Software Test Engineer

Cisco; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Bengaluru is seeking a skilled engineer to deliver high-quality, customer-centric software through automated testing and innovative product solutions. The ideal candidate will possess 7 to 12 years of experience, focusing on Python automation and network automation. Strong collaboration skills and experience in agile environments are essential. This role emphasizes continuous improvement and direct customer engagement within a dynamic team culture.

Qualifications

• 7-12 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with DWDM line systems and optical applications.
• Ability to design tests for software quality and functionality.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality software through automated end-to-end system testing.
• Drive innovation using knowledge of business strategies.
• Collaborate across geographies and communicate effectively with customers.

Skills

Python automation

Network automation

Debugging

Agile methodologies

Collaboration

Job description

Your Impact:

• Deliver high-quality, customer-centric software through automated end-to-end system testing and strong software engineering test methodologies.
• Drive innovation and product recommendations using expertise, creativity, and knowledge of Cisco business strategies.
• Develop Python automation test plans, focusing on network automation, algorithmic thinking, and analytics based on customer use cases.
• Debug complex network problems, pursue scientific, data-driven continuous improvement, and enable transformation.
• Collaborate effectively across geographies, interface directly with customers and stakeholders, and contribute to a culture of open communication, empowerment, and innovation.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience: 7-12 years
• Feature and Domain Ownership: Own multiple features or domains such as optical applications or datapath of a product, ensuring end-to-end responsibility.
• Customer and Design Team Interface: Act as an interface between the product design team and customers to translate requirements optimally.
• Feature Testing: Work on feature tests of DWDM line systems, EDFAs, Raman amplifiers, ROADMs, and control loops.
• Automation first: Comfortable with Python automation to be able to automate tests as well as framework for faster coverage
• Test Design: Design tests to evaluate software quality, accuracy, and functionality using various testing methods.
• Documentation Mapping: Understand product and customer design documents and map them to test efforts.
• Testing Types: Perform functional, performance, security, and regression testing.
• Peer Reviews: Conduct and engage in peer reviews of test plans and automation scripts.
• Lab Environment: Plan, build, and maintain complex optical line systems in lab environments for solution-level testing.
• System-Level Testing: Conduct system-level testing using fully automated methods with Python, covering management interfaces such as CLI, Netconf, Restconf, OpenConfig, SNMP, and Telemetry.
• NMS/EMS testing: exposure will be a huge plus
• Debugging: Participate in debugging complex network issues during testing and in customer networks.
• Collaboration: Collaborate and communicate effectively across geographies, including direct customer interfacing and stakeholder management.
• Agile Environment: Work in an agile development environment, participate in sprint activities, and align with CI pipelines.
• Continuous Improvement: Engage in continuous improvement and transformation with scientific, data-driven testing.
• Team Culture: Be part of a team valuing open communication, empowerment, innovation, and career development.