Cisco Senior Wireless Automation Test Engineer 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

684889052

Our guiding principles are rooted in our four core values: 'care deeply,' 'everybody in,' 'simplify everything,' and 'be brave.' These pillars have propelled us to the forefront of cloud-managed IT leadership and have played a pivotal role in shaping a more inclusive future for all.

About the role:

Key Responsibilities:

• Review product requirements documentand understand the customer use case.
• Work with senior software architect to help in designing and drafting software functional specifications for a particular feature.
• Work with senior software development engineers to develop the feature and participate in early unit test and integration test.
• Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test plansand test cases for Cisco wireless products and solutions.
• Perform functional, regression, performance, and interoperability testingfor Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) products and features.
• Automate use cases using Pythonsor Ruby.
• Design, develop, and maintain robust Automated CICD(Continuous Integration and Continuous Development) framework for wireless platforms (access points, controllers, Cloud based products).
• Analyze and troubleshoot complex wireless networking issues, identifying root causes and driving resolution.
• Collaboratewith development, product management, and support teams to define test requirements and quality metrics.
• Participate in innovative Software test initiatives.
• Share your knowledgeby giving brown-bags, tech talks, and evangelizing engineering standard methodologies.
• Accountable for the stabilityof our product with a high customer focus.
• Work on other quality assurance activities such as reproduce customer issues, scale and performance test, end to end system testing and interop testing.
• Leverage Generative AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, Cursor)to improve efficiency, accelerate prototyping, and promote code quality.
• Collaborate with hardware, test, and cloud teams to ensure flawless integrationand performance across the system.
• Contribute to automated validation frameworks and test toolsto support CI/CD and system integration testing.

Required Skills:

• 7+ years of experience in software development and Testing
• Extensive hands-on experience with Wi-Fi standards and protocols(802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax), including security (WPA2/WPA3, 802.1X)
• Strong networking knowledgeand Cisco switches / routers
• Working experience in core network protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, ARP, Radius)
• Experience in DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code tools (Jenkins, Xpresso, Docker, Jira, GitHub, Gerrit, Terraform, Ansible).
• Experience in deploying wireless solutions on cloud platforms(AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), including integration with cloud networking and management services
• Exposure to test process, test tools, test automation framework, CI/CD pipeline and end to end system validation
• Strong programming skillsin Python and C/C++
• Knowledge of software development process and quality assurance process
• Working experience in various OSlike Windows OS, Linux, Android and IOS
• Consistent track record to adopt and use Generative AI tools optimally for development and debugging
• Document test results, file detailed bug reports, and track issue resolution.
• Stay up to date with emerging wireless technologies, standards, and industry best practices
• Strong analytical skillswith a focus on design correctness, performance, and maintainability
• Excellent teamwork and communication

Bonus points for:

• Certifications such as CCNP Wireless, CWNA, or equivalent are a plus
• Certifications such as AWS Certified SolutionsArchitect or equivalent are highly desirable
• Experience in customer-facing roles, presenting at industry conferences, or contributing to standards bodies(e.g., IEEE, Wi-Fi Alliance).
• Familiarity with big data analytics, telemetry, and AI/ML-driven network management.
• Experience with large-scale, multi-site wirelessnetwork deployments.
• Familiarity with IoT connectivity, wireless mesh, and emerging wireless standards.
• Experience with API testingand automated monitoring/alerting in production environments
• Experience with performance and scalability testing of cloud applications