{"id":1172689,"url":"https://alion.io/job/cisco-systems-qa-engineer-networking-l2l3-testing-4-8-yrs","title":"QA Engineer - Networking L2/L3 Testing | 4 - 8 yrs","company":{"id":90,"name":"Cisco Systems","domain":"cisco.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/cisco-systems","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":93,"open_postings":175,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.474,"repost_share":0.04,"time_to_fill_p50_days":14,"computed_at":"2026-09-24T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"QA","role_family":"QA","seniority":"middle","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Bengaluru, India"],"countries":["IN"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":4,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"AI Agents","optional":false},{"name":"BGP","optional":false},{"name":"CI/CD","optional":false},{"name":"Copilot","optional":false},{"name":"DHCP","optional":false},{"name":"Docker","optional":false},{"name":"Git","optional":false},{"name":"gRPC","optional":false},{"name":"Kubernetes","optional":false},{"name":"Linux","optional":false},{"name":"Model Context Protocol","optional":false},{"name":"MPLS","optional":false},{"name":"OpenStack","optional":false},{"name":"OSPF","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"TCP/IP","optional":false},{"name":"Unix","optional":false},{"name":"VLAN","optional":false},{"name":"VMWare","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-24T08:46:14Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-24","last_verified_at":"2026-09-24T22:33:00Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"Meet the Team\nThe Cisco IOS XR Routing and BNG Test Team ensures the reliability, scalability, performance, and resiliency of Cisco’s carrier-grade routing platforms. We work closely with software developers, architects, product managers, and customer-facing teams to deliver comprehensive, end-to-end validation across Layer 2, Layer 3, routing, subscriber-management, and network-service technologies for service providers, hyperscalers, and web-scale customers operating some of the world’s largest and most demanding networks.\nOur team values technical depth, automation-first engineering, continuous learning, collaborative problem-solving, and responsible adoption of AI-assisted development practices.\nYour Impact\nAs a Software Test Engineer, you will own the quality validation of IOS XR routing and Broadband Network Gateway capabilities. You will design test strategies, develop automation, validate complex customer scenarios, investigate system-level failures, and provide data-driven release recommendations.\nYour work will help ensure that Cisco delivers stable, scalable, and production-ready networking solutions. You will also mentor junior engineers, improve test frameworks, and use modern AI-assisted tools to accelerate engineering and troubleshooting workflows.\nWhat You Will Do\nDesign and implement functional, system, regression, scale, performance, interoperability, resiliency, and high-availability tests for IOS XR routing and BNG features.\nValidate BNG subscriber technologies, including IPoE, PPP, PPPoE, DHCPv4/DHCPv6, DHCP relay, Prefix Delegation, RADIUS, AAA, PAP/CHAP, accounting, Change of Authorization, subscriber policies, and session lifecycle management. \nTest Layer 2 and Layer 3 technologies such as Ethernet, VLAN, QinQ, LACP, IPv4/IPv6, BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS, Segment Routing, L2VPN, L3VPN, EVPN, ECMP, BFD, QoS, and high-availability mechanisms.\nDevelop reusable and scalable test automation using Python and frameworks such as pyATS, Genie, or equivalent tools.\nBuild and maintain physical, virtual, containerized, and cloud-based test environments using Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, clustering technologies, VMware, OpenStack, and network simulation platforms.\nValidate control-plane, forwarding-plane, subscriber-scale, traffic, failover, software upgrade, rollback, process restart, route churn, and subscriber churn scenarios.\nTroubleshoot complex issues using IOS XR logs, protocol traces, packet captures, telemetry, RADIUS transactions, crash information, and system-resource data.\nValidate model-driven interfaces and telemetry using YANG, NETCONF, RESTCONF, gNMI, gRPC, OpenConfig, and native IOS XR models.\nIntegrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, code reviews, version control, and regression testing.\nUse approved AI coding assistants and engineering agents for test generation, automation development, log analysis, defect triage, and documentation.\nApply foundational knowledge of generative AI, AI agents, MCPs, reusable AI skills, prompt and context management, and responsible validation of AI-generated output.\nCollaborate across engineering teams, review test designs and automation code, mentor junior engineers, and communicate product-quality risks and release readiness.\nMinimum Qualifications\nBachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Telecommunications, or a related technical field.\n4 to 8 years of experience in software engineering, network product testing, test automation, or quality engineering.\nStrong knowledge of BNG architecture and subscriber-management technologies, including PPP/PPPoE, DHCP, RADIUS, AAA, accounting, and subscriber session management.\nComprehensive understanding of Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking, including TCP/IP, Ethernet, VLANs, IPv4/IPv6, BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, and MPLS.\nExperience configuring and troubleshooting Cisco IOS XR or another carrier-grade network operating system.\nAdvanced Python programming skills for test automation, scripting, API interaction, data analysis, and troubleshooting.\nExperience developing system, scale, performance, resiliency, and high-availability test scenarios.\nStrong Linux or Unix skills and experience with Git, code reviews, debugging, and CI/CD pipelines.\nWorking experience of cloud, containerization, virtualization, and clustering technologies, including Docker, Kubernetes, VMware, and OpenStack.\nFamiliarity with AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot or equivalent tools.\nBasic understanding of generative AI, AI agents, MCP, reusable skills, and responsible AI practices.\nStrong knowledge of software development life cycle.\nStrong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience testing BNG and routing capabilities on Cisco IOS XR platforms such as Cisco 8000, ASR 9000, or NCS 5500/5700.\nExperience with traffic generators and subscriber-simulation tools such as IXIA or Spirent.\nKnowledge of advanced BNG features, including subscriber QoS, dynamic policy activation, etc.\nExperience with L2VPN, EVPN, telemetry, and network programmability.\nFamiliarity with scale and performance characterization.\nCCNP Service Provider, CCIE Service Provider, DevNet Professional, or equivalent technical knowledge.\nWhy Cisco?\nAt Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.\nFueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.\nWe are Cisco, and our power starts with you.\nDisclaimer\nTo ensure that we hire the best talent in the right way, we follow a strict hiring process and recently, Cisco has been made aware of fraudulent recruiters claiming to be from the company. Please be advised that any communication from Cisco about careers will:\nbe in direct response to an application you have submitted through the company career site\nbegin with screening or an interview\noriginate from a Cisco email address, and\nbe conducted across email, phone, or WebEx\nCisco will never make a job offer without conducting an interview process or ask you for money in any way. If you have been requested to apply for a role or have received an offer from a site other than https://careers.cisco.com or cisco.wd5.myworkday.com, do not provide any personal identifying information, including your Aadhaar or other personal identifying number, birth certificate, banking information, driver's license, or passport.\nIf you are the target of a recruiting scam, consider filing a report with your local law enforcement authorities. 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