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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Cisco Systems is the world''s leading networking technology company, designing and manufacturing networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and cybersecurity solutions for businesses and governments. Industry: Networking Technology & Cybersecurity

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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, 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 such as ISIS, BGP, MPLS, IPv6, GRE, RSVP-TE, Segment routing, EVPN, and more. Your daily tasks will include crafting test plans, developing innovative test frameworks with web-based GUIs using analytics and machine learning, and collaborating closely with development teams to validate customer use cases. You will also drive both manual and automated testing, track defects, and optimize performance through continuous improvements in test coverage and automation. The role requires a strong background in Python programming, networking domain expertise, and experience with network automation tools like pyATS, Ansible, Jenkins, and Cisco NSO, as well as UNIX/Linux environments and Bash scripting.

Skills

Python pyATS Ansible Jenkins RobotFramework CiscoNSO UNIX Linux Bash UnixShellScripting MPLS-LDP RSVP-TE SegmentRouting IPv6 EVPN L2/L3VPN SNMP Telemetry gNMI gRPC Netconf OpenConfigYangModels ISIS BGP MPLS GRE MPLS-TE LDP RSVP RoCE iWARP InfiniBand OpenFlow

What you'll do

  • Design and develop innovative test frameworks for customer use cases on IOS-XR platforms.
  • Automate and qualify customer use cases based on dynamic prioritization of tasks.
  • Develop web-based GUIs using analytics and machine learning to display execution results.
  • Drive both manual and automated testing, track defects, and verify fixes.
  • Continuously improve test coverage and automation performance for optimal configuration dimensioning.

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 and networking domain expertise.
  • Experience in automation and software quality assurance for L2/L3 protocols.
  • Design and develop test frameworks and tools using analytics and machine learning.
  • Collaborate with development, account, and customer teams to validate use cases.

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