Cisco
Senior QA Automation Engineer - Networking L2/L3
$149K–$282K
Milpitas, California, US · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 28, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years with a Bachelor’s in STEM, or 5+ years with a Master’s in STEM; 3+ years programming with Python.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in STEM.
About the job
Designs, automates, configures, and qualifies customer networking use cases on Cisco IOS-XR platforms, while developing test frameworks and validating customer issues.
What you'll do
- Create and execute manual and automated tests, test plans, and customer use-case qualifications; track defects and verify fixes.
- Develop test frameworks, tools, and web-based GUIs that use analytics and machine learning to display and analyze test results.
- Improve test coverage and execution, reproduce customer issues in labs, and collaborate with development teams, account teams, and customers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s in STEM with 7+ years of relevant experience, or Master’s in STEM with 5+ years of relevant experience.
- 3+ years of programming experience with Python.
- Networking experience with L2 or L3 protocols, such as ISIS, BGP, MPLS, IPv6, or EVPN.
- Experience in networking automation or software quality assurance.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with GIT, Jira, Jenkins, and CI/CD pipeline tools; network automation frameworks such as pyATS, Pytest, Ansible, or Robot.
- Experience with AI and machine learning; industry certification such as CCIE/CCNP/Cisco DevNet is a plus.
Pay
$167,700.00 to $245,200.00 (base salary); $167,700.00 - $282,000.00 (base salary); $149,100.00 - $250,900.00 (base salary)
Tools
IOS-XR, Python, GIT, Jira, Jenkins, pyATS, Pytest, Ansible
AI focus
Develop web-based GUIs using analytics and machine learning to display and analyze test results; AI and machine learning experience is a plus.
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