Software QA Engineer(Remote)

Cisco•San Jose, CA

1d•Remote

About The Position

The application window is expected to close on: 09/28/2026 This role follows a remote work model. Meet the Team Isovalent , now part of Cisco, is the company founded by the creators of  Cilium and eBPF . Cisco Isovalent builds open-source software and enterprise solutions solving networking, security, and observability needs for modern cloud-native infrastructure. The flagship technology, Cilium, is the choice of numerous industry-leading global organizations. Cisco Hypershield protects applications, devices and data across public and private data centers, clouds and physical locations - anywhere customers need it. Designed and built with AI in mind from the start, Hypershield enables organizations to achie ve security outcomes beyond what has been possible with humans alone. Your Impact As a QA Engineer, you will lead the quality assurance efforts for Hypershield’s management plane to ensure the seamless orchestration, administration, and enforcement of critical customer security assets. You will validate complex feature sets—spanning from network event integration and AI engine performance to logging and storage—to guarantee a robust and reliable user experience. By designing and implementing strategic testing methodologies, you will proactively identify negative trends and software defects before they impact the production environment. You will collaborate cross-functionally with developers and program leads to define comprehensive DevTest strategies, fostering transparency and driving superior product quality across the entire development lifecycle. Ultimately, you will empower the organization to deliver high-impact security solutions by bridging the gap between technical software behavior and operational excellence.

Requirements

Bachelors + 5 years of related experience, or Masters + 3 years of related experience, or PhD + 0 years of related experience
Experience testing SaaS or distributed applications in cloud environments, including API and end-to-end testing.
Experience programming in Go, TypeScript or Python
Experience designing and executing manual test cases and developing automated tests using Cypress, Selenium, Playwright, or a similar framework.
Experience working with Linux environments and troubleshooting, with knowledge of networking and security fundamentals.

Nice To Haves

Ownership of major quality components of a product.
Hands-on experience with AWS or other public cloud infrastructure for deployment, installation, configuration, and troubleshooting.
Experience with firewall policies and security testing.
Experience working with containers or Kubernetes environments.
Experience working as part of a remote or distributed team.

Responsibilities

Lead the quality assurance efforts for Hypershield’s management plane to ensure the seamless orchestration, administration, and enforcement of critical customer security assets.
Validate complex feature sets—spanning from network event integration and AI engine performance to logging and storage—to guarantee a robust and reliable user experience.
Design and implement strategic testing methodologies to proactively identify negative trends and software defects before they impact the production environment.
Collaborate cross-functionally with developers and program leads to define comprehensive DevTest strategies, fostering transparency and driving superior product quality across the entire development lifecycle.
Empower the organization to deliver high-impact security solutions by bridging the gap between technical software behavior and operational excellence.

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 employees)
flexible vacation time off program (exempt employees)
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
annual bonuses
performance-based incentive pay