Fortinet Staff Software Dev QA Engineer 

United States, California, Sunnyvale 

368683968

As a Staff Software Development QA Engineer, you will work closely with the development team to ensure the delivery of high-quality Fortinet products. You will be responsible for designing and implementing a robust automation testing framework to streamline and enhance the testing process. You are expected to be a quick learner who can work efficiently to identify defects and potential risks early in the development cycle, ensuring both development quality and release readiness.

Responsibilities:

• Create, review, and execute solution-focused test plans and test cases that cover all stages of product development and real-world deployment scenarios.
• Perform detailed manual and automated testing to ensure high quality across networking features and full solution stacks.
• Design and maintain solution-based test environments, simulating real-world conditions with diverse device types, customer profiles, and network topologies.
• Develop and validate customer-centric solution profiles, including workflow-based testing across Fortinet product integrations (e.g., FortiNAC, FortiGate, FortiSwitch, FortiAuthenticator).
• Build advanced network simulation environments for scaling, stress, and performance testing using protocols and tools such as IXIA, Avalanche, and JMeter.
• Develop, maintain, and scale automation test suites using Python, Robot Framework, and Pytest integrated into CI/CD workflows.
• Drive automation coverage for solution testing across multiple deployment scenarios and customer use cases.
• Debug and troubleshoot product and solution-level issues by collaborating with developers, QA engineers, and cross-functional teams.
• Identify, document, and prioritize solution risks, scalability concerns, and deployment blockers to ensure release readiness.
• Collaborate with Dev and TAC engineers to reproduce and analyze customer-reported issues, especially in complex deployment topologies.

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in QA testing, specifically focused on networking products and enterprise solution validation.
• Proven experience in solution testing, including customer profile creation, solution profiling, and end-to-end validation methodologies based on real-world deployment scenarios.
• Strong understanding of network protocols such as TCP/IP, SNMP, DHCP, 802.1X, and authentication protocols including RADIUS, Kerberos, LDAP.
• Hands-on experience in test automation using Robot Framework, with integration into CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficient in Python and familiar with Pytest and other automation frameworks.
• Experience with performance and scalability testing tools like Avalanche, IXIA, JMeter, etc.
• Hands-on with Selenium, RESTful API automation, including unit and system-level testing.
• Familiarity with solution-level test planning, including multi-product integration (e.g., FortiNAC + FortiGate + FortiSwitch).
• Knowledge of tools like Jenkins, Docker, and Git for version control and pipeline automation.
• Exposure to infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible and Terraform (preferred).
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving abilities with a quality-first mindset.
• Deep understanding of QA methodologies, customer-centric validation practices, and automation-driven testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
• Minimum of 8+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, with a strong background in software testing, test automation, and QA processes.
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, tools, and best practices in Agile and DevOps environments.