Remote QA Automation Lead — 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

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.