Network Solution Test Engineer (Sunnyvale, CA)

Description

The company helps businesses connect, protect, analyze and act on their data and applications, from edge to cloud.

The team tests networking products, running customer-specific tests for each release, product and solution, and supports the products deployed in specific customer networks.

Job level TCP03 in Engineering.

You will mainly work from an office, on a hybrid schedule in Sunnyvale, California.

Responsibilities

• Support networking products through customer-specific tests for each release, product and solution.
• Build and maintain deep knowledge of the products running in specific customer networks.
• Review designs and decide which coding, programming and integration work is needed to meet the goals and project guidelines.
• Write and run solution test plans based on customer deployment scenarios, then record results and produce test reports.
• Debug network problems in code and propose fixes or improvements.
• Work within a project team alongside other software systems engineers and internal and outsourced development partners to deliver reliable, cost-effective, high-quality solutions for your assigned system or subsystem.
• Keep internal and outsourced development partners informed on design status, project progress and issue resolution.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Electronics, Electrical or an equivalent field.
• Typically 3+ years of strong networking experience, with proven hands-on work in routing and switching across eVPN-VxLAN, DCI, aggregation, and collapsed core or aggregation network designs.
• Working knowledge of TCP, UDP and IPv4/IPv6.
• Domain knowledge of enterprise campus and data center technologies, plus AI/ML data center network technologies.
• Knowledge of BGP, OSPF/ISIS, ARP, VLANs, MPLS, L3VPN, MC-LAG, LACP, L2VPN, VPLS, multicast and NGMVPN.
• Prior experience with EVPN-VXLAN, GRE, IPSec, NAT, HTTP, NetConf, and access security such as DHCP and Dot1x.
• Familiarity with Layer 2 technologies, Spanning Tree, LAG, MC-LAG, Virtual Chassis, CLOS architecture, high-availability design, and EVPN.
• Test skills: writing test plans, executing tests, and understanding complex customer networks.
• Automation: proven experience running automated tests, debugging automation failures, and isolating software issues from test results and logs. Knowledge of Python, Pytest, Go or another scripting language.
• Hands-on use of network test equipment such as Spirent and Ixia, including automation.
• Strong written and verbal communication in English and the local language, able to present design proposals and negotiate options.
• Good to have: certifications in HPE, Cisco or Arista networking, such as JNCIE, JNCIP, CCIE or similar.

Conditions

Role is designed as onsite, with an expectation that you will primarily work from a company office.

Hybrid schedule in the Sunnyvale, California office.

Annual base salary in California is USD 120,500 to 243,000.

Actual offer may vary based on location, experience, education or training, and skill level.

Variable incentives may also be offered on top of base salary.

The company is an equal opportunity employer that decides on qualifications, merit and business need, and complies with laws on arrest and conviction records.

Benefits

• Health and wellbeing coverage for team members and their loved ones, supporting physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
• Personal and professional development programs to help you reach career goals, whether that means becoming a subject expert or moving into another division.
• US benefit details are available from the company.