Senior QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities

Design, automate, configure, and qualify customer use cases based on Cisco IOS-XR platforms. Create test plans and prioritize validation tasks based on customer demands. Develop test frameworks, test execution tools, and web-based GUIs using analytics and machine learning to display and analyze results. Execute test cases manually and through automation, and raise, track, prioritize, and verify defects and fixes. Improve test coverage, execution, automation, performance, and configuration dimensioning. Reproduce customer issues in internal test labs and generate test execution results. Collaborate with development, account, support, and customer teams to understand and validate use cases.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in STEM with 7+ years of relevant experience or a master's degree in STEM with 5+ years of relevant experience. At least 3 years of programming experience with Python. Experience with L2 or L3 networking protocols, including ISIS, BGP, MPLS, IPv6, GRE, MPLS-TE, LDP, RSVP, Segment Routing, L2VPN, L3VPN, and EVPN. Experience in networking automation and software quality assurance. Preferred: CCIE certification in Routing & Switching, Service Provider, or Data Center. Preferred: experience with Cisco platforms including ASR9K, NCS5500, NCS5000, NCS540/NCS560, NCS6K, CRS, and 8000. Preferred: experience with RDMA, InfiniBand, RoCE, or iWARP. Preferred: experience with OpenFlow, Netconf, and REST API. Preferred: experience with pyATS, Ansible, Jenkins, Robot Framework, and Cisco NSO. Preferred: UNIX/Linux experience and Bash/Unix shell scripting. Preferred: experience configuring or fixing L2/L3 VPN, EVPN, Segment Routing, IPv6, MPLS-LDP/RSVP-TE, Multicast, SNMP, Telemetry, gNMI, gRPC, Netconf, and OpenConfig Yang Models.

Benefits

Hybrid work arrangement in Milpitas, California, with three days per week in the office. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contributions, paid parental leave, disability coverage, and basic life insurance, subject to eligibility. Potential eligibility for Cisco restricted stock unit grants. Paid holidays, birthday time off, year-end shutdown, personal wellness days, vacation or flexible vacation time, and sick time. Optional paid volunteer time and additional paid time away for critical family or emergency issues. Eligibility for annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco policies.