F5 Sr Principal Engineer Software 

India, Telangana, Hyderabad 

788564765

Sr. Principal software Engineer designs/reviews test plans and procedures, write/review automated test scripts and give strong guidance on the execution of functional, integration and system level software testing of the BIG-IP within the Seattle Test department. Participates on cross-functional design and test projects, serving as organizational spokesperson on advanced projects/programs.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead designer, responsible for the design, development and implementation of complete software test engineering methodologies and quality automation programming practices.

• Interacts with business partners, architects, development managers, program managers and test engineers from across the company to contribute to and review test strategies, functional specifications, development designs, test cases, etc.

• Designs, develops and maintains high-quality test architectures and ensures testability of developed designs.

• Works closely with developers, testers, PMs and the operations team to ensure that owned product areas maintain high reliability, scalability and performance.

• Organizational spokesperson who can create, execute against and defend test strategies and proposals.

• Lead technical contributor who drives the company’s test engineering standards and product quality direction, designs tests for major software subsystems and oversees their development.

• Leadscross-functional/cross-producttest strategies. Serves as organizational spokesperson on advanced test projects.

• Serves others on technical growth.

• Creates formal test technology proposals and drives consensus on implementation.

• Participates in and/or helps drive certification or standardization efforts.

• Responsible for upholding F5’s Business Code of Ethics and for promptly reporting violations of the Code or other company policies.

• Performs other related duties as assigned.

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• 15 + years experience with the following: Network and Web technologies, Leading complex product technologies and initiatives from concept through releases, UNIX/Linux test experience (Networking, Scripting)

• Expert level of cloud and dev ops knowledge

• Expert-level Manual and Automation Test experience in the area of Networking.

• Ability to assist PD Test Management and Architecture team on project scope schedule estimation.

• Exceptional problem solving skills

• Demonstrated project management skills

• Strong leadership skills, and an ability to mentor other engineers

• Demonstrated excellence in written and verbal communications

• Ability to understand the Architecture and develop the customer use case test plans and develop the network topologies

• Able to collaborate and thrive in a fast-paced high-performance environment.

• Strong analytic / trouble-shooting skills.

• Extensive knowledge of product life cycle.

• Must be a Subject Matter Expert in multiple skill areas.

• Duties are performed in a normal office environment while sitting at a desk or computer table.

• Duties require the ability to utilize a computer, communicate over the telephone, and read printed material.

Qualifications:

• Typically requires a minimum of 15 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years experience; or equivalent experience.

• Excellent organizational agility and communication skills throughout the organization.

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.