Network Automation Solution Test Engineer (2-19 yrs)

Profile: Network Automation Solutions Tester

Job description:

- Strong working knowledge in Linux, Cloud/Cloud-native, K8S/Kubernetes.

- Knowledge of IP Networking and related protocols: OSPF, BGP, DHCP, MPLS, IP VPN, VLAN, VLL/VPLS, etc

- Knowledge of network management and OSS concepts and basic protocols like SNMP and FCAPS functionality.

- Experience with Nokia products (7x50 Service Routers, 7705, 7210, 5620 SAM, 5670 RAM) is an advantage.

- Knowledge of Software Defined Networking Network Function Virtualization concepts.

- Proficient in configuring the Network Management Systems, Routers and Switches to achieve the required target test configuration.

- Excellent troubleshooting skills, investigating/reproducing issues, raising tickets and driving issues to timely resolution in a scrum environment working with peer testers and developers in different sites.

- Ability to produce comprehensive high-quality test strategies, test plans and test cases with accurately triaged and prioritized defect reports, with applied creativity and insight.

- Make it happen attitude, strong sense of ownership, inventive, resourceful and flexible in a fast-paced, challenging and evolving environment.

- Experience in customer-facing roles; ability to work independently on issues directly with the customer.

- Strong interpersonal and communication (both written and verbal) skills.

- Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and to work in a fast paced, innovative environment.

- Hands-on automation experience using Robot, Selenium and Python is an advantage.

- Experience working in a Professional Services team and delivering projects.

- Experience supporting live deployments on customer networks.

Job Responsibilities:

- Technically Lead the Quality Assurance activities of customer specific software solutions in an end-to-end lab deployment

- Defining the test strategy, test cases, estimation, scheduling, execution and automation of tests.

- Responsible for bringing up the NMS, Router nodes involved to set-up the test environment required for the end-to-end solution validation.

- Support the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) post the delivery of the solution to the customer, which requires good understanding of the customer network deployment.

- Contribute to the on-going evolution of the existing applications and solutions.

- Work in close partnership with other testers and developers, partners, solution architect, project manager to refine requirements, recommend possible solutions and test the applications.

- Interact with support team to perform the escape analysis of the customer reported issues and strengthen the gaps in testing and test environment.

- Write and maintain documentation for internal purposes as well as for the customer.

- Interact with the customer when necessary