Software QA Engineer(Remote)

The application window is expected to close on 09/28/2026. This role follows a remote work model.

Meet the Team

Isovalent, now part of Cisco, is the company founded by the creators of Cilium and eBPF. Cisco Isovalent builds open-source software and enterprise solutions solving networking, security, and observability needs for modern cloud-native infrastructure. The flagship technology, Cilium, is the choice of numerous industry-leading global organizations. Cisco Hypershield protects applications, devices and data across public and private data centers, clouds and physical locations - anywhere customers need it. Designed and built with AI in mind from the start, Hypershield enables organizations to achieve security outcomes beyond what has been previously possible with humans alone.

Your Impact

As a QA Engineer, you will lead the quality assurance efforts for Hypershield’s management plane to ensure the seamless orchestration, administration, and enforcement of critical customer security assets. You will validate complex feature sets—spanning from network event integration and AI engine performance to logging and storage—to guarantee a robust and reliable user experience. By designing and implementing strategic testing methodologies, you will proactively identify negative trends and software defects before they impact the production environment. You will collaborate cross-functionally with developers and program leads to define comprehensive DevTest strategies, fostering transparency and driving superior product quality across the entire development lifecycle. Ultimately, you will empower the organization to deliver high-impact security solutions by bridging the gap between technical software behavior and operational excellence.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years of related experience, or Master’s degree plus 3 years of related experience, or PhD plus 0 years of related experience
• Experience testing SaaS or distributed applications in cloud environments, including API and end-to-end testing
• Experience programming in Go, TypeScript, or Python
• Experience designing and executing manual test cases and developing automated tests using Cypress, Selenium, Playwright, or a similar framework
• Experience working with Linux environments and troubleshooting, with knowledge of networking and security fundamentals

Preferred Qualifications

• Ownership of major quality components of a product
• Hands-on experience with AWS or other public cloud infrastructure for deployment, installation, configuration, and troubleshooting
• Experience with firewall policies and security testing
• Experience working with containers or Kubernetes environments
• Experience working as part of a remote or distributed team