Senior QA Automation Engineer - Python

Key Responsibilities: Test Strategy & Validation: Work closely with development, product management, and customer engineering teams to validate features, system behavior, and security aspects. Design and implement test strategies, topologies, and test plans for large-scale networking and security solutions . Understand and replicate customer deployments for real-world validation. Test Execution & Automation: Execute manual and automated test cases to validate end-to-end solutions. Develop and enhance test automation frameworks for API and CLI testing. Perform performance, scale, and convergence testing to identify bottlenecks and optimize system behavior. Debugging & Troubleshooting: Investigate, debug, and troubleshoot complex networking issues . Collaborate with the development team to validate fixes and improve system reliability. Customer-Centric Testing & Support: Review customer environments, deployments, and escalations to address any test coverage gaps. Assist in customer issue reproduction and resolution . Provide technical reports and validation documentation for internal and external stakeholders. Collaboration & Process Improvement: Work in an Agile/SCRUM environment to ensure efficient test cycles. Continuously optimize testing approaches and automate repetitive validation tasks . Mandatory Skills & Experience: 8+ years of experience in QA and automation testing . 3+ years of hands-on experience in networking domain testing . 3+ years of experience in Python automation (or similar programming languages). 3+ years of experience in automated API and CLI testing . Strong experience in test framework development and harness integration . Deep understanding of performance, scalability, and security testing . Experience working in an Agile/SCRUM team with continuous integration practices. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage cross-functional teams. Nice-to-Have Skills: Knowledge of virtualization platforms (VMware, OpenStack, Linux-based environments). Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab).