Senior Quality Engineer – Functional Testing & Automation – Networking

About the role

The Senior Quality Engineer will work with development, product management and solution engineering teams to verify and validate data‑center networking, security and routing features for a major enterprise networking equipment provider.

Key responsibilities

• Develop test strategy, topology and plans to validate end‑to‑end features at scale, including security considerations.
• Execute test cases, document results, and validate interoperability and customer deployment scenarios.
• Collaborate with developers to translate requirements into automated test suites and troubleshoot complex failures.
• Build large‑scale system test topologies using tools such as Spirent and IXIA, and integrate automation with virtualization platforms.
• Support customer deployments, address escalations and ensure test coverage gaps are closed.

Required profile

• B.S./B.E./B.Tech in CS, EE, ECE or IT with 8+ years of networking/telecom testing experience.
• Hands‑on experience with data‑center network platforms, IP Fabric, VxLAN EVPN, network virtualization, and routing/security protocols.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work cross‑functionally.

Required skills

• Python (or similar scripting language) for test automation.
• Spirent and IXIA test equipment.
• VMware (vCenter, NSX), OpenStack, Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS, KVM).
• Networking protocols: MPLS, ISIS, BGP, Multicast, VxLAN EVPN.