Senior QA Automation Engineer - Networking L2/L3

Cisco

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Milpitas, CA
Salary
$165,000–$241,400 / yr
Posted
5 days ago
Closes
Jul 29, 2026
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

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TL;DR · Senior QA Automation Engineer - Networking L2/L3

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As a Senior QA Automation Engineer at Cisco in Milpitas, CA, you will join the IOS-XR team to design and automate customer use cases for platforms like ASR9K, NCS5500, and 8000, focusing on L2/L3 networking protocols. Your day-to-day responsibilities include crafting test plans, developing innovative test frameworks with Python, and creating web-based GUIs using analytics and machine learning to display execution results. You will also collaborate closely with the development team and customers to validate use cases, drive both manual and automated testing, and optimize performance through continuous improvements in test coverage and automation. The role requires expertise in networking protocols, experience with tools like pyATS, Jenkins, and CI/CD pipelines, as well as strong Linux skills and knowledge of virtualization technologies.

Skills

Python pyATS Ansible Robot Grafana Elasticsearch InfluxDB Ixia Spirent gNMI gRPC NETCONF YANG REST APIs RPC Linux KVM VMware Docker Kubernetes GIT Jira Jenkins CI/CD

What you'll do

  • Craft and automate customer use cases based on IOS-XR platforms.
  • Design and develop test frameworks and web-based GUIs for analytics.
  • Execute tests both manually and through automation to identify defects.
  • Optimize test coverage and execution performance continuously.
  • Reproduce customer issues in internal labs and generate test reports.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelors in STEM with 7+ years or Masters in STEM with 5+ years of relevant experience.
  • 3+ years of programming experience with Python.
  • Networking domain experience with L2/L3 protocols including ISIS, BGP, MPLS, IPv6, GRE, RSVP, Segment routing, and EVPN.
  • Experience in networking automation or software quality assurance.
  • Hands-on experience with network monitoring tools like Grafana, telegraf, Elasticsearch, and InfluxDB.

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