Senior Technical Specialist /Principle Technical Specialist

Job Description

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• Develop and execute sophisticated software tests to verify conformance of feature(s) functionality implemented by Engineering against requirements specifications laid out by Product Marketing.

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• Perform quality assurance tests to ensure completion of Nuage VSP Features and interact extensively with software, hardware, and firmware teams.

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• Participate in system design so that Quality Assurance is considered throughout the entire lifecycle of the Nuage VSP Feature Set

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• Automate test cases using in-house Tcl & Python based infrastructure and maintain them. Enhance the automation infrastructure if the tests require that

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• Enhance  Test strategies, Automation & Build  infrastructure with feedback and analysis from real-world Customer deployments

Desired Skills & Experience

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• 2-12 Years of Experience in Quality Analysis/Test large scale complex products.  
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• Experience in IP networking testing and troubleshooting
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• Excellent problem solving  and communication skills,
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• Strong attention to detail, and ability to work well in a close-knit team
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• Background in Layer 2 or Layer 3 VPN technologies (VxLAN, MPLS, VPLS, IP-VPN, mVPN, OpenFlow, OVS-DB)
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• Experience with Virtualized Switching  Products such as OpenVswitch or Nexus 1000v
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• Server Virtualization expertise with KVM, Containers/Docker, Vmware ESXi is a huge plus.
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• Exposure to Cloud Management tools as OpenStack, CloudStack, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, HyperV would be a plus.
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• Scripting/Programming Skills in Python, TCL, Shell
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• Strong interpersonal and communication (both written and verbal) skills are required· The candidate must be able to successfully work in close-knit teams
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• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and to work in a fast paced, innovative environment.
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• Experience in working on SDN, SD-WAN products would be useful.
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• Experience in API Testing and REST, HTTP would be useful.