Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cisco, including its Isovalent team, builds open-source software and enterprise solutions for networking, security, and observability in modern cloud-native infrastructure. The Software QA Engineer will lead quality assurance for Hypershield’s management plane by designing and executing manual and automated tests, validating complex security and cloud features, and collaborating with development and program teams on DevTest strategies.
Responsibilities
- 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
Skills
- 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
- 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
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision insurance for U.S. employees, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules
- A 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution for U.S. employees, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules
- Paid parental leave for U.S. employees, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules
- Short- and long-term disability coverage for U.S. employees, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules
- Basic life insurance for U.S. employees, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules
- 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 an employee’s birthday
- Paid year-end holiday shutdown
- 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 a 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 the hire date and each January 1st thereafter
- 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
- Remote work model
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