoring, and development opportunities help build long-term careers within Ciena's global IT organization.

Responsibilities

• Complete four structured rotational assignments across multiple IT domains.
• Drive technology initiatives that support business growth, operational efficiency, risk reduction, and value realization.
• Analyze business processes, operational data, and technology performance metrics to identify improvement opportunities.
• Evaluate, implement, and optimize technology solutions and business processes.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, engineers, analysts, and operational teams to address business challenges.
• Develop reports, dashboards, presentations, and recommendations that support decision-making and strategic planning.
• Present findings, recommendations, and project outcomes, including a capstone project, to management and IT leadership.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree completed within the last 12 months in Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Data Science, Business Technology, or a related technical field.
• Experience: Previous internship, co-op, or applied project experience relevant to the role.
• Strong academic performance.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication abilities.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to new technologies and business environments.
• Demonstrated leadership through internships, projects, student organizations, research, or extracurricular activities.

Nice to haves

• Internship, co-op, research, or project experience in a technology-related field.
• Exposure to cloud platforms, data analytics, software development, or enterprise systems.
• Familiarity with Power BI, SQL, Python, Azure, AWS, ServiceNow, or similar technologies.
• Experience working in team-based environments.

Pay

The annual pay for this position is from $58,500 - $93,500. Pay ranges at Ciena are designed to accommodate variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions, and locations, reflecting our diverse products, industries, and lines of business.