Cloud Firewall Test Engineer (Automation – Playwright/Python)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP; San Juan (PR); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP is seeking a Cloud Firewall Test Engineer to design and execute automated tests across UI, API, and integration levels using Playwright with Python. The role emphasizes reliability, security, and maintainability in a microservices cloud firewall platform.

You will build end-to-end and API test suites, contribute to CI/CD, and collaborate with engineers and product owners to ensure quality gates.

Qualifications

• 6–8 years in QA/Test Engineering, SDET, or software testing.
• Strong hands-on Python for automation.
• Experience using Playwright for UI automation.
• Experience with REST APIs and distributed systems testing.
• Understanding of cloud networking/security concepts.
• Familiarity with Git-based workflows and CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated end-to-end and API tests using Playwright with Python.
• Validate cloud firewall capabilities: policy management, rule behavior, logging, authentication flows.
• Build layered coverage across microservices to reduce flaky tests.
• Integrate test suites into CI/CD with parallel runs and artifacts.
• Troubleshoot failures using logs, traces, and root-cause analysis.
• Leverage AI-assisted tools to accelerate test authoring and triage.

Skills

Python

API testing

Git workflows

Test automation

Distributed systems

Security testing

Tools

Playwright

Job description

## Cloud Firewall Test Engineer (Automation – Playwright/Python)Applylocations: San Juan, Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricotime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: 1210251Cloud Firewall Test Engineer (Automation – Playwright/Python)This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week 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:****About the Role**We are looking for a Cloud Firewall Test Engineer to help ensure the **quality, reliability, and security** of a **cloud-delivered firewall platform** built on **microservices**. You will design and execute tests across **UI, API, integration, and system** levels, with a strong focus on **automation using Playwright with Python**. You’ll also use **AI-assisted testing tools** to speed up test creation, debugging, and coverage expansion—while applying good engineering judgment to keep tests correct and maintainable.**What You’ll Do (Key Responsibilities)*** Design, develop, and maintain automated **end-to-end** and **API** test suites using **Playwright with Python**, focusing on reliability and maintainability.* Validate cloud firewall capabilities such as **policy management**, **rule behavior**, **logging/telemetry**, **authentication flows**, **control-plane workflows**, and **upgrades** in a microservices environment.* Build layered coverage across microservices (service-level API tests + critical end-to-end user journeys) to reduce flaky tests and improve signal.* Integrate test suites into the **build and release pipeline (CI/CD)**, including parallel runs, reporting, and failure artifacts (logs, traces, screenshots).* Work closely with software engineers and product owners to review stories and acceptance criteria, improve testability, and define quality gates* Troubleshoot complex failures using logs/metrics/traces, drive root-cause analysis, and help prevent regressions.* Use AI-based tools to accelerate test development and triage (for example: generating starter test code, refactoring, summarizing failures, creating test data), while keeping quality and correctness high.* Contribute to test infrastructure improvements (environments, test data management, mocks/stubs, framework utilities).**Required Qualifications****6 to 8 years** in QA/Test Engineering, SDET, or Software Engineering with a strong testing focus (we’re open to strong entry-level candidates with solid projects/internships). * Strong hands-on **Python** skills for building automation (beyond simple scripting).* Hands-on experience with **Playwright** for UI automation, including maintainable patterns (page objects/fixtures) and stable locator strategies.* Experience testing **web APIs (REST)** and distributed systems; comfortable validating microservice interactions and contracts.* Basic to solid understanding of cloud networking/security concepts (for example: TCP/IP basics, authentication flows, and network policy behavior).* Familiarity with **Git-based workflows** and test reporting in a build pipeline.* Hands on experience in testing security and networking products is a must.**Preferred / Nice-to-Have*** Prior experience testing **firewalls**, network security products, or cloud-managed firewall deployments.* Microservices testing practices such as contract testing, API-first validation, and test isolation strategies.* Exposure to performance, resilience, or scale testing for cloud services.* Experience with Selenium (especially if you’ve migrated or helped migrate suites to Playwright).* Experience using AI-assisted tools for test authoring/debugging (for example copilots, LLM-based triage helpers, AI log analysis).**What Success Looks Like (First 90 Days)*** You can run and debug the existing automation suite, and confidently contribute new Playwright + Python tests.* You add stable automated coverage for a few high-value end-to-end flows and key API scenarios.* You improve failure triage by producing clean artifacts (logs/traces/screenshots) and actionable root-cause notes.Relocation support is provided for eligible candidates