Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cisco Isovalent, part of Cisco, builds software agents for workload visibility, network policy enforcement, container protection, and runtime security. The Software Development Test Engineer develops testing strategies, automation, frameworks, and infrastructure to evaluate agent functionality, reliability, performance, and quality across platforms and environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and develop testing strategies, frameworks, automation, and environments for software agents across Unix, Linux, and Windows platforms
• Design automated tests that continuously evaluate software functionality, reliability, performance, and quality over extended periods of time
• Build and maintain automated testing infrastructure for virtual machines, containers, and cloud-based environments
• Develop testing approaches for software agents that collect workload and network information, enforce network policies, protect containerized environments, and provide runtime security capabilities
• Integrate automated testing into the software development and product delivery lifecycle
• Analyze test results, identify software defects and reliability issues, and collaborate with engineering teams to troubleshoot and resolve problems
• Collaborate with software engineers and cross-functional teams from product conceptualization through production deployment

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field with 5+ years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 3+ years of relevant experience
• Experience testing complex software products or systems
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Experience developing or implementing automated software testing
• Experience working across the software development lifecycle and shipping software products into production
• Experience designing and developing complex software testing frameworks, strategies, or infrastructure
• Experience with OpenShift and Rancher
• Experience with Terraform or other infrastructure automation technologies
• Experience testing software across virtual machines, containers, cloud, or distributed environments
• Knowledge of runtime security concepts
• Knowledge of host-based firewall concepts
• Experience programming in Golang
• Experience with continuous testing, long-running reliability testing, or automated performance testing
• Experience working in agile development environments and collaborating closely with software engineering teams

Benefits

• U.S. employees, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules: medical, dental and vision insurance
• U.S. employees, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules: a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
• U.S. employees, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules: paid parental leave
• U.S. employees, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules: short- and long-term disability coverage
• U.S. employees, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules: basic life insurance
• Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time
• U.S. employees: 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
• U.S. employees: 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
• Non-exempt employees: 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
• Exempt employees: Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, with no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, subject to availability and some business limitations
• U.S. employees: 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
• Non-sales roles: eligible to earn annual bonuses, subject to Cisco’s policies
• This is a remote position working from anywhere in the USA

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