Senior ToR Switch & Console Automation Test Engineer

ZT Group Intl, Inc. dba ZT Systems; Secaucus (NJ); On-site; USD 116,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

ZT Systems is seeking a Sr Senior Staff Network / ToR Switch / Console Automation Test Engineer to design, validate, and automate rack-scale networking infrastructure in hyperscale environments. You will collaborate across hardware, firmware, systems, and operations teams to improve validation quality.

You will develop automated test frameworks using Python, Ansible, and shells, create test plans for network functionality and performance, analyze telemetry, and support platform bring-up and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in network validation, test engineering, infrastructure testing, or network automation roles.
• Strong understanding of Ethernet networking, switching, routing, VLANs, TCP/IP, network protocols, and data center architectures.
• Hands-on experience developing test automation frameworks and tooling using Python, Ansible, Shell scripting, or similar technologies.
• Familiarity with network test and monitoring tools such as Wireshark, IXIA, Spirent, traffic generators, and telemetry platforms.
• Experience validating high-performance networking environments within cloud, enterprise, or hyperscale data center infrastructures.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute validation strategies for ToR switches and rack-scale networks.
• Develop and maintain automated test frameworks that improve validation efficiency, coverage, and scalability.
• Create test plans, test cases, and verification methodologies for network functionality, performance, reliability, and resiliency.
• Validate switching, routing, management, and monitoring capabilities across hyperscale infrastructure environments.
• Perform integration, regression, stress, performance, and fault-tolerance testing of network and console management systems.
• Collaborate with hardware, firmware, systems, and operations teams to identify and resolve networking issues.
• Develop automation tools for deployment validation, configuration management, and operational readiness testing.
• Analyze network telemetry, logs, packet captures, and diagnostic data to investigate failures and drive root cause analysis.

Skills

Ethernet networking

Switching

Routing

VLANs

TCP/IP

Network protocols

Data center architectures

Python

Ansible

Shell scripting

Test automation

Wireshark

IXIA

Spirent

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering/CS/EE/IT

Tools

ToR switches

Console servers

Network management platforms

Rack-scale infrastructure

Job description

ZT Systems is seeking a Sr Senior Staff Network / ToR Switch / Console Automation Test Engineer to design, validate, and automate rack-scale networking infrastructure in hyperscale environments. You will collaborate across hardware, firmware, systems, and operations teams to improve validation quality.

You will develop automated test frameworks using Python, Ansible, and shells, create test plans for network functionality and performance, analyze telemetry, and support platform bring-up and