Principal SW QA Engineer - AppIntel

Gigamon delivers visibility and analytics on all data-in-motion across the hybrid cloud network to solve critical security, performance, and budget requirements. Our products are broadly deployed across the world’s largest enterprises and play a critical role in securing complex hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
What you’ll do

• Own end-to-end quality engineering for complex networking features across manual and automation test areas.
• Drive test strategy, test planning, execution, and automation for L2/L3 networking use cases in appliance and system-level environments.
• Design, build, and enhance scalable automation frameworks using Python, Terraform, and Robot Framework.
• Validate switching and routing behavior across L2 and L3 feature areas with strong focus on functional, regression, and system testing.
• Work hands-on with traffic generation and validation tools to ensure feature quality, scale, and performance.
• Collaborate closely with development, regression, and systems teams, and partner with infrastructure teams when required.
• Troubleshoot issues deeply using logs, traffic analysis, and test results, and drive root cause analysis through closure.
• Bring innovation to day-to-day QA practices by improving coverage, efficiency, and quality engineering processes.
• Mentor team members and influence quality standards, automation direction, and best practices across the QA organization.

What you’ve done

• 15 to 20 years of strong experience in software QA engineering with solid exposure to networking products and system-level testing.
• Hands-on experience in automation using Python, Terraform, and Robot Framework.
• Strong hands-on experience in L2 and L3 switching and routing.
• Deep understanding of L2 and L3 protocols such as OSPF, BGP, STP, LACP, and related networking fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience with traffic generation tools such as Xena, Spirent, and T-Rex.
• Experience with traffic validation and observability tools such as Splunk and ELK is highly preferred.
• Strong experience in test case design, execution, automation, debugging, and release validation.
• Ability to analyze complex issues in distributed or network-heavy environments and work effectively with cross-functional engineering teams.
• Experience in building scalable, maintainable, and reusable automation solutions for regression and system validation.

Nice to have

• Exposure to mTLS and security certificate validation.
• Experience working with firewall technologies and related security validation scenarios.
• Experience in validating secure network deployments and troubleshooting security-focused feature behavior.

Who you are

• A self-motivated and hands-on quality engineer with strong exploratory and problem-solving skills.
• A principal-level contributor who can independently own quality outcomes and drive execution across teams.
• Strong in communication and collaboration, with the ability to work effectively with engineering stakeholders.
• Passionate about delivering high-quality products with strong customer focus.
• Clear understanding of the QA lifecycle and a continuous improvement mindset.
• Someone who leads by example, raises the quality bar, and brings structure and technical depth to the team.