Software QA Engineer

The Catalyst 9000 team at Cisco is seeking a Software QA Engineer to validate next-generation Catalyst switching platforms and software features. You will collaborate with engineering, product management, and architecture teams to ensure exceptional product quality through comprehensive testing, automation, and AI-assisted validation methodologies.

• Define and drive test strategies for Catalyst 9000 switching platforms across functional, scale, performance, resiliency, and security domains.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks using Python and modern automation technologies.
• Lead end-to-end validation of Layer 2, Layer 3, security, management, and platform software features.
• Build and enhance CI/CD-based validation pipelines to enable continuous testing and faster release cycles.
• Perform root-cause analysis of complex networking and software issues using protocol-level debugging and packet analysis tools.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Electronics, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 1+ years of experience in Software QA, System Validation, or Network Testing.
• Strong experience testing enterprise switching and networking products.
• Strong automation experience using Python.
• Hands-on experience with REST APIs, NETCONF, YANG, and Linux fundamentals.