3 days ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Define risk-based test approaches, release criteria, automation priorities, and measurable quality outcomes for cloud-based data-center management capabilities.
- Influence architecture and feature design by improving testability, diagnosing complex defects, and driving issues to resolution.
- Design and evolve scalable Python-based automation frameworks, CI/CD quality gates, and infrastructure-validation solutions.
- Use Git, Selenium WebDriver, and cloud-native tooling for browser or API automation and quality validation.
- Apply generative AI and AI-assisted engineering tools to test-case development, automation coding, log analysis, defect triage, and technical investigation while validating outputs and protecting sensitive information.
- Provide technical leadership across Cisco UCS environments and related servers, networking, storage, virtualization, operating systems, and Fibre Channel infrastructure.
- Mentor engineers and communicate release risks across geographically distributed, cross-functional teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics and Communication Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 10+ years of software quality-assurance or quality-engineering experience.
- Experience leading quality strategy, test planning, risk assessment, and release validation for SaaS enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, or microservices-based platforms.
- Advanced proficiency in Python, object-oriented design, test-automation architecture, Git, CI/CD integration, and browser or API automation using Selenium WebDriver or equivalent tools.
- Hands-on experience configuring and troubleshooting rack and blade servers, chassis, adapters, Ethernet switching, Fibre Channel, storage, networking, and virtualization.
- Practical experience with generative AI or AI-assisted engineering tools for test design, code generation, automation refactoring, log analysis, defect triage, or troubleshooting, including reviewing outputs for accuracy, security, and maintainability.
- Preferred qualifications include CCNA, CCNP, or CCIE certification; deep experience with Cisco UCS, Fabric Interconnects, Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switches, and Fibre Channel; and experience with AWS, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native observability tools.
- Preferred experience includes validating AI- or ML-enabled capabilities through prompt and response evaluation, reliability, performance, safety, and failure-mode testing.
- Demonstrated technical leadership through architecture reviews, cross-functional decision-making, mentoring, and communication of quality and release risks.
About Cisco
Cisco designs and sells networking, security, and collaboration platforms for enterprises, service providers, and governments, spanning routers and switches, Wi‑Fi, firewalls, zero‑trust, observability, and cloud-managed IT (Meraki) plus Webex. Its business model mixes hardware, software subscriptions, and support/consulting services. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Cisco is a public company traded on Nasdaq and serves customers across data centers, campuses, and service provider networks.