Senior QA 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

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $203k
$120k most similar roles pay here $254k

This role pays more than 81% of similar roles. Most pay $142,487–$197,262 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $203k versus about $170k for comparable roles.

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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 Engineer - Networking L2/L3

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As a Senior QA 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 involves crafting test plans, developing innovative frameworks with analytics and machine learning, and collaborating closely with development teams to ensure high-quality software releases. You will need expertise in networking QA, experience with tools like GIT, Jira, Jenkins, and CI/CD pipelines, as well as knowledge of network automation frameworks such as pyATS and Ansible. Additionally, familiarity with traffic generators, network monitoring tools, and programmability APIs is essential for this role at a leading tech company addressing complex business challenges in the networking domain.

Skills

Git Jira Jenkins CI/CD pyATS Pytest Ansible Robot Grafana Elasticsearch InfluxDB Ixia Spirent gNMI gRPC NETCONF YANG REST Linux KVM VMware Docker Kubernetes MPLS IPv6 GRE MPLS-TE LDP RSVP SegmentRouting L2VPN L3VPN EVPN CiscoIOS-XR

What you'll do

  • Design and automate customer use cases based on IOS-XR platforms.
  • Develop innovative test frameworks and web-based GUIs for analytics.
  • Execute tests manually and through automation, tracking defects and fixes.
  • Reproduce customer issues in internal labs to generate detailed test reports.
  • Continuously improve test coverage and execution efficiency.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's in STEM with 7+ years or Master’s in STEM with 5+ years of relevant experience.
  • Networking domain expertise including L2/L3 protocols like ISIS, BGP, MPLS, IPv6, GRE, RSVP, Segment routing.
  • Hands-on experience with networking software quality assurance and test automation tools.
  • Proficiency in network monitoring tools such as Grafana, telegraf, Elasticsearch, InfluxDB.
  • Experience with traffic generators like Ixia and Spirent, and network programmability technologies (gNMI, gRPC, NETCONF).
  • Strong Linux skills and knowledge of virtualization and containerization technologies.

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