Software Engineer - QA & Automation

Alkira is transforming the way enterprises build and manage their global networks. Our Network Infrastructure as-a-Service platform delivers a simple, on-demand, and fully managed network solution that connects users, sites, and clouds with integrated security and operational visibility. We partner with leading cloud providers, service integrators, and technology vendors to help customers accelerate digital transformation.

The Role

Do you like breaking thingsDo you like to write code that can break the codeAlkira is expanding it s QA and Automation team and looking for an engineer with a wide range of experiences who can help deliver a world class product.

Responsibilities

• Work in a fast paced team to solve important customer problems


• Work closely with product development and engineering teams to understand testing requirements


• Develop, execute and automate feature test plans to validate product capabilities


• Design and develop automation framework


• Build and maintain automation scripts required to ensure quality via continuous functional regression


• Collaborate with development teams to identify, report, and resolve issues found during testing


• Analyze any customer-found defects, identify the test gaps and ensure they are covered in regression.


• Contribute to a culture of constant innovation and continuous improvement


• Participate in product documentation reviews
  
  
  
  

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in highly technical roles in QA and automation


• Very strong Python programming skills


• Experience with networking product testing and good understanding of management, control and data plane architecture in networking products


• Hand on experience with standard TCP/IP protocols such as ARP, IP, ICMP, TCP & UDP


• Good knowledge and experience in networking protocols like BGP, VxLAN, IPSec, L3


• Experience and good domain knowledge with cloud-based deployments (AWS/Azure/GCP experience preferred).


• Experience with RESTful APIs


• Experience with firewalls or SD-WAN devices is a plus


• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to quickly grasp new concepts


• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills


• Familiarity with Virtualization technologies - QEMU/KVM, VMWare ESXi, Containers like Docker


• Familiarity with Network Virtualization technologies like SDN, Overlay Protocols(VxLAN), DPDK and VNF
  
  
  
  

About Alkira

Alkira was founded in 2018 by Amir and Atif Khan, the visionary computer networking team that created the multi-billion-dollar SD-WAN market with the founding of Viptela. Now, we have reinvented networking for the AI era by delivering Networking Infrastructure as-a-Service, the first global unified network infrastructure with on-demand hybrid and multi-cloud connectivity, integrated network and security services, end-to-end visibility, controls and governance, all delivered as-a-service.

Click here to know more about how Alkira, Inc is reinventing networking! Also, check out other career opportunities at our careers site .

Why Join

• This is a great opportunity to be part of a high-growth company pioneering the future of network infrastructure as a service


• Work alongside a world-class team of innovators and industry veterans
  
  


• Work with people who enjoy working together at an amazing work culture