Technical Leader - Network Solution Testing

Responsibilities

• You will collaborate globally with internal development teams and account management teams to ensure alignment and understanding of the work. You will also...
• Design, automate, configure, and qualify customer use cases based on IOS-XR for various platforms
• Develop innovative test frameworks and tools to support the test execution environment
• Drive test cases manually and through automation, managing defects and fixes
• Seek continuous improvements in test coverage, execution, and automation
• Reproduce customer issues in internal test labs and generate technical reports and whitepapers

Requirements

• Bachelors in STEM with 8+ years of relevant experience or Masters in STEM with 6+ years of relevant experience or PhD in STEM with 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience testing or configuring the following L2/L3 networking protocols; BGP, MPLS and IGP (OSPF or ISIS)
• Experience in networking automation or software quality assurance
• Certificate in CCIE (Routing & Switching / Service Provider / Data Center).
• Experience on platforms such as ASR9K, NCS5500, NCS5000, NCS540/NCS560, NCS6K, CRS, 8000.
• Demonstrated experience with RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access) technologies and related protocols such as InfiniBand, RoCE, or iWARP.
• Experience in OpenFlow, Netconf & REST API.
• Background in network automation tools like pyATS, Ansible, Jenkins, Robot framework, and Cisco NSO.
• Expertise in UNIX/Linux environments and Bash/Unix Shell Scripting, with experience in configuring/fixing protocols such as L2/L3 VPN, EVPN, Segment Routing, IPv6, MPLS-LDP/RSVP-TE, Multicast, SNMP, Telemetry, gNMI, gRPC, Netconf & OpenConfig Yang Models
• Why Cisco?
• We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.
• Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:
• The starting salary range posted for this position is $183,800.00 to $263,600.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Benefits

Additional Information

The application window is expected to close on: 07/29/2026 Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received . This is a hybrid role, located in Milpitas, CA and requires being in the office 3 days a week. Meet the Team The Customer Validation Testing (CVT) team is at the forefront of developing solutions that power the largest networks in the world. Engineers on this team will collaborate with dedicated, dynamic, hardworking team members to work on the qualification and automation of influential technologies, XR platforms, and solutions for deployment in high-end Cisco Web and Service Provider customers, impacting an endless number of users worldwide. The team is comprised of talented engineers with diverse experience levels, ranging from 3 to over 20 years, bringing significant expertise to the table. With a global presence, the team operates from centers in the US, Canada, and India.

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