Software QA Technical Lead

At Cisco Meraki, our intuitive platform enables organizations of all sizes to deliver customer and employee experiences at scale. To provide best-in-class technologies to our customers, we've built an outstanding company culture for our employees. One that is collaborative, flexible, and inclusive and provides employees with the autonomy to develop technology that's intuitive, secure, and accessible for everyone.

Meraki Software Engineers breathe life into our cloud-managed network-attached devices, which include switches, routers, wireless access, and security cameras. We use real-time telemetry from thousands of deployed networks spanning the globe to continuously improve the performance and stability of our products. We are passionate about building real products that our customers love.

As a Software QA Technical Leader, you will initially focus on accelerating release of our latest Firmware features to customers. You will be mainly responsible for:

• Testing Switching Layer2, Layer3, IPv4, Ipv6, Multicast, Security Features manually and using our automated test suites
• Making updates to Test Automation Framework to enhance the Framework scope
• Building New Feature test automation scripts developing new features to support the future growth of the product, both in terms of functionality, simplicity, scalability, and availability.

Our projects are driven by technological innovation and developer creativity in addition to market demands, giving you the structure and freedom to pursue projects you are most passionate about. You'll have the opportunity to work across teams to craft test systems for features to tackle sophisticated problems for our customers. With millions of people using Meraki products around the world, your work will have a significant impact from the day it is deployed.

You are an ideal candidate if you have:

• Proficiency in Python, including building tools or framework modules from scratch
• Technical leadership level experience in software engineering test release ownership
• Strong proficiency in using traffic generators such as IXIA for automated testing
• 8+ years of experience in a production software engineering environment
• A strong networking foundational knowledge (LANs, routing, switching, wireless)
• Experience developing and troubleshooting in a Linux environment
• Working with and writing concurrent programs
• Have good knowledge either of Layer-2 switching (802.1Q/xSTP/LAG/ARP) or Layer-3 routing (BGP/IP/OSPF/VPN/IPSec/NAT/DHCP), networking technologies and security features, such as Cisco TrustSec, Access-List
• Understanding OS and experience working in both kernel and user space
• Understanding Customer Network Deployment Requirements and Network Design.
• Design and Build System, Solution, Scale, Performance testbeds.
• A focused, organized approach to development, testing, and quality
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Bonus points for:

• Experience building cloud-based infrastructure and services (e.g. web applications)
• Understanding of network security
• Experience working with version control, specifically Git
• Experience with Yocto
• Experience with an Agile methodology (e.g., Scrum, Kanban)

At Cisco Meraki, we're challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. When we connect different perspectives, we can imagine new possibilities, inspire innovation, and release the full potential of our people. We're building an employee experience that includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone.