Senior Engineer

Senior Engineer

This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join HPE Juniper Test Engineering team, focused on automating and executing tests for networking products such as routers, switches, and associated software platforms. You will play a key role in validating real-world customer deployments, ensuring high performance and reliability across complex network environments.

As part of Product Deployment Test (PDT) Engineering, this is a highly technical role responsible for providing solid support of Juniper's networking solutions. This includes developing and executing customer-specific tests tied to product releases, feature enhancements, and full solution deployment. The role demands building and maintaining expertise in Juniper products deployed within specific customer networks.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or M.Tech degree in a relevant field, or equivalent practical experience; ideally 8-10+ years.
• Strong analytical thinking and adept at troubleshooting complex issues.
• Solid foundation in core Internet protocols including TCP, UDP, and both IPv4 and IPv6.
• In-depth knowledge of networking technologies and protocols such as Ethernet, OSPF/IS-IS, ARP, VLANs, BGP, MPLS, L2/L3VPN, IPIP, LACP and EVPN-VXLAN.
• Testing expertise including test plan development, execution strategies, and familiarity with intricate customer network environments.
• Automation experience involving execution of automated test cases, analyzing failures, and isolating bugs using logs and test results. Proficient in Python or similar scripting languages.
• Good skills in automation framework like ROBOT.
• Expertise in use of networking test equipment like Spirent and Ixia, including automation.
• Self-starter, proactive, and able to handle multiple tasks efficiently.
• Outstanding problem-solving skills in the diagnosis and resolution of customer issues.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Broad understanding of Cloud infrastructure, CORE systems, and WAN technologies.
• Experience collaborating with development and system testing teams to identify test coverage and detect gaps.
• Proficient in setting up test environments for feature validation, end-to-end solutions, and performance testing.
• Skilled in configuring networking devices such as routers and switches.
• Capable of authoring test plans and developing automation scripts.
• Familiarity with automation frameworks and tools such as Python, Perl, Robot Framework, and Go.
• Strong ability to articulate test outcomes and clearly document any software defects identified.
• Prior hands-on exposure to the JUNOS operating system is advantageous.
• Networking-related certifications are considered a benefit.
• Practical experience with traffic simulation tools like Ixia or Spirent.
• Effective written and oral communication abilities.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative work style.

Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Help test the customer networks – owning design, development, implementation, and reporting of end-to-end testing following best practices in Juniper’s automation framework.
• Understand software features and develop test strategies covering areas across customer solutions in certification processes.
• Deliver automated scripts using agile processes and modern techniques.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to develop and execute functional, scale, and performance test scenarios using automation.
• Collaborate with Development Functional and System Test Teams to analyze test coverage and gaps.
• Automate and execute test cases manually and via automation.
• Develop test plans tailored to customer-specific network solutions and design requirements.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and document software defects; work with engineering resources to close issues.
• Participate in design and information-gathering workshops with customers to understand existing network designs and technical requirements.
• Produce written reports of assigned project deliverables, including test progress and software defect details.
• Work with teams across geographical locations and collaborate with cross-functional teams, architects, and executives.
• Highlight and brainstorm emerging technologies and customer use cases to improve product deliverables.
• Support in replicating customer-found issues and provide root-cause corrective action.

Additional Skills:

Cloud Architectures, Cross Domain Knowledge, Design Thinking, Development Fundamentals, DevOps, Distributed Computing, Microservices Fluency, Full Stack Development, Security-First Mindset, User Experience (UX)

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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Job:

Engineering

Job Level:

TCP_04

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