Software QA Engineer : TypeScript, Golang, SaaS, AWS - 7 to 12 yrs

<p><span><b><span>Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received</span></b><span>.</span></span></p><p></p><p><b>Meet the Team</b></p><p><a href="http://www.isovalent.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Isovalent</a><u>, </u> now part of Cisco, is the company founded by the creators of <a href="https://github.com/cilium/cilium" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Cilium</a> and<a href="https://www.ebpf.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> eBPF</a>. Cisco Isovalent builds open-source software and enterprise solutions solving networking, security, and observability needs for modern cloud-native infrastructure. The flagship technology, Cilium, is the choice of numerous industry-leading global organizations. </p><p><b>Cisco Hypershield</b> protects applications, devices and data across public and private data centers, clouds and physical locations - anywhere customers need it. Designed and built with AI in mind from the start, Hypershield enables organizations to achieve security outcomes beyond what has been possible with humans alone.</p><p><b>Your Impact</b></p><p>We seek an innovative QA engineer to test features associated with Hypershield’s management plane, which controls the security assets deployed by customers. Our Ideal candidate will have the ability to identify bugs and negative patterns/trends as well as optimize testing with carefully crafted passes. They will communicate effortlessly with collaborators, particularly when clarifications are needed on software behavior.</p><p><b>Responsibilities:</b></p><ul><li>Ensure we connect together network events of significance, AI engines, the generation, administration, deployment, enforcement and orchestration of security policies</li><li>Validate feature sets that enrich the customer experience ranging from deployment to configuration, monitoring, logging, and storage</li><li>Identify areas that need testing, develop methodologies to implement them</li><li>Collaborate with Developers, Project Managers and Program managers, creating transparency into our quality and defining DevTest strategy for the team.</li></ul><p><b>Minimum Qualifications for this Role:</b></p><ul><li>Bachelors + 7 years of related experience, or Masters + 4 years of related experience, or PhD + 1 year of related experience</li><li>5+ years of professional QA experience with at least 3 years testing SaaS solutions</li><li>Testing farmwork development</li><li>Golang, Typescript , AWS</li><li>Experience in the network/ security domain</li></ul><p><b>Desired Skills & Experience:</b></p><ul><li>Ownership of major quality components of a product</li><li>Extensive End to end SaaS applications testing</li><li>Ability to use AWS or other public cloud infrastructure for deployment, spinup, install, configure, etc. as needed, independently</li><li>Prior experience testing products in Linux based environments, fluency with Linux command line</li><li>Networking fundamentals and firewall policies knowledge</li><li>Ability to read programming code</li><li>Define and execute manual tests, while paving the way for automation</li><li>Working as part of a remote or distributed team</li></ul><p></p><p></p><br><h1>Why Cisco? </h1><p>At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.</p><p>Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. </p><p>We are Cisco, and our power starts with you. </p><br><p><b><u>Disclaimer</u></b></p><p>To ensure that we hire the best talent in the right way, we follow a strict hiring process and recently, Cisco has been made aware of fraudulent recruiters claiming to be from the company. Please be advised that any communication from Cisco about careers will:</p><ul><li>be in direct response to an application you have submitted through the company career site</li><li>begin with screening or an interview</li><li>originate from a Cisco email address, and</li><li>be conducted across email, phone, or WebEx</li></ul><p> </p><p>Cisco will never make a job offer without conducting an interview process or ask you for money in any way. If you have been requested to apply for a role or have received an offer from a site other than <a target="_blank" href="https://careers.cisco.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><u>https://careers.cisco.com</u></span></a> or <u>cisco.wd5.myworkday.com</u>, do not provide any personal identifying information, including your Aadhaar or other personal identifying number, birth certificate, banking information, driver's license, or passport.</p><p><br>If you are the target of a recruiting scam, consider filing a report with your local law enforcement authorities. Cisco bears no responsibility, and cannot be held liable, for any claims, damages, expenses, or other inconvenience resulting from or in any way connected to recruiting scams.</p><br>

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