Senior Software Development Test Engineer (Remote)

Cisco Isovalent, now part of Cisco, builds software agents for securing workloads and AI infrastructure across Unix, Linux, Windows, cloud, and container environments. The Senior Software Development Test Engineer will define and develop testing strategies, automation, frameworks, and infrastructure to evaluate the functionality, reliability, performance, and security of software agents, collaborating with engineering and cross-functional teams throughout the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• Define and develop testing strategies, frameworks, automation, and environments for software agents across Unix, Linux, and Windows platforms
• Design automated tests that continuously evaluate software functionality, reliability, performance, and quality over extended periods of time
• Build and maintain automated testing infrastructure for virtual machines, containers, and cloud-based environments
• Develop testing approaches for software agents that collect workload and network information, enforce network policies, protect containerized environments, and provide runtime security capabilities
• Integrate automated testing into the software development and product delivery lifecycle
• Analyze test results, identify software defects and reliability issues, and collaborate with engineering teams to troubleshoot and resolve problems
• Collaborate with software engineers and cross-functional teams from product conceptualization through production deployment

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field with 5+ years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 3+ years of relevant experience
• Experience testing complex software products or systems
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Experience developing or implementing automated software testing
• Experience working across the software development lifecycle and shipping software products into production
• Experience designing and developing complex software testing frameworks, strategies, or infrastructure
• Experience with OpenShift and Rancher
• Experience with Terraform or other infrastructure automation technologies
• Experience testing software across virtual machines, containers, cloud, or distributed environments
• Knowledge of runtime security concepts
• Knowledge of host-based firewall concepts
• Experience programming in Golang
• Experience with continuous testing, long-running reliability testing, or automated performance testing
• Experience working in agile development environments and collaborating closely with software engineering teams