Software Engineer (SDET)

Sophos; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sophos is seeking a QA Automation Engineer to strengthen our testing for Central Management, Reporting, and related product lines. You will design test strategies, develop automation suites, and enhance existing test beds to accelerate delivery of features for NSG licensing and firewall management.

We value strong automation skills in Java/Selenium or Python, plus TestNG, Jira, and CI tools. This remote-first role offers collaboration with global teams and opportunities to influence product

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of experience in test automation development.
• Strong knowledge of Java or Python for automation.
• Experience with UI/API automation and TestNG framework.
• Cloud familiarity and basic AWS knowledge.
• Solid understanding of QA concepts and testing life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Understanding of Scrum and agile methodologies and adhere to Scrum best practices.
• Able to understand system Architecture and Standards as applicable. Uses this information to generate quality test plan.
• Understanding how customers use products.
• Ensure quality of the product/project.
• Strong knowledge in API Automation or UI Automation.
• JAVA or Selenium UI Automation (TestNG Framework) or Python.
• Experience with AI tools and technology and knowledge to apply that in our routine work (Functional+Non-functional+TA testing etc.).
• Explore developed code & troubleshooting skill to identify the issues in code.
• Create & identify test strategy for the Product/Project.
• Test plan & Test cases designing.
• Create and maintain manual network test setups to perform the tests.
• Interested and can research on third party tools to make testing more effective.
• Report Defects for test failures and drive it to closure.
• Ability to prioritize, focus and drive tasks to completion.
• Keen troubleshooting and problem solving abilities.

Skills

Java

Selenium

Python

TestNG

API Automation

UI Automation

Education

B.Tech / BE / MTech / MCA / MSc(IT)

Tools

Jira

Testrail

Github

Jenkins

Job description

About Us

Sophos is a cybersecurity leader defending 600,000 organizations globally with an AI-driven platform and expert-led services. Sophos meets organizations wherever they are in their security maturity and grows with them to defeat cyberattacks. Its solutions combine machine learning, automation, and real-time threat intelligence with frontline human expertise from Sophos X-Ops to deliver advanced, 24/7 threat monitoring, detection, and response.

Sophos offers industry-leading managed detection and response (MDR) alongside a comprehensive portfolio of cybersecurity technologies - including endpoint, network, email, and cloud security, extended detection and response (XDR), identity threat detection and response (ITDR), and next-gen SIEM. Together with expert advisory services, these capabilities help organizations proactively reduce risk and respond faster, with the visibility and scalability needed to stay ahead of evolving threats.

Sophos goes to market with a global partner ecosystem, including Managed Service Providers (MSPs), Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs), resellers and distributors, marketplace integrations, and cyber risk partners, giving organizations the flexibility to choose trusted relationships when securing their business. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.

Role Summary

Ensuregreat qualityof these products Central Management and Reporting.Design,developandmaintainteststrategy and testplan.Developtest automation suitesandsystem testbeds for the features developedin Central Management and Reporting. Enhance the existingtest suitesfor better qualityandshould be a part of the feature team and develop test scripts to have faster feedback, automated qualityprocessandquicker product deliveries.

TeamSummary

TeamCM-CFR-Licensingof India(Bengaluru & Ahmedabad)ispart of the NSG group.

Our teamis responsible forthe development and maintenance of belowproduct lines.

• FMR(Firewall Management and Reporting)product

• Firewalland other NSGproducts licensing in Central

We continuously evolve->develop->test->release new features in aboveproduct lines according to the requirements from theproduct management team also as apart of engineering excellence we do upgrade/maintenance/automation/testing of aboveproduct lines to remain competitive/secure.

What you will do

• Understanding of Scrum and agile methodologies and adhere to Scrum best practices

• Able to understand system Architecture and Standards as applicable. Uses this information togeneratequalitytest plan

• Understanding how customers useproducts

• Ensure quality of the product/project

• Strong knowledge inAPI Automation or UI Automation

• JAVA or Selenium UI Automation (TestNG Framework)or Python

• Experience with AI tools and technology and knowledge to applythatinour routinework(Functional+Non-functional+TA testingetc..)

• Explore developed code & troubleshooting skill toidentifythe issues in code

• Create & identify test strategy for the Product/Project

• Test plan & Test cases designing

• Create andmaintainmanual network test setups to perform the tests

• Interested and can research on third party tools to make testing more effective

• Report Defects for test failures and drive it to closure.

• Ability to prioritize, focus and drive tasks to completion

• Keen troubleshooting andproblem solvingabilities

What you will do

• Experience-1-2years ofexperience.

• Should have strong knowledge/working experience in Test automation development usingJAVA or Selenium UI Automation (TestNG Framework)or Python.

• Solidknowledge ofQuality Assurance and Quality Engineering concepts

• Experience in manual test and automation testing.

• Working experience of cloud product

• Basic knowledge of AWS cloud technologies

• Domainknowledge of Networking protocols (TCP/IP) and other networking technologies like IPSec, SD-WAN & Firewall Policieswould beanadded advantage.

• Design comprehensive test plans for new features, factoring in technical details and the customer experience.

• Develop test automation scripts andmaintainreports of all automation issues and test results.

• Collaborate with cross functional teams to get requirements and implement automation feature requests.

• Perform regular maintenance and debugging of test setups and scripts.

• Tools Like-Jira ,Testrail,Github, Jenkins

• Minimumqualification :B.Tech,BE ,M.Tech, MCA, MSC(IT)

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