Quality Engineer – Solution Engineering
About The Position
The Solution Engineering Quality team is responsible for end-to-end system, feature, and scale validation across the Cisco Secure Access and Cisco Umbrella platforms. We are a collaborative, forward-thinking engineering group that thrives on technical experimentation, continuous learning, and close partnership with development, architecture, and product teams. By pushing the boundaries of Cloud Native SASE, SSE, and SD-WAN technologies, our team ensures that millions of users experience resilient, high-performance security every day. As a Quality Engineer on the Solution Engineering team, you will design, build, and maintain robust automated testing frameworks to validate complex, multi-service Cloud Native architectures from concept through post-launch. You will evaluate and mitigate architectural risks across system functionality, performance, and scalability to prevent critical production regressions. You will collaborate with cross-functional development and security teams to identify vulnerabilities, analyze root causes, and accelerate time-to-resolution for system-level stability issues. Additionally, you will drive continuous test innovation by benchmarking emerging technologies, libraries, and automation tools to elevate overall platform reliability.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
- 6+ years of professional experience in software quality engineering, system testing, or test automation.
- Experience with programming and automation scripting using Python or Go (Golang).
- Experience testing cloud-native architectures utilizing Docker containers, Kubernetes orchestration, and public cloud platforms (e.g., Amazon Web Services/GCP).
- Experience with core networking protocols and VPN technologies (TCP/IP, SSL/TLS, DTLS, IPsec, or IKEv2).
Nice To Haves
- Domain expertise in Security Service Edge (SSE), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), SD-WAN, Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), or Next-Generation Firewalls.
- Experience testing high-throughput distributed network services (load balancers, reverse proxies, caching engines, SSL termination, or application firewalls).
- Proven track record building and executing performance, scale, or chaos test suites (e.g., Locust, JMeter, or custom scale harnesses).
- Experience working in fast-paced Agile/Scrum environments with active participation in CI/CD pipeline integration and sprint retrospectives.
- Strong analytical problem-solving skills with effective technical communication across cross-functional engineering teams.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain robust automated testing frameworks to validate complex, multi-service Cloud Native architectures from concept through post-launch.
- Evaluate and mitigate architectural risks across system functionality, performance, and scalability to prevent critical production regressions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional development and security teams to identify vulnerabilities, analyze root causes, and accelerate time-to-resolution for system-level stability issues.
- Drive continuous test innovation by benchmarking emerging technologies, libraries, and automation tools to elevate overall platform reliability.
Benefits
- medical, dental and vision insurance
- a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
- paid parental leave
- short and long-term disability coverage
- basic life insurance
- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
- 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
- 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees (non-exempt)
- flexible vacation time off program (exempt)
- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
- up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
- annual bonuses (non-sales roles)
- performance-based incentive pay (sales roles)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
