Cisco Software Test Developer/Engineer Networking 

United States, California, San Jose 

163632939

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. 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

• 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

• Experience working in a fast-moving agile environment (Scrum, Kanban, etc.) and with remote teams
• You hold deep technical curiosity and are a strong technical communicator
• Design, build, and maintain Testbed infrastructure, triage Automated regression failures, and provide failure analysis to certify software releases for networking devices - switches, routers, or wireless controllers/access points
• Familiarity with Jenkins, GitLab, authoring bots for automation, and other DevOps Tools
• Rolling up your sleeves to participate in driving operational excellence (pipeline automation, on-call, monitoring/alerting, incident postmortems)

• A supportive and fun environment and a team that values your contributions
• There are a lot of opportunities for professional and personal growth via employee-led groups. Check out one of our groups — Women of Meraki on Twitter and Instagram
• Actionable and candid feedback regularly following Radical Candor
• Delicious catered meals every day fully-stocked kitchens and all-you-can-eat snacks
• Paid time off to volunteer, and much more

Meraki is based in the Mission Bay area of San Francisco, with beautiful views of the Oracle Ballpark and the Bay beyond where you will have access to an onsite gym, multiple kitchens stocked with high-quality snacks, a coffee bar, and catered lunches every day, and we offer a generous benefits package to all of our Merakians.