Senior Software QA Engineer--Security Innovation

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  • Location:
    Offsite, San Jose, California, US
  • Alternate Location
    Remote
  • Area of Interest
    Quality Assurance
  • Compensation Range
    126400 USD - 222200 USD
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    Security, Software Development
  • Job Id
    1433558

The application window is expected to close on January 21st, 2025.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled in a sufficient of applicants are received.


Who We Are

As part of Cisco’s Security Business Group, the Security Innovation team incubates ideas for the leading provider of network security services, which enables the world to connect with confidence on any device, anywhere, anytime. Our product portfolio includes the cloud delivered firewall, Web proxy, Zero Trust Proxy, NaaS integrations, and inspection services. We are now engineering a highly available distributed security fabric that brings it all together, Cisco Hypershield. We are highly passionate about the interconnected SASE world, and this is part of our continued commitment to offer customer-focused security products at the edge of technology.

Cisco Hypershield protects applications, devices and data across public and private data centers, clouds and physical locations - anywhere customers need it. Designed and built with AI in mind from the start, Hypershield enables organizations to achieve security outcomes beyond what has been possible with humans alone.

Who You Are

The management plane acts as the brains of Hypershield. We seek an innovative QA engineer to test features associated with Hypershield’s management plane, which controls the security assets deployed by customers. Our Ideal candidate will have the ability to identify bugs and negative patterns/trends as well as optimize testing with carefully crafted passes. They will communicate effortlessly with collaborators, particularly when clarifications are needed on software behavior. Typical responsibilities may include:

  • Ensure we connect together network events of significance, AI engines, the generation, administration, deployment, enforcement and orchestration of security policies
  • Validate feature sets that enrich the customer experience ranging from deployment to configuration, monitoring, logging, and storage
  • Identify areas that need testing, develop methodologies to implement them
  • Collaborate with Developers, Project Managers and Program managers, creating transparency into our quality and defining DevTest strategy for the team.
  • We are a small team driving the next evolution of security at Cisco. We work in an agile, “startup-style” environment with minimal bureaucracy.

Minimum Qualifications for this Role:

  • BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related field
  • 5+ years of professional QA experience with at least 3 years testing SaaS solutions
  • Experience in the network security domain

Desired Skills & Experience:

  • Ownership of major quality components of a product
  • Extensive End to end SaaS applications testing
  • Ability to use AWS or other public cloud infrastructure for deployment, spinup, install, configure, etc. as needed, independently
  • Prior experience testing products in Linux based environments, fluency with Linux command line
  • Networking fundamentals and firewall policies knowledge
  • Ability to read programming code
  • Define and execute manual tests, while paving the way for automation
  • Working as part of a remote or distributed team

Why Cisco Secure?

We're global, we're adaptable, we're diverse, and our security portfolio is as extensive as it is groundbreaking. Have you heard of Threat, Detection & Response, Zero Trust by Duo, Common Services Engineering, or Cloud & Network Security? Those are only a few of our product teams! The only thing we're missing is YOU.

Join an enterprise security leader with a start-up culture, committed to driving innovation and giving you the opportunity to make an impact. We #InnovateToWin and we know we're better together, that's why we're dedicated to inclusivity, collaboration, and diversity in everything we do.

We're proud to be the Best Small and Mid-Size Enterprises Security Solution Cisco Secure continues to grow and evolve year after year with 100% of Fortune 100 Companies using our products, and we're excited to see the new heights we'll reach with your passion for security, your customer focus, and your desire to change things up!

There are so many amazing reasons to join Cisco. Learn more here!



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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