Ciena is committed to our people-first philosophy. Our teams enjoy a culture focused on prioritizing a personalized and flexible work environment that empowers an individual’s passions, growth, wellbeing and belonging. We’re a technology company that leads with our humanity—driving our business priorities alongside meaningful social, community, and societal impact.

Why Ciena:

• We are big proponents of life-work integration and provide the flexibility and tools to make it a reality with remote work and potentially, part-time work.
• We believe an inclusive, diverse and barrier-free work environment makes for empowered and committed employees.
• We recognize the importance of well-being and offer programs and benefits to support and sustain the mental and physical health of our employees and their families and also offer a variety of paid family leave programs.
• We are committed to employee development, offering tuition reimbursement and a variety of in-house learning and mentorship opportunities.
• We know that financial security is important. We offer competitive salaries and incentive programs, RSU’s (job level specific) and an employee share option purchase program.
• We realize time away to recharge is non-negotiable. We offer unlimited paid time off!
• Great work deserves recognition. We have a robust recognition program, with ongoing and enhanced awards for exemplary performance.

How You Will Contribute:

The Ciena Information Security team is group of skilled professionals who share the same passion for defending against cyber criminals. Reporting to the Director of Security Governance, Risk, Compliance & Customer Trust, as a Senior Analyst, Cyber Security GRCT, you will focus on working collaboratively with the Cyber Security GRCT team to assess security risk, support policy and standard building, assist with customer and internal audit activities, and enable building trust with Ciena’s customers, enabling our sales teams to tell a comprehensive security story about how Ciena is protecting ourselves and our customers from security threats.

• You will respond to security related questionnaires/risk assessments and/or general security inquiries for existing customers as well as prospects, keeping abreast of internal and external security risk threats and ensuring timely communication to key stakeholders.
• You will be responsible for building reasonable and appropriate cyber security terms for customer agreements, acting as the security SME for the review/ redlines of these agreements.
• Work within the cyber security team holistically to help identify key security risks, customer contractual or compliance requirements, governance needs, or other security impacts as necessary.
• You will identify and drive process/tool improvements aimed at increasing operational efficiency and response time to our sales organization and customers, improving the risk posture of the organization.
• You will support the building of Cyber Security related collateral, such as white papers, presentations, and content libraries of security information
• You will work collectively within the cyber security team, as well as with other business stakeholders, to leverage updates to key project initiatives to build/ update customer facing information & collateral.
• You will assist with the “Prepare, Build, Collect, Consolidate and Present” processes of audit related artifacts, such as control narratives, screenshots, policy & procedural documents, and other evidence for customer audits.
• You will Act as security SME for all customer audits and internal audits
• You will build strong inter-group/cross functional relationships, at various levels in the organization, while identifying opportunities for process improvement related to our Security Program at large
• You will support the assessment of Security Risk both internally and with Ciena suppliers via our Risk Management and assessment processes
• You will aid in the management of Risk Treatment plans and execution with necessary stakeholders
• You will support the Interpretation and management of customer contractual requirements as they relate to implementation of Cyber Security controls.
• You will support the design and implementation of enterprise Cyber Security Policies and Standards

What Does Ciena Expect of You?

• Initiative – you’re a self-starter who works with limited direction and is committed to delivering against aggressive deadlines.
• A customer first mentality – what’s important to the customer is also important to you.
• Agility – you are readily able to manage competing and ever-changing priorities and maintain a balanced and methodical approach to problem solving.

• Communication expertise – you possess the ability to tailor your message and ideas, both technical and non-technical, to all types and levels of audiences to ensure understanding and consensus.
• The flexibility to work independently and as part of a broader team – you thrive in a team environment, are comfortable working independently, and know how to get things done in a cross-functional, virtual environment.
• Relationship builder – with a proven ability to influence, you’re able to quickly develop trusted connections and get work done through others.
• A commitment to innovation – you keep abreast of competitive developments, championing security and modeling behaviors consistent with cybersecurity best practices.

The Must Haves:

• Bachelor’s degree in Cyber Security coupled with proven experience in cyber security customer trust or equivalent.
• Experience with Agile principles as well as Agile tooling such as Jira, Azure Dev Ops, etc.
• Familiarity with cyber security industry standards and principles, such as CIA Triad, NIST Cybersecurity Framework and ISO 27001.
• Proven ability to read and interpret legal language/ contract language and relay security requirements within legally reasonable and sound language.

Assets:

• Cyber Security related certifications such as CompTIA Security+, CRISC, CISM, CISSP, or others.
• Experience working within GRC Tools such as LogicGate, ServiceNow, HighBond, Archer, etc.
• Experience working within Information Repository tools such as RFPIO, Ombud, etc.

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At Ciena, we are committed to building and fostering an environment in which our employees feel respected, valued, and heard. Ciena values the diversity of its workforce and respects its employees as individuals. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination.

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