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Principal SW QA Engineer - AppIntel

Engineering Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

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Description

Gigamon delivers visibility and analytics on all data-in-motion across the hybrid cloud network to solve critical security, performance, and budget requirements. Our products are broadly deployed across the world’s largest enterprises and play a critical role in securing complex hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
What you’ll do
  • Own end-to-end quality engineering for complex networking features across manual and automation test areas.
  • Drive test strategy, test planning, execution, and automation for L2/L3 networking use cases in appliance and system-level environments.
  • Design, build, and enhance scalable automation frameworks using Python, Terraform, and Robot Framework.
  • Validate switching and routing behavior across L2 and L3 feature areas with strong focus on functional, regression, and system testing.
  • Work hands-on with traffic generation and validation tools to ensure feature quality, scale, and performance.
  • Collaborate closely with development, regression, and systems teams, and partner with infrastructure teams when required.
  • Troubleshoot issues deeply using logs, traffic analysis, and test results, and drive root cause analysis through closure.
  • Bring innovation to day-to-day QA practices by improving coverage, efficiency, and quality engineering processes.
  • Mentor team members and influence quality standards, automation direction, and best practices across the QA organization.
What you’ve done
  • 15 to 20 years of strong experience in software QA engineering with solid exposure to networking products and system-level testing.
  • Hands-on experience in automation using Python, Terraform, and Robot Framework.
  • Strong hands-on experience in L2 and L3 switching and routing.
  • Deep understanding of L2 and L3 protocols such as OSPF, BGP, STP, LACP, and related networking fundamentals.
  • Hands-on experience with traffic generation tools such as Xena, Spirent, and T-Rex.
  • Experience with traffic validation and observability tools such as Splunk and ELK is highly preferred.
  • Strong experience in test case design, execution, automation, debugging, and release validation.
  • Ability to analyze complex issues in distributed or network-heavy environments and work effectively with cross-functional engineering teams.
  • Experience in building scalable, maintainable, and reusable automation solutions for regression and system validation.
Nice to have
  • Exposure to mTLS and security certificate validation.
  • Experience working with firewall technologies and related security validation scenarios.
  • Experience in validating secure network deployments and troubleshooting security-focused feature behavior.
Who you are
  • A self-motivated and hands-on quality engineer with strong exploratory and problem-solving skills.
  • A principal-level contributor who can independently own quality outcomes and drive execution across teams.
  • Strong in communication and collaboration, with the ability to work effectively with engineering stakeholders.
  • Passionate about delivering high-quality products with strong customer focus.
  • Clear understanding of the QA lifecycle and a continuous improvement mindset.
  • Someone who leads by example, raises the quality bar, and brings structure and technical depth to the team.

As an equal opportunity employer, all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic under applicable federal, state, and/or local law. For more information, please refer to Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation for all qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation, please contact us at (669) 240-2248.

If your experience and skills closely match our job description but may not necessarily fulfill all requirements, please still apply. Gigamon is on a continued mission to grow and scale an innovative organization. We believe this is best achieved by hiring, celebrating, and respecting people with diverse backgrounds, skills, perspectives, and experiences.

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We may use automated tools, including AI-based systems, to help screen and evaluate application materials for this role. These tools are designed to assess job-related qualifications only and do not make final hiring decisions; human reviewers remain involved in the process. Further, Gigamon uses Jobvite, developed by Employ, to screen and evaluate all Gigamon applicant resumes. The system analyzes resumes for skills, experience, and qualifications and processes employment history, education, and skills. This AI-based system is used for all Gigamon positions. For questions, contact [email protected]. You have the right to request reasonable accommodation; to do so, please send a message to [email protected].

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