Network Automation Engineer (Firewall Testing)

Location: Bangalore - Indraprastha, India

Thales is a global technology leader trusted by governments, institutions, and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation, our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of aerospace and space, cybersecurity and digital identity, we’re driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.

Present in India since 1953, Thales is headquartered in Noida and has other operational offices and sites spread across Delhi, Gurugram, Bengaluru and Mumbai, among others. Over 2200 employees are working with Thales and its joint ventures in India. Since the beginning, Thales has been playing an essential role in India’s growth story by sharing its technologies and expertise in Defence, Aerospace and Cyber & Digital sectors. Thales has two engineering competence centres in India - one in Noida focused on Cyber & Digital business, while the one in Bengaluru focuses on hardware, software and systems engineering capabilities for both the civil and defence sectors, serving global needs. The Group has also established an MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) facility in Gurugram to provide comprehensive avionics maintenance and repair services to Indian airlines and support the growth of the local aviation industry.

Thales is looking for a Senior Automation Engineer for Performance, Escalations and Beta to join our Application Security WAF team
As Performance & Escalation Engineer you will investigate, troubleshoot, reproduce complex field issues on VM & HW  and take ownership for the resolution of engineering issues as they arise across a number of production

environments. 
This will be the job for you if you like diving into tricky problems, finding workable solutions, and enjoy gaining a deep knowledge of the product you’re working on and lead beta of new features with customers

Additionally, you will be working to improve the quality of our platform and product by designing and executing tests on different deployments.

This position serves as a middle layer supporting our customers with quick and effective solutions while simultaneously interfacing with our development team to find the right fix for issues and provide valuable feedback to the team.

We are looking for someone who brings a continuous growth mindset, with a strong drive for learning and self-improvement, and who operates with trust, and accountability.

The ideal candidate shows genuine care for customers, teammates, and product quality, approaching challenges with empathy and responsibility.

Responsibilities:

• Troubleshoot and Reproduce complex field issues

  
  

• Direct clients through issue resolution including customer meetings, status reports and updates

  
  

• Maintain escalation lab for common customer’s scenario (HW, VM and Cloud)

  
  

• Develop customer’s scenario testing flows, write test plans, execute and analysis

  
  

• Participate in BETA with customers

  
  

• Identify, propose and enforce escalation process improvements

  
  

• Be able to adopt new test technologies , tools, analysis and infrastructure

  
  

• Share field issues analysis and customer feedback to RnD

  
  

• Foster close interface with customers, Support, PM and account teams

  
  

Required Qualifications:

• Senior Security or Networking products Tier 2+ Support  At least 5+ years - MUST

  
  

• CCNA OR CCNP certification - MUST

  
  

• Strong analytical, diagnostic and problem-solving skills with ability to work independently - MUST

  
  

• Automation & DevOps Skills (Python, Docker, Jenkins, VMware , Git ) - MUST 

  
  

• Excellent English communication skill (speak and write) and good Customer relation experience - MUST

  
  

• Experience in reproducing complex networking and HTTP/SSL Scenario in Lab - MUST

  
  

• Deep understanding of HTTP/SSL protocols, Networking and Linux

  
  

• Manual QA experience

  
  

• Knowledge of OWASP Top 10, Kali Linux, Penetration testing experience & security certification 

  
  

• Hands-on with Hardware, VM and cloud platforms

  
  

• Basic scripting experience (Bash, Python)

  
  

• Basic understanding of AI concepts and their practical applications

  
  

• Willingness to travel to customer sites (not often)

  
  

At Thales, we’re committed to fostering a workplace where respect, trust, collaboration, and passion drive everything we do. Here, you’ll feel empowered to bring your best self, thrive in a supportive culture, and love the work you do. Join us, and be part of a team reimagining technology to create solutions that truly make a difference – for a safer, greener, and more inclusive world.