Fortinet Senior Software Dev QA Engineer 

United States, California, Sunnyvale 

362607114

We're looking for a highly motivated, organized, and detail-oriented senior Software Development Quality Assurance Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will be validating ASIC drivers and software for our current and next-generation products. In addition, you will use your knowledge of networking, operating systems, and automation to analyze and replicate issues reported internally and by our customers, isolate root causes, and verify bug fixes. You will be working alongside a closely-knit team of experienced software, hardware and ASIC engineers.

Job Responsibilities

· Design, develop, and execute test plans and functional, regression and performance test cases, based on feature/hardware specifications.

· Identify and document software defects found during verification.

· Replicate and drive customer issues to resolutions.

· Work closely with software/hardware developers, other QA teams, and support/field teams to ensure defects are correctly identified, reproduced and fixed.

· Contribute to the development, deployment and operation of automated test cases and/or automation tools.

Basic Qualifications:

· Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical field.

· Solid understanding of TCP/IP, routing, switching and firewalls.

· 2 to 5 years of experience troubleshooting and replicating complex network issues.

· Strong Linux command line skills, and the ability to use Linux effectively to create test environments and troubleshoot issues.

· In-depth knowledge of 5 or more of the following: network packet analyzers (e.g. Wireshark), IPsec, IPv6, TLS, benchmark testing, multicast, VXLAN, QoS, building tools to generate traffic.

· Demonstrated ability to logically and analytically troubleshoot software and networks.

· Demonstrated experience with Python or Ruby.

· Understanding of quality assurance and test methodologies.

· Demonstrated ability to produce clear problem statements and test reports.

· Strong communications skills, and ability to work in a collaborative cross-functional environment.

· Ability to work on assigned tasks under tight time constraints, complete tasks with minimal supervision, and research new topics.

Preferred qualifications:

· Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical field.

· Strong programming skills and knowledge of software development fundamentals.

· Extensive experience replicating network issues reported by a wide range of customers.

· Experience building test automation frameworks.

· Knowledge of operating systems (preferably Linux) internals, kernel, and drivers.

· Experience in using Spirent or Ixia traffic generator is a plus.

Wage ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, and job level. Exact salary offers will be determined by factors such as the candidate's subject knowledge, skill level, qualifications, experience, and geographic location.