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experience in testing cloud-managed networking solutions, with a combination of networking, AWS/cloud, REST APIs, Python automation, TypeScript/Playwright and end-to-end system testing.\nThis role requires someone who can understand and validate the complete solution across:\nNetwork Device → LAN/WAN → Internet → AWS Cloud → Cloud Services/APIs → Database → Web/Mobile Application\nThe candidate should be comfortable troubleshooting issues across both the networking and cloud/application layers.\nKey Responsibilities\nCloud Network Management Testing\nOwn QA for a cloud-based network management platform from requirements through production.\n\nTest end-to-end workflows for cloud-managed Access Points, Switches, Routers and other network devices.\n\nValidate device onboarding, discovery, provisioning and configuration.\n\nTest device-to-cloud communication and cloud-to-device operations.\n\nValidate configuration synchronization between cloud and network devices.\n\nTest device monitoring, health status, statistics, alerts and notifications.\n\nValidate firmware/software upgrade workflows.\n\nTest remote configuration and management capabilities.\n\nValidate device connectivity, disconnect/reconnect and recovery scenarios.\n\nTest multi-device, multi-site and large-scale network management scenarios.\n\nValidate behavior under network failures, latency, packet loss and intermittent connectivity.\n\nTest cloud-managed networking workflows across different network topologies and environments.\n\nTest Planning & Quality Ownership\nReview requirements, user stories, functional specifications and technical designs.\n\nReview ERDs and data models to understand relationships, dependencies and data flows.\n\nParticipate in architecture and design reviews from a QA perspective.\n\nIdentify functional, integration, data, networking and cloud risks.\n\nDevelop test strategy, test plans, test scenarios and test cases.\n\nDefine test scope, coverage, environments, dependencies and execution timelines.\n\nCreate positive, negative, boundary, failure-recovery and end-to-end scenarios.\n\nMaintain requirements-to-test-case traceability.\n\nReview test cases and ensure adequate coverage.\n\nTest Execution\nExecute functional, integration, system, regression and end-to-end testing.\n\nPerform cloud-to-device and device-to-cloud testing.\n\nTest networking devices together with cloud services and applications.\n\nValidate APIs, backend services, database state and UI behavior as part of end-to-end workflows.\n\nPerform interoperability and compatibility testing.\n\nExecute testing across different network configurations and connectivity conditions.\n\nAnalyze failures across device, network, cloud and application layers.\n\nAPI & Cloud Testing\nStrong hands-on experience with REST API testing and automation.\n\nValidate API request/response, authentication, authorization and business logic.\n\nTest APIs used for device provisioning, configuration, monitoring and management.\n\nValidate data consistency between APIs, cloud services, database and UI.\n\nTest asynchronous workflows, events, notifications and service-to-service communication.\n\nTest AWS-hosted cloud applications and services.\n\nValidate cloud services, microservices and distributed workflows.\n\nAnalyze cloud logs, metrics, traces and application telemetry.\n\nTest reliability, availability, scalability and failure/recovery scenarios.\n\nValidate deployments across QA, staging and production environments.\n\nNetworking Expertise\nStrong hands-on knowledge of networking is essential.\nExperience with:\nTCP/IP\n\nIPv4 / IPv6\n\nDHCP\n\nDNS\n\nARP\n\nICMP\n\nHTTP/HTTPS\n\nTLS/SSL\n\nNAT\n\nRouting\n\nSwitching\n\nVLAN\n\nQoS\n\nEthernet\n\nWAN/LAN\n\nWi-Fi technologies\n\nWPA2/WPA3\n\nWireless roaming\n\nNetwork connectivity and troubleshooting\n\nExperience with Wi-Fi 5/6/6E/7 is highly desirable.\nNetwork Troubleshooting & Diagnostics\nHands-on experience with tools such as:\nWireshark\n\ntcpdump\n\nping\n\ntraceroute\n\niperf\n\nnslookup/dig\n\nNetwork packet capture and protocol analysis\n\nAbility to troubleshoot issues across:\nDevice → LAN/WLAN → WAN/Internet → Cloud → API → Backend → Application\nThe candidate should be able to use packet captures, logs, API traces and cloud telemetry to determine the root cause of complex issues.\nTest Automation\nPython\nStrong hands-on experience developing Python-based test automation.\n\nBuild automation for APIs, cloud workflows and network management functionality.\n\nDevelop reusable test frameworks, libraries and utilities.\n\nAutomate device onboarding, configuration, monitoring and management scenarios.\n\nBuild regression automation for high-value customer workflows.\n\nIntegrate automation into CI/CD pipelines.\n\nAnalyze automation failures and improve framework reliability.\n\nTypeScript / Playwright\nExperience with TypeScript/JavaScript for test automation.\n\nHands-on experience with Playwright, Selenium or equivalent.\n\nAutomate cloud-based web applications and network management workflows.\n\nDevelop end-to-end UI + API automation.\n\nBuild reusable automation components and utilities.\n\nMaintain scalable and reliable regression suites.\n\nDefect Management & Root Cause Analysis\nOwn defects from identification through closure.\n\nCreate detailed defects with reproduction steps, logs, API traces, screenshots and packet captures where applicable.\n\nParticipate in defect triage and prioritization.\n\nCollaborate with development, cloud, firmware and networking teams.\n\nPerform defect retesting and regression validation.\n\nDrive root-cause analysis for complex issues.\n\nIdentify recurring defect patterns and recommend preventive actions.\n\nEnsure critical and customer-impacting issues are addressed before release.\n\nRelease & Production Quality\nPrepare test execution reports, defect summaries and release-quality metrics.\n\nProvide QA recommendation/release sign-off based on defined quality criteria.\n\nPerform production smoke testing and post-deployment validation.\n\nValidate critical network management workflows after production deployment.\n\nMonitor production health, logs, alerts and telemetry.\n\nValidate production fixes and hotfixes.\n\nSupport customer escalations and production incident investigations.\n\nReproduce production issues in controlled environments.\n\nIdentify production quality trends and improve regression coverage.\n\nAI-Assisted QA & Agentic AI\nWe encourage the use of modern AI technologies to improve quality engineering and test automation.\nExperience with tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot or equivalent for:\nTest-case generation\n\nAutomation development\n\nCode analysis\n\nDebugging\n\nLog analysis\n\nAPI test generation\n\nTest-data generation\n\nDefect analysis\n\nTest coverage analysis\n\nis desirable.\nKnowledge or experience with Agentic AI / AI agents for QA is a strong advantage, particularly for:\nIntelligent test generation\n\nAutonomous test execution\n\nAPI exploration\n\nRegression selection\n\nFailure analysis\n\nRoot-cause analysis\n\nTest-result analysis\n\nAutomated defect triage\n\nCI/CD & DevOps\nGit / GitHub / GitLab\n\nJenkins / GitHub Actions / GitLab CI\n\nCI/CD-based test execution\n\nDocker/container fundamentals\n\nKubernetes knowledge is desirable\n\nCloud deployment and troubleshooting\n\nAutomated quality gates\n\nWhat We Are Looking For\nMust Have\n10-12 years of QA / Quality Engineering experience\n\nStrong experience testing cloud-based network management solutions\n\nStrong understanding of network management workflows\n\nHands-on experience testing networking devices and cloud services together\n\nStrong TCP/IP and networking fundamentals\n\nStrong Python automation\n\nStrong REST API testing\n\nExperience with AWS-hosted applications/services\n\nExperience with TypeScript/Playwright or equivalent\n\nStrong test planning and test case design\n\nExperience reviewing technical designs and ERDs\n\nStrong defect management and root-cause analysis\n\nProduction validation experience\n\nCI/CD experience\n\nWireshark and packet-analysis experience\n\nGood to Have\nExperience with NETGEAR Insight or similar cloud-managed networking/NMS platforms\n\nAccess Point, Switch and Router testing\n\nWi-Fi 6/6E/7\n\nAWS\n\nMicroservices\n\nDocker/Kubernetes\n\nCloud monitoring and observability\n\nClaude / ChatGPT / GitHub Copilot\n\nAgentic AI / AI-driven QA\n\nMobile application testing\n\nPerformance and scalability testing\n\nSecurity/API security testing\n\nCompany Statement/Values:\nAt NETGEAR, we are on a mission to unleash the full potential of connectivity with intelligent solutions that delight and protect. We turn ideas into innovative networking products that connect people, power businesses, and advance the way we live.\nWe're a performance-driven, talented and connected team that's committed to delivering world-class products for our customers. As a company, we value our employees as the most essential building blocks of our success. And as teammates, we commit to taking our work to the Next Gear by living our values: we Dare to Transform the future, Connect and Delight our customers, Communicate Courageously with each other and collaborate to Win It Together. You’ll find our values woven through our processes, present in our decisions, and celebrated throughout our culture.\nWe strive to attract top talent and create a great workplace where people feel engaged, inspired, challenged, proud and respected. If you are creative, forward-thinking, passionate about technology and are looking for a rewarding career to make an impact, then you've got what it takes to succeed at NETGEAR. Join our network and help us shape the future of connectivity.\nNETGEAR hires based on merit. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment. 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