Ciena Communications, Inc.

Manufacturing · Primarily MD · PERM filings 2020–2024

#9,436 top sponsor

Overview

Ciena Communications, Inc. is a Manufacturing employer that has filed 8 PERM green-card applications between FY2020 and FY2024. That places it #9,436 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 5 were certified (62.5% approval rate), taking about 288 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Sales Engineers, with most worksites in MD, and the median sponsored wage is $153,421.

8

PERM filings

62.5%

approval

0

denied

$153,421

median wage

288d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 5 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is BRAZIL (40%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • Brazil2
  • Canada1
  • Colombia1
  • India1

Prior visa status

  • L-13
  • H-1B2

Education

  • Bachelor's5

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Ciena Communications, Inc. most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Sales Engineers 4 $149,304
Computer Network Architects 2 $197,625
General and Operations Managers 1 $153,421
Sales Managers 1 $145,000

Common job titles

Consulting Sales Engineer 1 Consultant, Field Systems Engineering 1 Senior Consultant, Global Submarine Sales 1 Senior Manager, Commercial Management 1 Consultant, Regional Key Account Sales 1 Senior Systems Engineer, Field Systems Engineer 1 Senior Systems Engineer, Regional Field Systems Engineering 1 Network Solutions Architect 1

Worksite states

Wage range

$131,438

25th

$153,421

median

$185,850

75th

$195,250

90th

Law firms used

  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP4
  • Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP3
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP.1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-100-24297-428241 Consulting Sales EngineerCertified Hanover, MD Feb 18, 2026
G-100-24011-635230 Consultant, Field Systems EngineeringCertified Hanover, MD May 28, 2025
G-100-23261-354657 Senior Consultant, Global Submarine SalesCertified - Expired Hanover, MD Dec 8, 2024
A-21333-78374 Network Solutions ArchitectCertified Hanover, MD Jul 8, 2022
A-21173-05130 Senior Systems Engineer, Regional Field Systems EngineeringCertified-Expired Miramar, FL Jan 21, 2022
A-21189-14013 Senior Systems Engineer, Field Systems EngineerCertified-Expired San Jose, CA Jan 4, 2022
A-20341-29540 Consultant, Regional Key Account SalesCertified San Jose, CA Jun 24, 2021
A-20051-21177 Senior Manager, Commercial ManagementCertified Miramar, FL Jul 31, 2020

Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.