Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), Hybrid, RTP, NC

Cisco

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Cisco MX (Cloud-managed security and SD-WAN) QA team takes pride in ensuring the end-to-end system of the Meraki MX and Cisco Catalyst product line is ready to use. The team works on, but is not limited to, testing customer use cases, integration testing, scalability testing, stress and longevity testing. This team is also responsible for qualifying security services such as malware detection, URL filtering, web security, IPS, threat modeling, SD-WAN and SaaS/IaaS security capabilities all through a single Dashboard. Our products are used in over a million networks and our customers rely on our products to serve tens of millions of people. With the large footprint that we have, quality is our highest priority.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree, combined with 5 years of related experience in Software Development Engineering in routing or SD-WAN domains, or Master's Degree of Science Degree in Computer Science, combined with 3 years of related experience or PhD, combined with 0 year of related experience.
2+ years of Automation/Development experience.
Proficiency in writing quality feature development code with one of the programming languages such as: Ruby, Python, C, C++, Golang and hands-on experience with AI coding tools and Gen-AI prompting techniques.
Knowledge of SDWAN, Security, Layer-2(VLAN/802.1Q), and Layer-3 (BGP/IP/OSPF/VPN/IPSec/NAT) and are at ease to ramp up quickly on new technologies and concepts.
Good understanding of traffic generators such as TRex, Linux Tools, Spirent, IXIA, etc and ability to explore tools and techniques to improvise testing.

Nice To Haves

AI usage day-in and day-out.
Feature bug fixing with better quality in Firmware or Backend or UI.
The ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to peers and management.
Research of applications and Framework experience – Obtained patent(s), Published White paper / Yellow paper on embedded solutions.
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, 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
Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
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
Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.