Senior Software Development Engineer

Position summary:

Quality Engineer - Cybersecurity Migrations

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

• Design and maintain test plans and test cases to validate the accuracy and completeness of automated firewall migration output.


• Review and verify firewall configurations migrated by automation tools to ensure they meet expected functionality and security posture.


• Identify logic gaps, configuration anomalies, or rule mismatches introduced during tool-based migrations.


• Collaborate with tool development teams to

  report defects, validate fixes

  , and improve transformation logic.


• Troubleshoot and resolve

  post-migration escalations

  , including policy behavior mismatches, broken traffic flows, and unexpected security outcomes.


• Perform

  side-by-side comparisons

  of pre- and post-migration rules to verify functional equivalence.


• Raise, track, and close vendor support (TAC) cases where deep platform-level issues are involved.


• Contribute to documentation including SOPs, test coverage reports, known issues, and configuration validation guides.


• Interface directly with customers to understand post-migration challenges and ensure successful resolution.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (BE / B. Tech / MCA or equivalent).


• 5+ years of hands-on experience in

  firewall configuration, validation, and troubleshooting

  .


• Strong technical knowledge of

  NGFW platforms

  including Palo Alto, Cisco FTD, FortiGate, and Check Point.


• Familiarity with policy and object modeling across different firewall platforms.


• Experience in

  writing test cases and test plans

  for automation tools or configuration transformation logic.


• Strong understanding of

  networking and security concepts

  , including routing, NAT, VPNs, zones, and application filtering.


• Excellent debugging and root cause analysis skills in post-deployment/migration environments.


• Ability to interpret logs, packet captures, and platform-specific diagnostics to isolate issues.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certification: PCNSA, PCNSE, NSE-1, NSE-2, NSE-3, NSE-4


• Certification: CCIE(Security) + CCNA (R&S) / CCNP (R&S)


• Exposure to firewall migration automation tools


• Understanding policy normalization and risk scoring tools (e. g. , Tufin, FireMon).


• Scripting or log parsing skills (e. g. , Python, Bash, REST APIs) for automation or analysis.