Software QA Technical Lead - Bangalore
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Cisco Meraki
Cisco Meraki, a division of Cisco Networking, is a cloud-managed IT company and leader in cloud-controlled Wi-Fi, routing, and security. Our intuitive platform enables organizations of all sizes to deliver customer and employee experiences at scale. To provide best-in-class technologies to our customers, we’ve created an unrivaled company culture for our employees. One where diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences shape our work and fuel our evolution. One that is collaborative, flexible, and inclusive and provides employees with the autonomy to develop technology that’s accessible and secure for everyone.
At Cisco Meraki, our intuitive platform enables organizations of all sizes to deliver customer and employee experiences at scale. To provide best-in-class technologies to our customers, we've built an outstanding company culture for our employees. One that is collaborative, flexible, and inclusive and provides employees with the autonomy to develop technology that's intuitive, secure, and accessible for everyone.
Meraki Software Engineers breathe life into our cloud-managed network-attached devices, which include switches, routers, wireless access, and security cameras. We use real-time telemetry from thousands of deployed networks spanning the globe to continuously improve the performance and stability of our products. We are passionate about building real products that our customers love.
As a Software QA Technical Leader, you will focus on accelerating the release of our latest firmware features to customers and be flexible to work in hybrid capacity (2-3 days per week from our Bangalore office).
Main responsibilities:
- Testing Switching Layer2, Layer3, IPv4, Ipv6, Multicast, Security Features manually and using our automated test suites
- UpdatingTest Automation Framework to enhance the Framework scope
- Building New Feature test automation scripts developing new features to support the future growth of the product, both in terms of functionality, simplicity, scalability, and availability.
- Our projects are driven by technological innovation and developer creativity in addition to market demands, giving you the structure and freedom to pursue projects you are most passionate about. You'll have the opportunity to work across teams to craft test systems for features to tackle sophisticated problems for our customers. With millions of people using Meraki products around the world, your work will have a significant impact from the day it is deployed.
Minimum requirements:
- Proficiency in Python, including building tools or framework modules from scratch
- Technical leadership level experience in software engineering test release ownership
- Strong proficiency in using traffic generators such as IXIA for automated testing
- 8+ years of experience in a production software engineering environment
- A strong networking foundational knowledge (LANs, routing, switching, wireless)
- Have good knowledge either of Layer-2 switching (802.1Q/xSTP/LAG/ARP) or Layer-3 routing (BGP/IP/OSPF/VPN/IPSec/NAT/DHCP), networking technologies and security features, such as Cisco TrustSec, Access-List
- Understanding Customer Network Deployment Requirements and Network Design.
- Design and build System, Solution, Scale or Performance tests.
Additional skills:
- Experience developing and troubleshooting in a Linux environment
- Working with and writing concurrent programs
- Understanding OS and experience working in both kernel and user space
- A focused, organized approach to development, testing, and quality
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Experience building cloud-based infrastructure and services (e.g. web applications)
- Understanding of network security
- Experience working with version control, specifically Git
- Experience with Yocto
- Experience with an Agile methodology (e.g., Scrum, Kanban)
At Cisco Meraki, we’re challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. When we connect different perspectives, we can imagine new possibilities, inspire innovation, and release the full potential of our people. We’re building an employee experience that includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone.
Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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