QA Automation Engineer- Nexus HyperFabric- SaaS Team

Cisco • Milpitas, CA

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About The Position

The SaaS Engineering organization within the Cisco Networking Group is committed to revolutionizing the deployment of generative AI applications. Our mission is to improve IT visibility and deliver comprehensive analytics for the AI infrastructure stack. By using ground breaking technologies, we are developing next-generation SaaS-based controllers designed to efficiently manage Data Centers with AI/ML solutions.
You will work on Cisco HyperFabric, an innovative cloud-operated AI cluster solution. Cisco HyperFabric aims to provide customers with a unified compute and networking fabric, along with a management system that enables the creation of easily deployable, scalable, and manageable AI/ML solutions.
We are currently seeking an expert engineer to develop a strategy and execute testing for a cloud service solution that does not have existing cookbook solutions. Ideal candidates should have a strong curiosity and experience in QA across various systems, as well as demonstrated skills in software development and system configuration automation.

Requirements

• 5+ years of Automation/QA experience.
• BS/MS in Computer Science or related areas.
• Experience with Python, pyTest and pyATS.
• Experience in testing web services using selenium.
• Experience with networking technologies, AWS, Linux, Virtualization and HTTP/HTTPS.

Nice To Haves

• Strong Software Development skills.
• Experience with system configuration automation & test methodologies.
• Familiar with tools such as Jenkins, Git, JIRA and Database solutions (e.g., Druid, PostgreSQL, etc).
• Proficiency in articulating strategies and persuading different stakeholders to support proposed solutions.

Responsibilities

• Work across engineering (Front & Back-end) to prepare and execute test plans.
• Automate provisioning of services in test environment.
• Work with virtualized instances to do scale testing.
• Code in various programming languages/scripting to automate tests for the full solution.
• Design and implementation of automation frameworks.
• Build and deploy CI automation pipelines using Jenkins, Docker, or Kubernetes.

Benefits

• U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.
• U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies: 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level