Job Description

About Us

Choosing Capgemini means joining a team that ensures seamless connectivity, operational excellence, and superior customer experience through proactive network monitoring and incident management. Be part of a team-oriented environment where you can build your expertise in Telecom and ISP operations while supporting critical network and service platforms.

Roles& Responsibilities:
- Own end‑to‑end OLS architecture
- Perform trade‑off analysis across cost, performance, openness, and scale
- Flex‑Grid‑capable WSS, EDFA/Raman amplifiers, and passive elements.
- Make long‑term platform and technology choices, and understand the nuances behind Nokia’s architectural decisions
- Drive alignment across hardware, software, and ecosystem strategy
- Bring exposure to Open ROADM MSA, TIP, OIF, or equivalent forum‑based optical system development
- Understand SDN concepts and YANG modelling for Layer‑0

Required Qualifications:
- 12+ years of experience in IP and Optical Development for OTN products.




- Strong proficiency in C and C++ programming and Linux operating system fundamentals.
- Flex Grid DWDM systems
- Open Line Systems and disaggregated optical architectures
- Open ROADM specifications and YANG models
- Coherent optics, modulation schemes, and line impairments
- Skilled in a diverse array of DWDM/SONET/SDH/OTN equipment and configurations.
- Experience in OTN L0/L1 Products
- Experience in developing and debugging Device Drivers, Bootloaders, and Board support Packages

Able read and understand the Hardware-software spec.

Strong hands-on experience with I2C, SPI, PCIe, GPIO, Serdes, SGMII, GPIO Interfaces is a plus
- Experience with Linux kernel related issues, debug Kernel Panics and apply Patches.
- Adaptation to new products and technologies.
- Exceptional customer focus.
- Effective collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Interpersonal skills and decision-making abilities.
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📌 Lead Connectivity (Chennai)
🏢 Capgemini
📍 Chennai