Senior QA Engineer - Hardware and Enterprise System Testing, BMC Server Validation (9 yrs to 12 yrs)

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  • Location:
    Bangalore, India
  • Area of Interest
    Engineer - Software
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    AI or Artificial Intelligence, Cloud and Data Center, Software Development
  • Job Id
    1430153

Who You'll Work With

Computing Systems Product Group is a global organization spanning the Development, SQA, TME, Product management and Program management organizations. The group is responsible for delivering an innovative end-to end way to configure both rack and blade servers all the way from firmware revisions to I/O connectivity for growing highly sophisticated data centers while enabling IT as a Service (ITaaS).

Currently our product portfolio consists of Unified Computing Servers, both Blade and Rack models; and UCS Management software which allows simplified access and control to all components of the complete end to end solution. The Business unit provides an excellent opportunity to grow in exciting and expanding market of virtualization in the data center. CSPG is crafting the vision, strategy, and products for next generation data center server access and virtualization. Our dynamic team is comprised top-tiered engineers and motivated junior engineers interested in learning and growing their skills in a constantly evolving, growing market. You will work with a fast paced SQA team responsible for delivering the Server Management BMC, BIOS, Utilities, Storage and related functionality of the Unified Computing System.

What You'll Do

In this role, you will have the opportunity to work in some of the latest technologies and trends in Server and Storage areas as part the UCS validation team at Cisco, Bangalore. We are looking for applicant who can validate the Cisco C-Series and S-Series Rack BMC. Hands on experience in BMC validation and product performance information and other means to gauge customer usage to the product development teams. Review Customer Found Defects and work with TAC and Blocking issues to recreate the defects. Design and Validate Customer use cases. Debugging and solving issues and performing first-level issue triage. Study industry specifications, vendor's hardware documentation and design test cases. Implement tests, track and log issues and drive them till resolution with verification of bug fixes. Automation of manual testcases and execution of automated tests as part of regression cycle. Review PRD, SFS, Test plans, User guides and release notes. Initiate and participate in organizational efforts to improve overall group efficiency and test efficiency. Chip in to overall test strategies. Participate in innovative Software test initiatives. You will also be part of a dedicated team and open communications, empowerment, collaboration partnership and customer success are the foundations of the team. You will work closely with multi-functional leads like Product Managers and engineering leads from other groups. You will help identify efficient solutions to meet the product strategy. You'll be hands on yourself, while you guide others in building the solutions.

Who You Are

  • 9-12 years of overall proven track record.
  • Having experience of mentoring 3 to 5 people team.
  • Hands-on experience in the validation of Server BMC.
  • Sound knowledge in CPU/memory/PCI subsystems.
  • Strong understanding of Intel/AMD server platforms, NVMe and Nvidia /AMD based GPUs.
  • Good expertise in System Architecture and Operating Systems concepts.
  • Proven understanding of third-party adopters and configuration utilities.
  • Hands-on experience with VMware, Linux and Windows OS
  • Proficient in automation scripting. Experience in Scripting Languages like TCL, Expect, Python preferred.

Highly desirable competencies

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work multi-functionally.
  • Self-motivated, strong sense of ownership, good standout colleague.
  • should be able to handle multiple tasks and work independently with minimal managerial guidance.
  • Be open to continuous learning and committed to ongoing self-improvement.
  • Strong passion and experience in troubleshooting, debugging sophisticated systems and possess excellent problem-solving techniques
  • Experience on setting up sophisticated customer-like configurations

Our Minimum Qualification for this Role

  • You own Bachelors in a technical field (CS/EE preferred)
  • 9+ years of experience in validation of server platform and Server mgmt. software and Enterprise system test
  • Experience with Enterprise system test like CPU Performance test, Storage Performance and Integrity Testing, Failover and Redundancy Tests, Full Load and Stress Testing, Network Performance Testing

Our preferred Qualification for this Role:

  • High level of understanding AI compute Server architecture.

Why Cisco? 

#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters – with people like you!

Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We’re the Internet’s optimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it’s not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We’re helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges, and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We’re helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world – whether through 5G, or otherwise.

We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other’s backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another – from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).

We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. Because without diversity and a dedication to equality, there is no moving forward. Our 30 Inclusive Communities, that bring people together around commonalities or passions, are leading the way. Together we’re committed to learning, listening, caring for our communities, whilst supporting the most vulnerable with a collective effort to make this world a better place either with technology, or through our actions. 

So, you have colorful hair? Don’t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That’s cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us! #WeAreCisco 

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.

Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter.  Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

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