Staff Software Quality Assurance Engineer - Network Testing
First seen by Alion on Oct 28, 2026. Extreme Networks scores B on the Alion truth index.
About the Role :
Over 50,000 customers globally trust our end-to-end, cloud-driven networking solutions. We are looking for a Staff Software Quality Assurance Engineer to join our team.
Responsibilities :
- Work closely with development engineering, product management, and customer solution engineering teams to test and validate features for data center networks, network security, and routing technologies.
- Develop test strategy, test topology, and test plans to validate features end-to-end at scale.
- Execute test cases and document results on performance, scale, and security.
- Collaborate with the development team to translate software requirements into high-quality test automation suites using Python.
- Debug and troubleshoot complex issues and validate fixes.
- Develop automation for end-to-end solution validation.
Qualifications :
- BS or MS in EE/CS with 8 - 14 years of hands-on experience in functional, system test, and automation.
- Excellent technical knowledge on Data Center Network (IP Fabric, VxLAN EVPN, Network Virtualization Framework).
- Excellent technical knowledge on Network Security and Routing Protocols (OSPF, ISIS, BGP, Multicast).
- Hands-on experience in test plan development and validating scalable data center network solutions.
- Experience in planning and building large-scale system test topologies with tools like Spirent, IXIA, and virtualization platforms (VMware, OpenStack, Linux).
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Tech Stack :
- Python, IEEE 802.1, L2/L3 Features (TCP/IP, VRRP, IGMP, IPv4/v6, ARP), Wireshark, Docker, AWS/GCP/Azure.
Skills
Software Quality Assurance, Testing, Network Testing, Functional Testing, System Testing, Automation Testing, Validation Testing, Software Testing Tools, Test Strategy, Test Case Writing