QA ENGINEER - Layer2/Layer3 Protocol Testing

Roles and Responsibilities:

The SQA Engineer would be an individual contributor partnering with other Engineering teams, Services and Field Engineers to help build and validate the Products and Solutions for high end customer deployments. The role would require participation from design, development to deployment and beyond. The Engineers would write test strategy, test plans and develop tools and scripts to cover the various functional, performance and scalability aspects of Platform and Software solution validation.

Qualification and Experience:

B.E. / B.Tech. or equivalent in CS/ECE/TCE/EEE or MS in Computer science/application/engineering

2-4 years of relevant industry experience in Telecom/Data Networking (WLAN or Wi-Fi) and WLAN network security

Skillset Required:

• Excellent knowledge and work experience in most of the following areas:
• IEEE 802.1 (Bridging, VLAN, STP, MAC security)
• L2/L3 Features (TCP/IP, VRRP, IGMP, IPv4, IPv6, ICMP, ICMPv6, ARP, HSRP, PoE, LLDP, GRE, LT2TP, and IPSec)
• Experience with 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax wireless network standards.
• Experience with wireless security mechanisms (WPA/WPA2/WPA3), wireless design principles, RF technology, and wireless network control systems
• Ability to design, deploy, and troubleshoot large-scale wireless networks with proven experience in troubleshooting isolation and remediation
• Experience in WLAN Mesh network deployment and troubleshooting.
• Experience with wireless optimizations, including AP placement, achieving ideal signal levels, optimized roaming, spectrum selection, channel tuning, cell optimization, QoS, and more
• Solid understanding of LAN/WAN and network protocols and wireless monitoring tools for quick issue resolutions
• Experience designing controller clustering, failover methods and caveats, group management, AP modes of operation, patching, RF management,
• Network Management and Monitoring (SNMP, SFLOW, Netflow)
• DHCP, DNS, SSH, RADIUS, LDAP, IPSec, CA
• Network Security and Management features - Netlogin, AAA, IP sec, Firewalls, SSL, SNMP MIB
• Good exposure to performance testing and Tools and best practices (IXIA, Smart bits, Spirent, JMeter. Etc.)
• Experience troubleshooting client experience tests and wireless packet analyses, managing support cases with external technology vendors, and performing active and passive wireless site surveys
• Ability to understand and work with large, complex systems, and develop positive working relationships and strong rapport with team members.
• Develop test scripts for Testing REST API or Services.
• ­­­­­­­Experience in programing and scripting languages (e.g. Java, Python, Shell, Perl).
• Well versed in VMware Vcenter and ESXi and Microsoft hyper-v.
• Experience with cloud environments such as AWS, Google Cloud or Azure is a plus.
• Exposure to Docker Containerization, Clustering solutions is a plus.
• Good understanding of Operating system concepts (Unix/Linux and Windows) and network applications and network operating system.
• Familiarity with Traffic Generators (Ixia/Spirent) and Network debugging tools (Wireshark, ping, traceroute etc.)
• Should have hands-on experience on Test planning, topology planning, requirement-to-testcase mapping, Test case writing, Defect logging and tracking, with excellent debugging skills.
• Good knowledge of testing methodologies, knowledge of different testing types and overall product life-cycle
• Good Analytical and Communication Skills

Added Advantages:

ISTQB, Cloud Practitioner, Network+, CWNA and CCNA (Wireless) certification will have added advantage