Cisco Meraki · 3 hours ago

Senior Software QA Engineer - System Testing (SD-WAN), Remote in the U.S.

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$157K/yr - $222K/yr

7+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Develop a comprehensive understanding of the use cases/workflows of the MX and vMX solutions, deployed in the customer environment.

Participate in requirements/design discussions with Product managers & development team and represent the QA team.

Craft a test strategy documents for the Meraki MX and vMX features and collaborate with other QA and development teams to cover all aspects of the features being developed.

Execute tests and reporting test results, and test metrics pertaining to these tests.

Develop automation scripts in parallel or ahead with feature testing to enable CI/CD (i.e Automation Driven Testing).

Identify, evaluate and propose new test tools and methodologies for improving system-level product testing.

E2E ownership from feature system testing to production deployment to monitoring & alerting.

Provide mentorship to the MX System Test team and guide junior engineers in developing test-plan and reviewing their work.

Qualification

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Software Quality AssuranceIntegration TestingSDWANSecurityAutomationRubyPythonCI/CDAWSGCPAzureKubernetesDockerTraffic GeneratorsLayer-2 (VLAN/802.1Q)IPv6Layer-3 (BGP/IP/OSPF/VPN/IPSec/NAT)Test StrategyTest PlanningTest Metrics

Required

7 years of Software Quality Assurance experience, including 3+ years in system and integration testing within large-scale routing, switching, and wireless domains.

Expertise in SDWAN, Security, Layer-2(VLAN/802.1Q), IPv6, Layer-3 (BGP/IP/OSPF/VPN/IPSec/NAT)

Proficient in writing quality code, using either Ruby or Python, and experienced in building and maintaining automation in CI/CD environments.

Experience in working with cloud or containerized platforms like AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, and Docker, and skilled in using traffic generators to improve testing methodologies.

Preferred

The ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to peers and management.

Strong communication skills with a track record of effective collaboration with stakeholders and understanding customer deployments for in-house testing.

Research of applications and Framework experience – Acquired patent(s), Published White-paper / Yellow paper on embedded solutions.

Experience with Automation framework and/or CI pipeline development.