Junior Support Network Engineer with automation (Python)

Luxoft; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT consultancy in the United Kingdom is looking for a Software Developer in Test to contribute to test automation and framework development. Ideal candidates have strong experience in Python programming and computer networking. This role involves debugging test scenarios and working closely with engineering teams to enhance product quality and reliability. A proactive mindset and readiness to work in an agile environment are essential for success in this position.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in hands-on Python development.
• Good understanding of L2/L3 network protocols and data center products.
• Experience with bug reporting and prioritizing issues.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to new test automation and framework development.
• Run and debug automated integration and system tests in Python.
• Work closely with the engineering team to isolate and resolve defects.

Skills

Python development

Computer networking

Troubleshooting skills

Product support

Tools

Atlassian suite

GNU/Linux

Job description

Project description

About the Project:

Our client is looking for Software Developers in Test with Networking and Test Automation skillset, within the Team which is currently developing new automation work for our Customer. This Team has the ownership to define the process, debug all aspects of the Products' functionality in its release cycle and work closely together with our Test and Framework Development Team to identify root causes, raise issues accordingly to feature or test developers and triage problems. This team also collaborates closely with the Customer's Developer Team on feature issues and thus reduce the number of flaws in the Product. The Customer relies on us to keep a healthy and real PASS rate of the tests in order to maintain a high performance product and demonstrable quality metrics (Quality Gate). The process needs to scale up to the agile release strategy of the Customer's products. Thus, the ideal candidate has deep knowledge of software development in testing / test automation, computer networking, as well as troubleshooting skills necessary to understand and debug efficiently the various testing scenarios (strong preference is Python, as the framework and tests are written in Python). Prior experience with distributed systems is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Primarily contribute to new test automation and framework development by writing complex Python scripts, tightly integrated within a state-of-the-art PTest everything-as-code infrastructure.
• Contribute to the quality strategy of the products by developing and maintaining the Quality Release Gate process.
• Run and debug automated integration and system tests in Python per release needs.
• Work closely with the engineering team to isolate and resolve defects in a timely manner.
• Work closely with our local team to debug framework and test related issues.
• Create bug reports when issues arise and track them through completion.
• Triage failures per severity and prioritize as necessary, when needed.

SKILLS

Must have

• Demonstrated experience in product support and/or product release support processes.
• Good Experience in testing / debugging issues for highly scalable, distributed systems and data center products.
• Hands-on experience in Python Development - 3 years minimum. Knowledge of OOP, SOLID, design patterns, DRY etc.
• Good (CCNA, CCNP level preferred) knowledge of computer networking: L2/L3 network protocols, Ethernet, TCP/IP, switching/routing algorithms, data center networks, BGP.
• Hands-on experience with at least one of the following vendors' products for 1 year minimum: Cisco IOS/NXOS, Arista, Cumulus.
• Atlassian or equivalent suite.
• Good knowledge of GNU/Linux operating systems, shell scripting and command line tools.
• Good troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.
• Ability to define independently priorities, objectives, and tasks.
• Proactive and self-starter personality. Able to work in a startup Customer environment. Motivated and top-performer.

Nice to have

• Previous experience with process definition.
• EVPN + VXLAN.
• Experience with RESTful APIs programming and related technologies.
• Familiar with virtualization/containerization technologies.
• Familiarity with multiple Network Operating Systems such as Cisco NXOS, Arista EOS, Cumulus Linux, OpenSwitch, SONiC.
• Previous experiences on writing tools or frameworks to facilitate product testing.
• Hands-on Spine-leaf datacenter architectures, BGP, OSPF, Automation, Juniper, Cisco Switches/Routers, Arista, Automation QA, VMware vCenter, VPN technologies (eVPN), VxLAN.