Senior Software Engineer

Virtusa; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtusa Corporation is seeking a QA specialist with strong telecom testing experience to design and implement end-to-end test strategies. The role focuses on black-box/white-box testing, regression tests, and validating complex data flows across NetCracker OSS, ServiceNow, and Salesforce.

Ideal candidates will understand NOC workflows, incident management, and have hands-on hardware exposure in xPON, IP, and Optical domains, with flexibility for lab-based nights and on-demand evenings to align

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in core QA principles including black-box/white-box testing, regression testing, and creating comprehensive test strategies for telecom ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Test End-to-End data and service flows across NetCracker OSS, ServiceNow, and Salesforce.
• Validate fault management, alarm correlations, and incident ticketing workflows.

Skills

QA methodologies

Black-box testing

White-box testing

Regression testing

Test strategy design

Tools

Nokia EMS

Adtran EMS

NetCracker OSS

ServiceNow

Salesforce

Job description

• End-to-End QA Methodologies: Strong foundation in core QA principles, including black-box/white-box testing, regression testing, and creating comprehensive test strategies tailored for complex telecom ecosystems.
• Service Assurance Testing: Validate fault management, alarm correlations, and incident ticketing workflows. Simulate network failures in test environments to verify alerting accuracy and root-cause analysis tools.
• E2E Integration: Test complex data flows across NetCracker OSS, ServiceNow, and Salesforce; familiarity with Element Management Systems (EMS), specifically Nokia and Adtran platforms.
• NOC Workflow Familiarity: Deep understanding of incident, event, and network inventory management.
• Network Domain Knowledge: Solid understanding of telecom network architectures and hands‑on hardware experience across xPON, IP, and Optical domains.
• Operational Flexibility: Ability to provide monthly night deployment testing support and weekly on-demand evening support from the lab to align with maintenance windows and release cycles (typically 2–4 hours per release).