Senior Software Development Test Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Establish and create testing strategies, frameworks, automation, and environments for software agents on Unix, Linux, and Windows platforms.

• Design automated tests that consistently assess software functionality, reliability, performance, and quality over prolonged periods.

• Construct and sustain automated testing infrastructure for virtual machines, containers, and cloud-based settings.

• Formulate testing methodologies for software agents that gather workload and network data, enforce network policies, safeguard containerized environments, and offer runtime security features.

• Incorporate automated testing into the software development and product delivery lifecycle.

• Evaluate test outcomes, detect software defects and reliability challenges, and work with engineering teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues.

• Partner with software engineers and cross-functional teams from product ideation through to production deployment.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline with 5+ years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 3+ years of pertinent experience.

• Proven experience in testing complex software products or systems.

• Familiarity with Kubernetes.

• Experience in developing or implementing automated software testing solutions.

• Knowledge of working across the software development lifecycle and delivering software products to production.

• Preferred: experience in designing and developing intricate software testing frameworks, strategies, or infrastructures.

• Preferred: experience with OpenShift and Rancher.

• Preferred: experience with Terraform or similar infrastructure automation technologies.

• Preferred: experience in testing software across virtual machines, containers, cloud environments, or distributed systems.

• Preferred: understanding of runtime security concepts.

• Preferred: knowledge of host-based firewall concepts.

• Preferred: programming experience in Golang.

• Preferred: experience with continuous testing, long-duration reliability testing, or automated performance testing.

• Preferred: experience in agile development environments and close collaboration with software engineering teams.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.

• Paid parental leave.

• Short- and long-term disability coverage.

• Basic life insurance.

• Potential Cisco restricted stock unit grants.

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year.

• 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees.

• 1 paid day off for the employee’s birthday.

• Paid year-end holiday shutdown.

• 4 paid personal wellness days.

• 16 days of paid vacation for non-exempt employees.

• Flexible vacation time off program for exempt employees.

• 80 hours of sick time off provided upon hire and each January 1st.

• Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward.

• Additional paid time off for critical or emergency family matters.

• Optional 10 paid volunteer days annually.

• Annual bonuses available for non-sales roles.