23 hours ago
Richardson, TX, USAMid Level / Senior
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$129k - $185k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own assigned Wi-Fi test areas from requirements review through product release.
- Design and execute integration testing for functionality, interoperability, performance, scale, security, and system reliability.
- Develop and maintain Python-based test automation integrated with CI/CD pipelines.
- Perform root-cause analysis using packet captures, telemetry, RF data, logs, and system diagnostics.
- Test enterprise access points, wireless LAN controllers, cloud-managed networking, and complex distributed systems.
- Apply AI agents, RAG, and structured workflows to test generation, log analysis, and defect triage.
- Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams and identify critical system-level defects early.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field plus 5 years of experience, or a master’s degree plus 3 years of related experience.
- Experience in software quality engineering, system integration testing, network engineering, or testing sophisticated networked or distributed systems.
- Knowledge of enterprise Wi-Fi and IEEE 802.11, including TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, VLANs, switching, routing, multicast, QoS, and network authentication.
- Expertise in Python or a comparable programming language and experience developing automated tests.
- Preferred experience with enterprise access points, wireless LAN controllers, cloud-managed networking, Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 6E, Wi-Fi 7, roaming, RF behavior, spectrum use, and client interoperability.
- Preferred expertise with WPA2/WPA3, 802.1X, RADIUS, EAP, identity services, and wireless security.
- Preferred experience with high availability, redundancy, software upgrades, large-scale deployments, system performance, Wireshark, iPerf, traffic generators, spectrum analyzers, RF tools, or wireless packet capture.
- Preferred experience with REST APIs, Git, test frameworks, CI/CD platforms, generative AI, AI agents, agent evaluation, retrieval, tool security, guardrails, and human review.
- Cisco Enterprise Switching or Wireless certifications such as CCNP Enterprise, CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure, or CCIE Enterprise Wireless are a plus.
- Strong troubleshooting, written and verbal communication, collaboration, and independent-work skills.
Benefits
- Starting salary range is $128,600.00 to $184,900.00, excluding incentive compensation, equity, and benefits.
- U.S. benefits include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with Cisco matching, paid parental leave, disability coverage, basic life insurance, paid holidays, vacation or flexible time off, sick time, wellness days, volunteer time, and other paid leave.
- Employees may be eligible for Cisco restricted stock units and annual bonuses subject to company policies.
- The application window is expected to close on 12/17/2026.
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.