Technical Leader - Network Solution Testing

About the role

The Customer Validation Testing (CVT) team is at the forefront of developing solutions that power the largest networks in the world. Engineers on this team will collaborate with dedicated, dynamic, hardworking team members to work on the qualification and automation of influential technologies, XR platforms, and solutions for deployment in high-end Cisco Web and Service Provider customers, impacting an endless number of users worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Bring up customer solutions in cisco lab
• Develop innovative test frameworks and web-based GUIs that leverage analytics and machine learning
• Drive test cases manually and through automation, managing defects and fixes
• Seek continuous improvements in test coverage, execution, and automation
• Reproduce customer issues in internal test labs and generate technical reports and whitepapers

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in STEM with 8+ years of relevant experience
• Masters in STEM with 6+ years of relevant experience
• PhD in STEM with 3+ years of relevant experience
• Experience testing or configuring L2/L3 networking protocols; BGP, MPLS and IGP (OSPF or ISIS)
• Experience in networking automation or software quality assurance

Preferred Qualifications

• Certificate in CCIE (Routing & Switching / Service Provider / Data Center)
• Experience on platforms such as ASR9K, NCS5500, NCS5000, NCS540/NCS560, NCS6K, CRS, 8000
• Demonstrated experience with RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access) technologies and related protocols such as InfiniBand, RoCE, or iWARP
• Experience in OpenFlow, Netconf & REST API
• Background in network automation tools like pyATS, Ansible, Jenkins, Robot framework, and Cisco NSO
• Expertise in UNIX/Linux environments and Bash/Unix Shell Scripting, with experience in configuring/fixing protocols such as L2/L3 VPN, EVPN, Segment Routing, IPv6, MPLS-LDP/RSVP-TE, Multicast, SNMP, Telemetry, gNMI, gRPC, Netconf & OpenConfig Yang Models

Benefits

Starting salary range: $183,800.00 to $263,600.00
U.S. benefits: Medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.
Paid time off: 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees, 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco, 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees, 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next, additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members, optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer.

Pay

$183,800.00 to $263,600.00

Schedule

Hybrid role, located in Milpitas, CA. Requires being in the office 3 days a week.