L2/L3 QA engineer

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing

Professional Development

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise in Bengaluru is seeking Test Engineers for the Data Center (DC-QA) team. You will contribute to quality assurance for L2/L3 networking domains across releases, collaborating with Dev, QA, and PM to ensure high-quality outcomes.

The role emphasizes hands-on testing, automation of multi-dimensional solutions, and sustaining strong technical skills within a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of test experience in Layer2/Layer3 technologies.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/EE or equivalent.
• Strong routing/switching background and product knowledge.
• Automation scripting and test execution experience.
• Excellent oral and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Provide solid support for Networking Products with customer-specific tests.
• Develop and maintain expertise on DC-QA deployments and test environments.
• Collaborate with Development, QA, and PM teams to deliver high-quality tests.
• Automate test executions and debug failures using scripting.

Skills

Routing & Switching

Router Architecture

Networking Fundamentals

Python

Pytest

Go

Automation Testing

Test Project Delivery

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Electrical / Electronics

Master Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Spirent

Ixia

Job description

This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.

Who We Are

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description

We are looking to hire Test Engineers for the Data Center (DC-QA) team in Bangalore. The Data center Unit (QA) team is responsible for quality assurance of the various L2/ L3 domain areas for every release that being shipped to the Customer.

Be a part of the team with highly energetic and talented engineers working in the areas of Switching and Routing. Will be responsible for high-quality deliverables by working with internal teams such as Development, QA, program management etc. Expected to build and sustain strong technical skills.

What You’ll Do

Will be responsible for providing solid support of Networking Products that involve customer-specific tests for a release, product, and solution. This role requires to develop and maintain expertise on the products deployed within the Specific Customer Networks. The Candidate should have expertise in networking fundamentals, L2/L3 protocols and hands on experience in both manual & automation of multi-dimensional scaled solutions testing.

What You Need To Bring

• Must have strong Routing/Switching background.
• Must have strong experience with routers and switch architecture.
• Must be playing a strong technical role in the current position
• A clear understanding of the product development cycle, technical requirements with a strong understanding of concepts related to computer architecture, data structures and programming practices.
• 10+ years of relevant test experience in Layer2/Layer3 technologies on any competitive devise set
• Candidate having Regression test environment/Tools exposure is an added asset.
• Candidate must have a strong record delivering software test projects on-time and with high quality
• A Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science, Electrical / Electronics Engineering a Master Degree; or equivalent experience is required.
• Candidate must possess good oral and written communication skills, be highly self-motivated, and have the ability to work in a team environment.

Knowledge And Skills

• Domain Knowledge: Cloud Provider/ Enterprise and Data Centre Technologies and AI/ML Data Center Network Technologies Networking Protocols: BGP, OSPF/ISIS, ARP, VLANS, MPLS, L3VPN, MC-LAG, LACP, L2VPN, VPLS, Multicast, NGMVPN, EVPN-VXLAN, GRE, IPSec, NAT, HTTP, NetConf, etc
• Experience with internet protocols: TCP, UDP, Ipv4/IPv6
• Internet Protocols: TCP, UDP, Ipv4/IPv6
• Layer 2 technologies, Spanning Tree, LAG, MC-LAG, Virtual Chassis
• CLOS Architecture, HA Design Concepts, EVPN
• Test Knowledge: Prepare Test Plans, Test Execution, Understanding of Complex Customer Networks.
• Automation: Experience in automated test execution, ability to debug automation failures, and narrow down software issues from test results and logs. Knowledge in Python/Pytest/Go or any other scripting language.
• Expertise in use of networking test equipment like Spirent and Ixia, including automation
• Platform Knowledge: Juniper (routers, switches), Cisco, Nortel, Huawei, traffic generators (Ixia, Agilent)/ traffic simulators, protocol analyzers, testers etc (not all are required but some of these are good to have).
• Preferred Certifications - CCNA/CCNP/CCIE, JNCIS-M, JNCIP-M, JNCIE-M, CCIE-SP

What We Can Offer You

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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Job

Engineering

Job Level

TCP_04

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