Head of QA (auto) in network OS

Arctic7; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

Arctic7 is building a new QA team for a network OS and seeks a hands-on QA Automation Lead to establish testing from the ground up. You will own testing coverage, lead engineers, and shape the approach for a PoC focusing on routing, firewalling, VPNs, and upgrades.

The role is remote, full-time, with CET hours; initial 3‑month B2B contract and potential extension, targeting a growing, technically complex product.

Qualifications

• Experience building and maintaining automated test suites.
• Hands-on test automation experience.
• Networking knowledge including routing, firewalls, VPNs, tunneling.
• Hands-on experience with Unix‑like systems.
• Experience leading QA engineers or owning QA for a complex technical product.
• Ability to understand complex systems, define a practical testing approach, and turn it into working tests.
• English at B2+ level is required; Russian is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build automated test coverage for a network OS.
• Review and adapt an existing automated test suite for the new platform.
• Build new automated tests where needed.
• Test routing, firewalling, network interfaces, VPNs and tunneling, configuration, upgrades, and regressions.
• Identify coverage gaps and decide where existing tests can be reused and where new ones are needed.
• Help estimate the scope and timeline for broader automated coverage.
• Help shape and grow the new QA team.

Skills

Automated testing

Test automation

Networking knowledge

Unix‑like systems

QA leadership

Testing strategy

English B2+

Job description

Описание:

We’re working on a new network OS covering core networking functionality such as routing, firewalling, network interfaces, VPNs and tunneling, configuration, and upgrades. The project is currently entering the QA automation stage. The first step is a PoC focused on adapting an established automated test suite from a similar networking product to the new platform and defining the scope for broader automated coverage. We’re building a new QA team for the product and are looking for a hands‑on QA Automation Lead to start it from the ground up.

Задачи:

• Build automated test coverage for a network OS.
• Review and adapt an existing automated test suite for the new platform.
• Build new automated tests where needed.
• Test routing, firewalling, network interfaces, VPNs and tunneling, configuration, upgrades, and regressions.
• Identify coverage gaps and decide where existing tests can be reused and where new ones are needed.
• Help estimate the scope and timeline for broader automated coverage.
• Help shape and grow the new QA team.

Требования:

• Experience building and maintaining automated test suites.
• Hands‑on test automation experience.
• Networking knowledge, including routing, network stacks, firewalls, VPNs, tunneling, interfaces, and related protocols.
• Hands‑on experience with Unix‑like systems.
• Experience leading QA engineers or owning QA for a complex technical product.
• Ability to understand complex systems, define a practical testing approach, and turn it into working tests.
• Ability to take an ambiguous starting point, build a working PoC, and turn the findings into a realistic engineering plan.
• English at B2+ level is required; Russian is strongly preferred.

Условия:

• A hands‑on role where you can influence the testing approach from the early PoC stage.
• An opportunity to help build a new QA team and shape its testing processes.
• Close collaboration with the lead of the existing QA team during the initial stage.
• A technically complex product focused on networking and system-level testing.
• Remote, full‑time.
• Initial 3-month B2B contract, with the possibility of extension.
• Working hours: CET. You can be based in another time zone as long as you’re comfortable working with CET hours.