Software QA Engineer

Cisco is seeking a Software Quality Assurance Engineer passionate about finding code defects and improving the quality of our Cisco products!

We are looking to hire a Software Quality Assurance Engineer to join our Secure Client Team. The Cisco Secure Client helps enable a highly secure connectivity experience across a broad set of PC and mobile devices.

Our diverse groups deployed products on over 130 million latest desktop and mobile devices, including iPhone, Android, and Windows Phones. Join us!

• Learn new skills and product features supported by a great team environment.
• Working with developers, you'll independently design and plan tests to ensure the quality of our products.
• Craft testing supporting documentation.
• Discover defects and drive them through the resolution through the tests you devise.
• Proactively troubleshoot and solve issues related to the entire protocol stack.
• Build automated test suites using Python, Java, or similar languages and support their continual enhancement.
• Collaborate with other Cisco teams, including Development, Escalation, Documentation, and Marketing.

• You are self-motivated, driven, and engaged. You're passionate about testing and enjoy collaborating in a team-based environment.
• You have fun learning new technologies. You want to get to the bottom of things, understand what's happening, and make a difference! You are someone who doesn't give up when faced with complex problems.
• You have experience with software testing methodology.
• You enjoy creating test plans, finding defects, and crashing required documentation.
• You have a consistent track record of building positive relationships with technical engineers and non-technical customers.
• You possess superb verbal and written communication skills for interacting with team members and providing detailed product documentation.

• Minimum three years of software QA experience with an MSEE/CS or five years of QA experience with a BSEE/CS or related technical degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum two years of experience with TCP/IP stack and networking/security protocols
• Minimum two years of experience with one of the platforms: Windows, macOS, and Linux or Mobile platforms - iOS/Android
• Minimum two years of experience with automation using Python.

• Experience in testing VPN clients, firewalls, or other network/application security products
• Secure coding and encryption protocol experience
• Experience with regression testing and automation tools
• Experience working on security concepts such as SSL, Digital Certificates, code signing, etc.
• Agile development process experience, and we know we're better together.

We're global, adaptable, and 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 allowing you 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-sized enterprise 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, customer focus, and desire to change things up!

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