Automation Engineer Level IV

Role: Automation Engineer Level IV
Location: Menlo Park, CA
Hire Type: Full time







Responsibilities

• Test and automate end-to-end network test cases (control-plane, data-plane, performance, stress/soak) using the inhouse test framework used by DNE team.
• Build and run traffic-generation tests with Ixia/Keysight in lab environments.
• Convert qualification test plans into automated, repeatable suites and onboard them as CI/CD conveyor nodes (DC/BB push pipelines) that gate releases.
• Triage test failures for flakiness vs. legitimate regressions; file and track issues to the appropriate on call.
• Maintain and improve existing automation, test configs, and lab tooling;
• Collaborate with Netcastle (lab infra), Routing, and FBOSS XFN partners to unblock coverage.
  
  
  
  

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years in software/network test automation or QA engineering.
• Strong Python (test frameworks, scripting, debugging).

Req Intake Template

• Hands-on networking fundamentals: BGP, routing/forwarding, L2/L3, data-plane vs. control-plane concepts.
• Experience with traffic generators (Ixia, Keysight, or equivalent).
• CI/CD pipeline experience and comfort working in a Linux environment with source control.
  
  
  
  

Preferred

• Exposure to Open/R, BGP, ECMP/UCMP, or large-scale DC fabric topologies.
• Experience qualifying network hardware/optics or vendor NOS (e.g., Arista EOS).
• Familiarity with lab automation, device provisioning, or scale/performance testing.

Must-Have HARD Skills



Tangible skills we can pick out on the resume

• 5-8+ years in software/network test automation or QA engineering.
• Strong Python (test frameworks, scripting, debugging).
• Hands-on networking fundamentals: BGP, routing/forwarding, L2/L3, data-plane vs. control-plane concepts.

• CI/CD pipeline experience and comfort working in a Linux environment with source control.
  
  
  
  

Req Intake Template

• Experience with traffic generators (Ixia, Keysight, or equivalent).
  
  
  
  

Nice-to-have Skills

• Exposure to Open/R, BGP, ECMP/UCMP, or large-scale DC fabric topologies.
• Experience qualifying network hardware/optics or vendor NOS (e.g., Arista EOS).
• Familiarity with lab automation, device provisioning, or scale/performance testing.

Years of Experience:

• 5-7 years in software/network test automation or QA engineering.
• Degrees/Certifications Required: Bachelors of Science or network engineering