Senior Software QA Engineer

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  • Location:
    Bangalore, India
  • Area of Interest
    Engineer - Network
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    Networking
  • Job Id
    1434360

Meet the Team

Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) is a data center solution developed by Cisco Systems that integrates computing, networking, and storage access into a cohesive system. It is designed to simplify data center operations, improve scalability, and enhance performance. Cisco UCS is widely used for enterprise workloads, virtualization, cloud computing, and high-performance applications.

Cisco UCSM (Unified Computing System Manager) is the centralized management software for Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS). It provides a single, unified interface to configure, monitor, and manage all components within the UCS environment, including servers, networking, and storage.

Cisco Intersight is a cloud-based or on-premises infrastructure management platform designed to simplify, automate, and enhance the management of Cisco hardware and software, including servers, hyperconverged infrastructure, and networking devices. It integrates advanced analytics, machine learning, and policy-based management to provide comprehensive control and visibility.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of a dynamic team and help shape the future of Data Center platforms and Automation, product direction and eventually the business in Data Center. Cisco UCS set of data center products supporting a strong 60,000 customer base across the globe. Cisco has consistently ranked among the top blade server providers, often capturing significant market share in the U.S.

Your Impact

Are you self-driven, passionate, and have tons of experience in Data center server platform and cloud native technologies, looking for an opportunity to make a difference, we are currently looking for talent to be a catalyst of our growing dynamic validation team. We are working on a groundbreaking new approach to manage our extensive UCS portfolio of products and are looking for engineers who are not afraid to take risks, think out of the box, to join our Cisco UCS Manager and Intersight testing team as part of Cisco's Data center Compute portfolio. . You should be a hands-on technical person with excellent communication skills and customer focus.

Minimum Qualifications

The ideal candidate demonstrates a system-level focus while understanding the impact of every component. Broad knowledge of and exposure system management software are essential for success in this role.

  • Strong experience in testing data center server platforms, deployment, management and automation testing
  • Good exposure in server platform test aspects such as reliability, performance, robustness, and high availability
  • Good exposure in Operating System validations on server platforms
  • Experience in data center compute and network virtualization technologies
  • Experience in verifying server platform interoperability with multiple Operating Systems
  • Experience in CI/CD model cloud-based SAAS product qualification and automation
  • Expertise in test automation using Python for GUI / API /CLI based data center management software
  • Hands on experience in L2/L3 network configurations for IPv4 and IPv6 bases data center network environment
  • Masters Degree in Computer Science or equivalent with 8-10+ years of related experience
  • Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or equivalent with 10-12+ years of related experience

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience in testing compute server peripherals like GPU, NIC, and Storage controller
  • Experience in SAN and NAS storage management and fabric configurations
  • Experience in working with Cisco Data Center Ethernet and SAN switches
  • Strong expertise in test automation withability to implement and use testing frameworksfor sustainable and resilient data center management tool
  • Strong skills in debugging various data center configurations and network topologies involving Ethernet, FCoE, iSCSI and FC protocols
  • Hands-on experience working with Docker Container and Kubernetes infrastructure

#WeAreCisco (This is the Standard and cannot be changed)

#WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all.

Our passion is connection—we celebrate our employees’ diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best.

We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer—80 hours each year—allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do!

Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us!

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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