What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software QA Engineer position at Cisco?
The application window is expected to close on April 4th, 2025. Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Meet the Team
Cisco’s Security Business Group (SBG) mission is to develop and deliver security solutions and products that protect our customers from sophisticated cybersecurity attacks, threats and vulnerabilities. As part of the SBG Quality Engineering organization, you’ll join us in our mission to instill confidence in our engineering customers and leaders that our offers and products are delivered to the world securely.
Your Impact
Our team is looking for a skilled Software QA Engineer to develop and execute automation that verifies the stability of the Firepower Security Appliances. The team is the first line of defense for any high-severity defects in the code stream. You will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge firewall technology that keeps our customers’ networks secure.
Responsibilities include:
Our passion is connection—we celebrate our employees’ diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best.
We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer—80 hours each year—allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do!
Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us!
Meet the Team
Cisco’s Security Business Group (SBG) mission is to develop and deliver security solutions and products that protect our customers from sophisticated cybersecurity attacks, threats and vulnerabilities. As part of the SBG Quality Engineering organization, you’ll join us in our mission to instill confidence in our engineering customers and leaders that our offers and products are delivered to the world securely.
Your Impact
Our team is looking for a skilled Software QA Engineer to develop and execute automation that verifies the stability of the Firepower Security Appliances. The team is the first line of defense for any high-severity defects in the code stream. You will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge firewall technology that keeps our customers’ networks secure.
Responsibilities include:
- Execute functional and interoperability test cases - track test cases and results - raise, prioritize, and verify defects and fixes
- Create test automation using an internal automation infrastructure based on Python
- Pro-actively seek to make continuous improvements to test coverage, execution and automation.
- Design, develop and document functional and interoperability level verification tests
- Support test resources in Fulton lab remotely and onsite
- 3 years of experience writing and debugging automation scripts using Python
- Minimum of 2 years of experience testing network technologies and protocols
- Minimum of 2 years of software/hardware quality assurance experience
- CCNA, CCNP certifications
- Working knowledge of Cisco security products
- Experience with traffic generator test tools
- Familiarity with cloud platforms – AWS, Azure, GCP, etc
- Results oriented and have a high degree of accountability, commitment and responsibility
- Bachelor’s of Science degree or higher in Computer Science or similar
Our passion is connection—we celebrate our employees’ diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best.
We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer—80 hours each year—allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do!
Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us!
Salary : $119,100 - $203,100
