Senior Network Test Automation Architect

Evollabs; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Evollabs in Dubai is seeking a Senior SDET to architect and lead test automation for complex networking features, spanning control plane, data plane, and hardware-software interactions. You will drive best practices in test development and mentor junior SDETs.

You will design large-scale automated testing systems for data center and telco networking, build simulation environments and lead CI/CD for NOS builds, and extend advanced test suites using pytest, nose, or equivalent.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in test automation, preferably in networking or systems.
• Strong expertise in Python and Bash; capable of building 10k+ LOC frameworks.
• Proven experience in test automation frameworks (pytest/nose) and scaling them.
• Deep knowledge of data center networking protocols (BGP, EVPN, MPLS).
• Experience with Jenkins, Ansible, and Git-based workflows.

Responsibilities

• Architect large-scale automated testing systems for data center and telco networking.
• Design simulation environments reproducing customer topologies (BGP EVPN fabrics, MPLS backbones).
• Lead CI/CD strategy for continuous, automated validation of NOS builds.
• Build and extend advanced test suites using pytest, nose, or equivalent frameworks.
• Mentor SDETs and QA engineers in coding and automation practices.
• Partner with development leads to ensure test coverage aligns with feature roadmaps.

Skills

Python

Bash

Test automation

Networking

CI/CD

Tools

pytest

nose

Git

Jenkins

Ansible

Job description

Evollabs in Dubai is seeking a Senior SDET to architect and lead test automation for complex networking features, spanning control plane, data plane, and hardware-software interactions. You will drive best practices in test development and mentor junior SDETs.

You will design large-scale automated testing systems for data center and telco networking, build simulation environments and lead CI/CD for NOS builds, and extend advanced test suites using pytest, nose, or equivalent.