Description
We are looking for a Lead Software Engineer - Protocol Test to lead test strategy, automation, and quality improvements for complex networking software and platforms.
What you will do:
- Review functional specifications and design documents to define comprehensive test strategies.
- Create test plans covering functional, scale, performance, resiliency, interoperability, upgrade, and negative scenarios.
- Design and develop Python-based automation frameworks, libraries, and reusable test suites.
- Integrate automated tests into regression and release validation pipelines.
- Lead investigation and replication of complex customer-reported issues.
- Analyze field defects to identify test coverage gaps and add preventive regression coverage.
- Work with development, architecture, product, support, and test teams to validate fixes and assess release readiness.
- Mentor engineers, review test designs and automation code, and promote best practices.
- Drive innovation in test automation, diagnostics, traffic validation, and quality metrics.
What you need to bring:
- Strong experience in network software testing, test automation, or systems validation.
- Advanced Python programming and automation framework development.
- Deep knowledge of networking technologies such as QoS, ACL/firewall, forwarding, multicast, L2/L3 protocols, MACsec, VRRP, VPLS, EVPN, VLANs, and MPLS.
- Experience with traffic generators such as Spirent, Ixia, or similar tools.
- Strong debugging skills across control plane, data plane, platform, and configuration layers.
- Experience handling customer escalations, reproducing issues, and validating fixes.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills.
- Self-starter with strong ownership and ability to work in ambiguous environments.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with large-scale service provider, enterprise, or data center network deployments.
- Familiarity with network operating systems and hardware forwarding architectures.
- Experience with CI/CD, regression systems, source control, and code review processes.
- Knowledge of Robot Framework, PyTest or similar automation tools.
- Relevant networking or cloud certifications.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
- Typically 12+ years of relevant experience, with demonstrated technical leadership and ownership of complex validation areas.
What We Can Offer You:
- Health & Wellbeing: comprehensive suite of benefits that supports physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
- Personal & Professional Development: programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have.
- Unconditional Inclusion: celebrating individual uniqueness, valuing varied backgrounds, and flexibility to manage work and personal needs.