Senior/Lead Test & Automation Engineer - Networking Platforms

Luxoft; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology services provider in India is seeking a skilled Network Validation Engineer. This role involves testing and validating features for Data Center networks, collaborating across teams, and developing automation for end-to-end solutions. Candidates should have a degree in CS/EE/ECE and 4-12 years of experience in Networking/Telecom with a focus on performance and security. Strong communication and technical skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 4 to 12 years of relevant industry experience in Networking/Telecom- Embedded/Network Management.
• Proven technical knowledge in testing Data Center Network platform.
• Experience in developing test automation suites.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with various teams to test features and validate functionalities.
• Develop test strategies and plans for end-to-end solution validation.
• Execute test cases and document results on performance and security.

Skills

Networking

Telecom

Test Automation

Python

Communication

Education

B.S./B.E./B.Tech in CS/EE/ECE

Tools

Spirent

IXIA

VMware

OpenStack

Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS, KVM)

Job description

Project description

Product verification & testing for Data Center routing & switching platforms - Major Enterprise Networking equipment provider

Responsibilities

• o Work closely with development engineering, product management, and customer solution engineering team to test and validate features functionality and system test profiles for data center networks, network security and routing technologies. o Develop test strategy, test topology and test plan to validate the features end-to-end at scale with network security consideration. o Understand various customer deployments and solutions across data center networks, security, routing and switching and validate customer profiles. o Execute test cases and validate the solution end-to-end and document the test results on performance, scale and security. o Collaborate with development team to translate software requirements into high-quality test automation suites. o Debug and troubleshoot complex issues and work closely with the engineering team on the failures and validate the fix. o Develop automation for the end-to-end solution validation and integrate the automation for seamless validation. o Review customer deployments and customer found issues and address any gaps in the test coverage. o Involve in customer deployments and customer escalations and help the customers to deploy Extreme Networks' solutions in the customer environment.

SKILLS

Must have

• Minimum of B.S./B.E./B.Tech in CS/EE/ECE
• 4 to 12 years of relevant industry experience in Networking/Telecom- Embedded/Network Management with hands‑on experience in functional, system test and automation. Proven technical knowledge and experience in testing Data Center Network platform. Proven knowledge and hands‑on experience in test plan development and validating scalable data center network and network security solutions. Experience in planning and building large scaled system test topologies with detailed knowledge of test automation tools and software test tools (Spirent, IXIA) and virtualization platforms such as VMware (vCenter, NSX), OpenStack and Linux OS variants such as Ubuntu, CentOS, KVM. Hands‑on experience in developing test automation suites using Python or a similar scripting language. Experience in performance, scale and convergence testing and analyzing performance related issues and improving the performance and convergence at system level. Ability to develop and publish solution validation document and test report. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization: Product Management, Technical Marketing, Field Sales, Documentation and Development Team. Highly motivated and self‑driven. Able to collaborate cross‑functionally to meet challenging goals.

Nice to have

Test Automation Framework.