Software Test Automation Engineer, Cisco Meraki

• We are looking for a mid-level QA engineer who is as passionate about quality as we are
• You bring proven experience in contributing to software quality, aligned with business needs with the right balance of manual and automated tests to help improve time to market for the products
• 5+ years of professional experience writing, executing, and improving test suites - both manual and automation tests in the networking domain
• Hands-on experience with networking technologies such as IPv4/6, TCP, UDP, VLAN, DHCP, DNS, HTTP, etc
• Ability to work independently with Product Managers/Customers and develop test plans aligned to business priorities
• Project Leadership - act as technical lead for projects, define and deliver well-scoped milestones for a project, and identify the right solutions to tackle ambiguous, open-ended problems
• Strong ability to write quality code (automation test code) with Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Ruby
• Experience with test automation frameworks for functional testing such as API, or scale/performance testing - preferably with open-source frameworks such as Cypress, Selenium, etc
• Experience applying analysis from test automation tools, defect tracking systems, code analysis tools, user surveys, or analytics platforms to drive software quality
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, mentorship, and cross-team collaboration skills
• Experience in scaling or performance testing using simulation tools, equipment such as Ixia or Spirent

Desirable

• The Cloud Monitoring team is responsible for bringing Meraki Dashboard features to the Cisco Catalyst family of switches and wireless products
• The QA team builds and runs any and all software and hardware tests to ensure that new releases meet our quality and reliability standards
• As a Software QA Engineer, you will be responsible for improving the overall quality of deliverables for Cloud Monitoring, applying a system design approach to quality engineering and testing
• Bring strong networking and cloud experience to help develop tests (manual, automated, integrated) to help drive the quality of the services/features
• Own test execution plans and setup systems complete tests and collect metrics such as test pass rates/priority, etc to generate software quality reports and improve test effectiveness
• Validate quality and stability from a system perspective that emulates customer environments by setting up testbed infra appropriately and triage issues during test cycles to help development engineering
• Work closely with cross-functional teams and strive to come up with reliable and scalable tests for existing and upcoming products and software features aligned with business objectives
• Possible on-call rotation every 2 months