Lead Software Development Engineer in Test - 12+yrs - Routing/SDWAN/L2/L3/Ruby/Python

About Cisco:

At Cisco, we know that technology can connect, empower, and drive us. Our mission is to simplify technology so our customers can focus on what's most meaningful to them: their students, patients, customers, and businesses. We’re making IT and networking easier, faster, and smarter with technology that simply works!

About the team:

The Cisco MX QA team takes pride in ensuring the end-to-end system of the Cisco Meraki MX and Cisco Catalyst product line is ready to use. The team works on, but is not limited to, testing customer use cases, integration testing, scalability testing, stress and longevity testing. This team is also responsible for qualifying security services such as malware detection, URL filtering, web security, IPS, threat modeling, SD-WAN and SaaS/IaaS security capabilities all through a single Cisco Meraki Dashboard. Our products are used in over a million networks and our customers rely on our products to serve tens of millions of people. With the large footprint that we have, quality is our highest priority. 

About the Job:

Cisco is looking for a Lead Software Development Engineer in Test to join to support test qualification of our Dashboard that supports Cisco Meraki MX and Cisco Catalyst product offerings. As a Lead Software Development Engineer in Test, your responsibility includes designing and building testbeds, creating and executing the integrated/application tests that resemble customer use-case for SD-WAN and Security solutions over physical, cloud, on-prem Cisco Meraki MX and Cisco Catalyst products via Cisco Meraki Dashboard, and contributing to industry-leading technologies in the cloud ecosystem. As a part of a geographically distributed team, you will collaborate with multiple Cisco engineering teams and stakeholders around the globe to develop a fully-furnished test strategy. To be successful in this role, you will need to have motivation, curiosity, passion for problem-solving, and experience with telco technologies and automation as a breath.

In addition to driving test strategy, test planning and performing testing on large-scale networks you will provide technical leadership to entire QA team to drive and implement new ideas to optimize and alleviate the team.

What You Will Be Doing

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of the use cases/workflows of the MX solution deployed in the customer environment. 

  
  
  

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

  
  
  

• Design a test strategy document for the Cisco MX features and collaborate with other QA and development teams to cover all aspects of the features being developed. 

  
  
  

• Execution of tests and reporting test results, and test metrics pertaining to these tests. 

  
  
  

• Develop automation scripts ahead of feature testing to enable CI/CD (i.e Automation Driven Testing) 

  
  
  

• Evaluate and develop simple features when required with Test Driven Development approach 

  
  
  

• Evaluate and provide a fix for defects identified during testing 

  
  
  

• Invest in AI driven innovation and out-of-the-box thinking to foster the originality of ideas to productize them. 

  
  
  

• Analyze the test gaps that resulted in customer issues and incorporate them into the test strategy. 

  
  
  

• Proactively, identify gaps in the regression test automation and improve automation coverage.

  
  
  

What You Will Be Bringing

• Bachelor’s / Master of Science Degree in Computer Science (or equivalent or a related field, or equivalent experience) 

  
  
  

• 12+ years of experience in Testing routing or SD-WAN domain with at least 8+ years of Automation/Development experience. 

  
  
  

• In-depth knowledge of SDWAN, Security, Layer-2(VLAN/802.1Q), and Layer-3 (BGP/IP/OSPF/VPN/IPSec/NAT) and are at ease to ramp up quickly on new technologies and concepts. 

  
  
  

• Proficiency in writing quality code with one of the programming languages such as Ruby, Python, and Golang. 

  
  
  

• Hands-on experience with AI coding tools and Gen-AI prompting techniques 

  
  
  

• Good understanding of traffic generators such as TRex, Linux Tools, Spirent, IXIA, etc and ability to explore tools and techniques to improvise the testing

  
  
  

• Effective communication skills and proven track record of collaboration with stakeholders.

  
  
  

What makes you stand out

• AI usage day-in and day-out 

  
  
  

• Feature bug fixing with better quality in Firmware or Backend or UI 

  
  
  

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

  
  
  

• Research of applications and Framework experience – Obtained patent(s), Published Whitepaper / Yellow paper on embedded solutions 

  
  
  

• Experience with developing frameworks for CI/CD pipeline

  
  
  

• Working experience with Cisco and/or Cisco Catalyst Devices

  
  
  

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. 

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.