Security XDR QA Software Engineer

Application deadline expected to close on November 30th 2024
Who You'll Work With
The Cisco XDR engineering team is a collaborative team that is a part of the world's largest security organization. You will work in a diverse work culture that fosters team empowerment, self-organization and decision-making. This is an opportunity to be part of a team with both fresh ideas and years of experience developing high performance, high-availability software in one of the most fascinating and surprising industries in tech today: computer security. Come learn with us!
What You'll Do
You will test products built to use innovative technologies in the security space. You'll develop and execute automated tests running in cloud environments. You are someone who enjoys owning the creation of automation solutions and tools, and you want the freedom to contribute to the technology decisions of the organization. You will have the opportunity to create test frameworks that ensure built-in quality exists from the first line of code to the last.
Who You Are
You know how to develop and execute Test Cases in a fast paced, collaborative environment, and you work well with a diverse set of team-members to find new and innovative solutions to problems. We all enjoy building systems to run tests across all levels of the software from functional to integration to an end to end system. We want you to be as creative as possible to break complex systems and drive quality for our network security products!
Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in testing applications deployed in Cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• 3+ years in writing and debugging automation scripts/suites using languages such as Ruby, Python, Go, or Java
• 3+ years working with Linux-based platforms or applications.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiar with testing and/or configuration of security products (Firewalls, proxies, NAC)
• Experience developing and maintaining automation framework, libraries and internal tools for functional and performance testing
• Experience writing requirements and test scenarios
• Previous experience working with cloud native technologies, IaaS components such as load balancers, and API gateways
• Previous experience applying continuous integration products to automate execution of testing
• Able to learn new technologies quickly, and understand how they fit into a larger ecosystem

Why Cisco Secure
We're global, we're adaptable, we're 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 giving you the opportunity 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-Size Enterprises 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, your customer focus, and your desire to change things up!
There are so many amazing reasons to join Cisco. Learn more here!
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