Software Engineer IV L2/L3/Python

Meet the Team

Join the Cisco Automation team to be part of Data Center Controller group. Cisco's automation team provides an outstanding, unique experience for Software engineers by combining the resources offered by a sizable multi-geography organization and a large campus (with an on-site gym, healthcare, café, social interest groups, and philanthropy) with the startup culture and breadth of growth opportunities that working in a smaller ASIC team can provide.

Your Impact

Review and Documentation

·Review PRD, SFS, and create comprehensive Test plans and customer-facing documentation.

Testing and Issue Resolution:

·Execute software tests, diligently track and log issues, and drive them to resolution while ensuring the verification of bug fixes.

Collaboration:

·Collaborate with Development, Marketing, and Customer-facing teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality software features.

Data Center Architecture:

·Understand and implement Data Center architecture in testing topologies.

Networking Concepts and Telemetry:

·Implement networking concepts for testing telemetry and programmability technologies.

Field Trials and POCs:

·Engage in Early Field Trials and Customer POCs as required.

Feedback Integration:

·Work closely with field/customer-facing teams to incorporate feedback into internal test phases and build standard methodologies.

Automation:

·Automate switch and software controller testing using Python and Selenium.

Tool Evaluation and Integration:

• Identify, evaluate, and implement automation tools, libraries, and technologies to enhance the automation framework.
• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines for testing and deployment processes.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 6+ years of experience in testing Networking and Network Management/Controller application or MSEE/CS or equivalent with 5+ years of experience in Networking software testing.
• At least 2 years of experience in automation with scripting languages such as Tcl, Python, Selenium, with a preference for a good understanding of Cisco pyATS infrastructure.
• Proficiency in microservices architecture and design principles.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration.
• Experience in testing Networking technologies such as L2/L3, Vxlan, and understanding of OAM, Telemetry, Data Center Spine/Leaf architecture, and Programmability (REST/NETCONF/OC, etc.).
• Experience with debugging and verification methodologies

Preferred Qualifications:

• Exposure to CI/CD, Jenkins, and a Test-driven development approach.
• Knowledge of version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Experience in testing GUI products, with UI automation skills as a plus.
• 2-3 years’ experience using 3rd party test tools such as Ixia, Spirent, Infoblox, etc., with experience automating using APIs on these tools being a plus.
• Good problem-solving and software troubleshooting skills.
• Hands-on experience in building testbeds, scoping testing efforts using technical judgments with minimal supervision.

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