Hybrid Senior QA Engineer, Networking (L2/L3) Milpitas

Cisco Systems, Inc; Milpitas (CA); Hybrid; USD 168,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Senior QA Engineer in Milpitas, CA to lead System Integration Testing for IOS XR platforms and solutions such as ASR 9000, NCS 5500, and Cisco 8000. The role requires designing comprehensive end-to-end test plans and driving automation to ensure release readiness.

You will collaborate with product, development, and system teams to align testing with requirements, reproduce issues in labs, and improve coverage and efficiency across deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field with 7+ years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree in a STEM field with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• 4+ years of experience with networking protocols such as IS-IS, BGP, MPLS, IPv6, GRE, MPLS-TE, LDP, RSVP, SR, SRv6, CFM, L2VPN, L3VPN, and EVPN.
• 4+ years of experience in networking software quality assurance, system integration, or system-level testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead System Integration Testing for IOS XR platforms and solutions, including ASR 9000, NCS 5500, and Cisco 8000.
• Design end-to-end test plans for Service Provider and Data Center networks, covering interoperability, scale, performance, and resiliency.
• Develop and improve automated test frameworks, tools, and execution environments.
• Perform tests manually and through automation; document results; and track defects through verification.
• Identify integration risks and improve test coverage, automation, and execution efficiency.
• Reproduce and analyze issues in system test labs and collaborate with development teams to resolve them.
• Collaborate with product, development, and system teams to align test strategy with requirements and release readiness.

Skills

IS-IS

BGP

MPLS

IPv6

GRE

MPLS-TE

LDP

RSVP

SR

SRv6

CFM

L2VPN

L3VPN

EVPN

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM field

Master’s degree in STEM field

Tools

pyATS

Ansible

Jenkins

Robot Framework

Cisco NSO

UNIX/Linux

Shell scripting

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Senior QA Engineer in Milpitas, CA to lead System Integration Testing for IOS XR platforms and solutions such as ASR 9000, NCS 5500, and Cisco 8000. The role requires designing comprehensive end-to-end test plans and driving automation to ensure release readiness.

You will collaborate with product, development, and system teams to align testing with requirements, reproduce issues in labs, and improve coverage and efficiency across deployments.