Software QA Engineer - Manual & Automation testing, Python, L2/L3 Protocol

Overview

You will be a part of Cisco Networking Datacenter group and will work with a team having some of the brightest problem solvers and thinkers in computer networking industry who work on Cisco’s next generation datacenter products catering to wide range of customers to run their mission critical application workloads.

Your Impact

This role requires a person familiar with software development and standard methodologies around software quality assurance. The candidate must have experience developing test plans, configuring, deploying, and debugging networking, distributed networking products such routers, switches and modern networking platforms with containers like Kubernetes, cloud, as well as being comfortable with local server hardware and VMs, traffic generator tools like ixia, Spirent. You will test a multitude of networking hardware/software, SDN controller, controller applications and related technologies.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors or master’s in electrical/electronic/computer science engineering with about 9-10+ years of proven experience
• Experience in understanding software system specifications and developing test plans
• Experience in manual test execution, test reporting and design evaluation of networking software components in an IP networking or distributed IP networking product.
• Experience in testing L2/L3 networking protocols including VLANs, STP/RSTP, IP/IPV6 Routing, VRRP, IGMP, PIM, OSPF, ISIS, BGP, BFD and their inter-operation with other modules within a distributed networking system
• Experience in test automation using python scripting language, REST API and experience in using automation frameworks
  
  

• Understanding of distributed/complex networking system architectures, Kubernetes based platforms
• You are standout teammate, with a can-do attitude, one that takes initiatives
• You can work independently as well as in a team
• You have good interpersonal skills and can work multi-functionally
  
  

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.