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Who You'll Work With:

Cisco Networking Engineering (CNE) - erstwhile Distributed Systems Engineering (DSE) is a multi-billion-dollar business that generates its revenue primarily from the Web, Service Provider Edge, Core & Optical markets. The organization in India deals with development of High-End Routers like ASR9000, NCS5500, NCS540, NCS560, NCS5700 and Optical products like NCS1010, NCS1014, NCS1004, NCS4000 and NCS2000 series.

What You'll Do:

• Delivering software with benchmarked quality and customer happiness, thereby enabling faster customer adoption.
• Uses expertise and creativity for innovative product recommendation and solutions. Applies knowledge of Cisco's business strategies.
• Automated End-to-End System/Solution test experience needed.
• Engage in debugging complex network problems and define solutions.
• Work on Network automation, algorithmic thinking and Analytics applications derived from customer use cases
• Work on continuous improvement and transformation. Scientific, Data driven testing.
• Collaborate effectively with teams across geographies, direct customer interfacing and stakeholder management.
• Write Python Automation test plans which define the automation strategy and test cases for new features / Solution Test / System Test
• Be part of a team which values open communication, empowerment, innovation and career development
• Strong in Software engineering test methodology and process knowledge

Who You Are:

• Expertise in Optical Technologies DWDM, ROADM and Line systems is a must
• Excellent knowledge of test automation with Python and other automation test tools and methodologies is a must
• Knowledge and testing skill in Optical technologies is must
• Good understanding of customer deployments, operations and the ability to translate brown field/green field deployments into test strategy with high efficacy
• Quick learner with an open mind to "grey box" testing, bringing in strategic on-the-box, off-the-box views that reflect the state of IOS-XR systems.
• Experience in test engineering concepts and methodologies including test planning, test case design, test execution and test automation
• Experience in Layer-0, Layer-1 traffic generators and analysers (e.g. Viavi, Agilent, Spirent, IXIA, etc.)
• Strong written, verbal communication, and interpersonal skills
• Results oriented with a high degree of accountability, dedication and responsibility
• Typically requires MS/BS in EE/CS combined with 1 - 3 years proven experience
• Excellent problem solving skills, familiarity with Linux and modern software tools and techniques for development/debugging and solid software design and development skills
• Industry certification such as CCNA/CCNP/CCIE/JCNA/JCIE will be a huge plus

Why Cisco?

At 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.

Fueled 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.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.