QA Engineer - Automation, Proxy, Networking | 8 - 12 yrs

Own end-to-end quality for Cisco AI Agent Gateway services including test strategy, automation, release validation, and post-deployment verification.

Design and automate tests across component, API, integration, end-to-end, performance, security, resilience, and production-readiness levels using GitHub and Jenkins pipelines.

Validate networking protocols and behaviors (TCP, UDP, TLS/mTLS, DNS, HTTP/1.1/2/3, QUIC), secure access workflows, proxy operations, and drive defect closure across distributed, security, and proxy service components.

8 to 12 years of quality or software engineering experience, including ownership of end-to-end testing and automation for distributed networking, security, proxy, or cloud services.

Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.

Hands-on Golang and/or Python automation experience for API, service, and workflow testing with CI/CD integration on Linux or container environments.

Experience testing L4/L7 proxies, TCP/IP, DNS, TLS/mTLS, HTTP protocols, load balancing, packet-level diagnostics, and secure access technologies including OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, authorization, and policy enforcement.

Experienced in complex distributed, proxy, and secure access environments with deep network protocol and security knowledge.

Proficient in automated testing frameworks integrated with CI/CD pipelines and Linux/container diagnostics.

Capable of independently managing quality strategy and driving cross-functional resolution of ambiguous, end-to-end quality issues in security and networking contexts.