Cloud Firewall Networking Test Engineer (Automation - Playwright/Python)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise • Sunnyvale, CA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Cloud Firewall Networking Test Engineer (Automation - Playwright/Python) This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office. Who We Are: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE. Job Description: We are seeking a experienced Cloud Firewall Test Engineer to help ensure the quality, reliability, and security of a cloud-delivered firewall platform built on microservices. In this role, you will design and execute test strategies across UI, API, integration, and system levels, with a strong focus on automation using Playwright with Python, and you’ll leverage AI-assisted testing tools to accelerate authoring, debugging, and coverage expansion.

Requirements

• 3–6 years of experience in QA/Test Engineering, SDET, or Software Engineering with a strong testing focus (mid-level scope).
• Strong hands-on Python skills for building test automation (not just scripting).
• Hands-on experience with Playwright for UI automation; ability to build maintainable patterns (e.g., page objects/fixtures) and stable locator strategies.
• Solid experience testing APIs (REST) and distributed systems; comfortable validating microservice interactions and contracts.
• Experience with cloud networking/security concepts (e.g., TCP/IP fundamentals, authentication flows, TLS basics, network policy behavior).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and test reporting workflows (e.g., Git-based workflows, pipeline execution, artifacts).

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience testing firewalls, network security products, or cloud NGFW / CNF style deployments.
• Experience with microservices testing strategies such as contract testing, API-first validation, and test isolation practices.
• Exposure to performance, resilience, or scale testing for cloud services.
• Familiarity with Selenium is a plus (especially if migrating legacy suites to Playwright).
• Networking vendor/product exposure (e.g., Juniper/Cisco class environments) is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated E2E and API test suites using Playwright with Python, prioritizing reliability, speed, and maintainability.
• Validate cloud firewall capabilities (examples: policy management, rule evaluation behavior, logging/telemetry, authentication flows, control-plane workflows, and upgrades) in a microservices-based environment.
• Build test coverage across microservices using a layered strategy (service-level API tests + critical end-to-end journeys) to reduce flakiness and improve signal-to-noise.
• Implement CI/CD integration for automated suites (parallel execution, reporting, and failure triage artifacts such as logs/traces/screenshots).
• Collaborate with Software Engineers and Product Owners to review user stories and acceptance criteria, improve testability, and define quality gates.
• Troubleshoot complex failures using logs, metrics, and traces; drive root-cause analysis and partner with engineering to prevent regressions.
• Use AI-based testing tools to speed up test development, refactoring, debugging, and test data generation—while applying engineering judgment to ensure correctness and maintainability.
• Contribute to test infrastructure improvements (test environments, test data management, mock/stub strategies, and framework utilities).

Benefits

• Health & Wellbeing We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
• Personal & Professional Development We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
• Unconditional Inclusion We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed