Network Automation Engineer

🔌 QA Automation Engineer (Networking): Test the Switches That Power Data Centers

The challenge:

Every cloud service, every stream, every transaction travels through a data center network, and somewhere in that network, a switch has to forward the right packet to the right place, every single time.

Our client builds networking technology for data center infrastructure. Its software implements Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching and routing: VLANs, forwarding, tunneling, traffic controls, and more. Validation has to cover multiple software layers, physical and virtual devices, and successive generations of hardware.

And “can we configure the switch?” is only the beginning. You’ll need to prove that features behave correctly, that existing capabilities stay compatible, and that new functionality and performance targets are met. That takes engineers who understand how switches and routers work beneath the configuration layer, both to design effective tests and to find out why something failed.

Your role:

You’ll join a distributed Automation and QA team as an individual contributor, owning your work from the first feature discussion through planning, implementation, review, and long-term maintenance. You’ll work closely with developers to understand new networking features and turn their requirements into reliable, Python-based automated tests.

The role combines two things: validating features, and owning the infrastructure that makes validation possible. You’ll improve automation libraries and tools, integrate tests into CI/CD, investigate execution failures, and reuse existing code where it makes sense. Team members review CI results and take responsibility for failures in the areas they know best.

What you’ll do:

• Define test plans, test cases, and validation procedures for new networking features
• Build and maintain Python test automation and the libraries behind it
• Design and improve automation infrastructure, tools, and processes
• Clarify feature behavior and test requirements with developers and stakeholders
• Validate L2 and L3 functionality on physical and virtual switches and routers
• Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines and make their execution more reliable
• Analyze results and tell product defects apart from automation or environment issues
• Debug execution problems and keep tests current as features and hardware evolve
• Document findings so issues can be tracked through to resolution

What you bring:

• 5+ years in networking-focused engineering, with deep knowledge of switch or router functionality beyond device configuration
• Experience developing and troubleshooting Python-based test automation and its infrastructure
• Strong understanding of L2 and L3 networking: switching, routing, VLANs, forwarding, ACLs, QoS, tunneling
• Hands-on work with physical and virtual L2/L3 switches or routers
• Working knowledge of Linux and CI/CD tools and methodology
• Ability to investigate complex, low-level failures and drive them to resolution

• Clear, structured communication and the ability to work independently while supporting cross-functional partners

   

Bonus points:

✦ Reading or programming in C or C++ to investigate the software under test
✦ Docker, Ansible, or Vagrant
✦ Networking test equipment experience or professional networking certifications

Why us:

• 20 days of vacation per year, plus official national holidays in your country of residence
• Full accounting and legal support in all countries where we operate

• Fully remote model with a powerful workstation and co-working space when you need it

   

If you love knowing exactly what happens inside a switch, and proving it with code, let’s talk.