Senior Software Engineer in Test (Network Security, Performance), Hybrid, RTP, NC

Cisco • Research Triangle Park, NC

4d • $137,000 - $200,500 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Cisco MX (Cloud-managed security and SD-WAN) QA team is responsible for ensuring the end-to-end system of the Meraki MX and Cisco Catalyst product line is ready for use. The team focuses on testing customer use cases, integration testing, scalability testing, stress and longevity testing. They also qualify security services such as malware detection, URL filtering, web security, IPS, threat modeling, SD-WAN and SaaS/IaaS security capabilities through a single Dashboard. With a large product footprint used in over a million networks, quality is the team's highest priority.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree with 7 years of related experience in Software Development Engineer in software testing, or Master's Degree of Science Degree in Computer Science with 4 years of related experience, or PhD with 1 year of related experience.
• Background in testing software network security for features such as intrusion prevention/detection, content filtering, advanced malware protection, geolocation, SSL, TLS, etc. and performance KPIs.
• Understanding of how traffic generators such as Spirent, IXIA, and TREX work.
• 3+ years of Automation/Development experience.
• Experience in writing feature development code with one of the programming languages, such as: Python, Ruby, C++, Golang.
• Background in AI coding tools and Gen-AI prompting techniques.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in testing SD-WAN & Routing Reliability: Verifying policy-based routing, dynamic path selection, Auto VPN failover, and WAN load balancing.
• Feature bug fixing with better quality in Firmware or Backend or UI.
• Background in distributed cloud environments.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to peers and management.
• Experience with developing frameworks for CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Develop a strong understanding of Cisco Meraki MX use cases and workflows in customer environments.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and development teams to represent QA in requirements and design discussions.
• Create and execute test strategies, reporting results and metrics to ensure feature quality.
• Build and maintain automation scripts to support CI/CD and improve regression test coverage.
• Drive innovation by applying AI-driven ideas and contributing to feature development with a Test Driven Development approach.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
• Paid parental leave
• Short-term disability coverage
• Long-term disability coverage
• Basic life insurance
• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year
• 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
• Paid year-end holiday shutdown
• 4 paid days off for personal wellness
• Paid vacation time
• Sick time off
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
• Annual bonuses (for non-sales roles)
• Performance-based incentive pay (for sales roles)
• Grants of Cisco restricted stock units

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior