Technical Leader Software Engineering - QA Automation (12+ Years)

At Cisco s Security Business Group we are securing the world. This is an excellent opportunity to join Ciscos growing product Next Generation Firewall in Ciscos Security Business Group. We are looking for an expert technical leader who strives in a dynamic environment. You will be providing the technical vision as well as people leadership for an expert team working on next-generation firewall management products available both on premises and cloud.

Ciscos Next Generation Firewall (NGFW), part of the Security Business Group (SBG), is a flagship security product offering robust protection and management capabilities. Cisco NGFW integrates industry-leading services:

• FTD (Firepower Threat Defense) combines the proven, award-winning ASA Firewall services with the world s most well-known IPS engine SNORT, delivering high-performance threat detection and prevention.
• Firewall Management Center (FMC) and Cloud FMC (cdFMC) (the cloud-based SaaS version of FMC) provide centralized management for FTD devices, making deployment, monitoring, and policy management easier and more efficient for customers.

Cisco offers a comprehensive end-to-end security portfolio, covering on-premises, cloud, on-device, and hybrid environments. This flexibility allows customers to select solutions tailored to their immediate needs and seamlessly transition across these environments as their requirements evolve.

With its market-leading technologies, Cisco Firewall holds a leadership position in Gartner s Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls, ensuring that customers have access to best-in-class security across any deployment model on-prem, in the cloud, or hybrid.

a. Lead and mentor the QA team, fostering a culture of quality and continuous improvement.

b. Assign tasks, set goals, and conduct performance reviews for QA team members.

a. Develop and implement comprehensive QA strategies, standards, and processes.

b. Ensure alignment of QA strategies with business goals and customer expectations.

a. Work closely with product managers, developers, and other stakeholders to integrate QA into the development lifecycle.

b. Participate in design and specification reviews to understand new features and advise on testability.

a. Oversee the development and execution of test plans, test cases, and test scripts.

b. Ensure thorough testing, including functional, regression, performance, and user acceptance testing.

a. Identify and assess risks in the product development process and propose solutions.

b. Ensure potential defects and issues are identified early in the development cycle.

a. Define and track quality metrics to assess product quality and team performance.

b. Report on testing progress and product quality to stakeholders, providing insights and recommendations.

a. Promote the adoption of automation and advanced testing methods to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

b. Stay updated with industry trends and advances in QA practices to bring innovations into the organization.

a. Select and manage QA tools and environments, ensuring they meet the needs of the team and projects.

b. Ensure that testing environments are kept up-to-date and reflect production systems accurately.

a. Understand and influence how customers use the product to solve the use cases. Adopt the testing approach to include customer centric scenarios in test plans.

b. Ensure that customer feedback is continuously integrated into the testing approach

a. Guide the development and execution of automated test scripts, ensuring reusability and scalability.

b. Identify the gaps in overall automation test suites and lead the team to execute and address the gaps.

c. Ensure the integration of automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline for continuous testing.

d. Evaluate and select appropriate tools for test automation aligned with business needs.

• 15+ years in software development and testing, along with automation skills
• Excellent experience in manual and automation testing
• Strong Expertise web development technologies and testing them with automation
• A strong proponent of Design thinking and abreast of new architecture/design/automation methodologies
• Hands-on knowledge of REST API
• Knowledge on Jenkins, Bitbucket and Git
• Excellent verbal and written skills and professional presentation.
• Cloud and virtualization experience including containerization technologies

• Experience with Cisco Products: Familiarity with Cisco Secure Firewall solutions and Cisco Firewall Management Center, or similar enterprise-grade firewall management platforms.
• Security Certifications: Certifications like CISSP, CCSP, or similar are highly desirable.
• Strong background in testing high-performance computing, multi-threading, and low-latency systems.

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