Senior SDET: AI-Driven QA & CI/CD Automation

Cisco Systems, Inc.; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 139,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. in RTP, NC is seeking a Software QA Engineer for the MX/SD-WAN team. You will develop test strategies, collaborate with product managers, and build automation to support CI/CD and improve regression coverage.

The role requires deep security testing experience, scripting in Python/Ruby/C++, and familiarity with traffic generators. This is a hybrid role with a competitive salary and a globally impactful team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with 7+ years in software testing, or Master's with 4+ years, or PhD with 1+ year.

Responsibilities

• Develop understanding of Cisco Meraki MX use cases and workflows in customer environments.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and development teams to represent QA in requirements and design discussions.
• Create and execute test strategies, reporting results and metrics to ensure feature quality.
• Build and maintain automation scripts to support CI/CD and improve regression test coverage.
• Drive innovation by applying AI-driven ideas and contributing to feature development with a Test Driven Development approach.

Skills

Automation/Development experience

Python

Ruby

C++

Golang

AI coding tools

Gen‑AI prompting

Security testing

Traffic generators

Education

Bachelor's Degree + 7 years experience / Master's + 4 years / PhD + 1 year

Tools

Spirent

IXIA

TREX

CI/CD frameworks

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. in RTP, NC is seeking a Software QA Engineer for the MX/SD-WAN team. You will develop test strategies, collaborate with product managers, and build automation to support CI/CD and improve regression coverage.

The role requires deep security testing experience, scripting in Python/Ruby/C++, and familiarity with traffic generators. This is a hybrid role with a competitive salary and a globally impactful team.