Software Engineer- Software Test Engineer – IOS XR | Python Automation | L0/L1 Optical Testing 8 - 10 years

About the role

The Cisco IOS XR Routing Test Team ensures the reliability, scalability, performance, and resiliency of Cisco’s carrier-grade routing platforms. Exciting career opportunities open for enthusiastic and experienced Software professionals in India

What you'll do

• Design test strategies, develop automation, validate complex customer scenarios, investigate system-level failures, and provide data-driven release recommendations
• Also mentor junior engineers, improve test frameworks, and use modern AI-assisted tools to accelerate engineering and solving workflows
• Design and implement functional, system, regression, scale, performance, interoperability, resiliency, and high-availability tests for IOS XR routing
• Develop reusable and scalable test automation using Python and frameworks such as pyATS, Genie, or equivalent tools
• Build and maintain physical, virtual, containerized, and cloud-based test environments using Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, clustering technologies, VMware, OpenStack

What you need

• 8–10 years in software engineering
• Python
• iOS
• Git
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Test automation
• B.Tech or B.E. or B.Sc or BCA or M.Tech or MCA or M.Sc

Good to have

• Linux
• VMware
• CI/CD
• LLMs
• Test cases
• CCNA