Senior QA Automation Engineer

We are searching for a Senior QA Engineer for our BreakingPoint project:

In this role you will have the chance to work with cutting-edge technologies such as:

• New Generation Firewalls (Fortinet, Palo Alto), switches, routers (Cisco, Juniper, F5) and other equipment having 40 & 100Gbps bandwidth solutions, in an Agile/Scrum environment
• Scripting: Python, REST
• Security protocols such as: IPsec, SSL
• Wireless protocols: LTE, GTP
• How to simulate real-world scenarios of stateful application traffic: Facebook, World of Warcraft and thousands more
• A whole range from Layer2-3 (MAC/IP) to L7 apps

Responsibilities:

• Translate Product Management requirements into Engineering Docs, estimate and define testing strategy
• Design and write Test Cases and Test Plans for important software features and maintain up to date documentation related to it
• Execute on the defined strategy using both manual and automated testing methods
• Define automation strategy for functional and UI based tests, automate and integrate owned features into regression harnesses
• Provide input for customer specific escalations
• Use a variety of tools and debug techniques and apply good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions
• Perform root cause isolation, describe steps to reproduce and problem summary, provide proper logs and files
• Raise delays and bottlenecks in testing activities and plans
• Provide user experience feedback and enhance overall product usability and ease of use

 Requirements

• Experience with networking TCP/IP protocols, CCNA level (CCNP preferred)
• Experience scripting languages such as TCL/Python/REST
• Ability to understand automation frameworks and suggest/implement enhancements and optimizations
• Experience with Linux family of operating systems
• Knowledgeable about tools and debug techniques (Wireshark, Perforce, IxTracker, automation harness)
• Very good communication skills, team player open for collaboration within the project team

Bonus skills

• Experience with automation frameworks is a plus
• Working experience in Agile, Scrum teams is a plus
• Security and application protocols are a plus: SSL, IPsec, etc.
• Wireless technologies are also considered a plus: GTP, LTE