Routing Platform Hardware Test/qa Engineer - Quality Assurance | Routing | Sd - wan | 9 - 13 Yrs

Enterprise Routing Engineer

In this position you will be working on our next-gen routing Platforms (Core Routing and SDWAN) that provide solutions for Enterprise/SP and Fortune 500 customers. You will be working on industry standard technologies such as SD-WAN Security, MACSec, Etherchannel, IPSEC/GRE, ZBFW, IPS/IDS, TLS, SSL Proxy, different VPN technologies, OSPF, EIGRP and BGP. Enterprise routing team is a group of high energy, hardworking on Quality, customer focused engineers who bring different perspectives and experiences to bear on the toughest engineering challenges.

Develop, implement and automate test cases for platforms and software for the Enterprise routing market. Good understanding in SD-WAN Security, MACSec, IPSEC/GRE, ZBFW, IPS/IDS, TLS, SSL Proxy, different VPN technologies, Layer2/Layer3 protocols, strong Python script development knowledge, good understanding of Plug n Play or Zero Touch deployments as well as good communication skills and ability to work with a multi-functional and geographically complementary team is encouraged. Prior experience in AI tools for automation will be added advantage. Communicate with Business Development, External Partners, Hardware/Software Engineering and Release Operations throughout the development cycle.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Typically requires BSEE/ MSEE/CS with 9 to 13 years of experience in a software Testing. CCNA, CCNP, or other Cisco certifications will be a plus
• Good understanding on SD-WAN Security, MACSec, Etherchannl, IPSEC/GRE, ZBFW, IPS/IDS, TLS, SSL Proxy, different VPN technologies, Layer2/Layer3 protocols.
• Good understanding in Plug n Play or Zero Touch deployments
• Excellent scripting experience/proficiency in Python, Rest API Automation. Automation using AI tools will be an added advantage.
• Working experience with test tools like traffic analysers (e.g., Sniffer, Ethereal), traffic generation tools (e.g., Ixia, Spirent both stateful and stateless) must have.
• Experience in writing test plans, designing test cases, implementing test cases, and end to end automation of scale.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge in setting up test labs and configuration
• Should have a solid understanding of SW quality and processes.
• Test plan design and development for system test environment to cover the following areas.
• Develop topology based on test requirements and setting up the test bed
• Follow test processes such as bug logging, bug repro, result archival

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