Staff Software QA Engineer - Santa Clara, US - Hybrid

Description

At Gigamon, our purpose is to protect the hybrid networks and data of the largest, most complex organizations on the planet. Certified as a Great Place to Work, we offer a deep observability pipeline that efficiently delivers network-derived intelligence to cloud, security, and observability tools. This helps our customers to eliminate security blind spots, optimize network traffic, and dramatically reduce tool cost and complexity, enabling them to better secure and manage their hybrid cloud infrastructure. Gigamon has served more than 4,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of Fortune 100 enterprises, 9 of the 10 largest mobile network providers, and hundreds of governments and educational organizations.

As a Quality Assurance Engineer at Gigamon, you will play a critical role in validating our network visibility solutions across private and public cloud environments. You will join a dynamic, cross-functional, and global team focused on delivering high-quality, scalable products that meet the evolving needs of our customers. Your expertise in test automation and system validation will directly contribute to the reliability and performance of our visibility fabric products, helping to ensure seamless integration and robust operation in complex network environments.

What You’ll Do

• Provide technical expertise in system design, operation, and testability for Gigamon’s visibility fabric products.
• Collaborate with functional and system test teams to develop and enhance testing strategies, with a strong emphasis on automation.
• Design, develop, and fully automate functional, performance, scale, and stress testing suites.
• Deliver high-quality test automation code and drive improvements in automation coverage.
• Identify and evangelize opportunities to improve engineering productivity and testing efficiency.
• Focus on customer use case-centric, scalability, and performance testing, ensuring comprehensive test coverage.
  
  

What You’ve Done

• Earned a BS in Computer Science or a related field.
• Accumulated 6 years of hands-on experience in quality assurance, development, and/or automation within virtualization and networking domains.
• Demonstrated proficiency in test automation and scripting (Python or similar languages).
• Gained hands-on experience with test automation frameworks such as Robot, PyTest, or Python.
• Acquired working knowledge of virtualization platforms (vCenter, VMware ESXi/NSX-T, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix, Prism Central, AOS.
• Tested highly scalable and fault-tolerant systems, including software upgrades, distributed control, and redundancy.
• Developed knowledge of network management concepts and protocols (TCP/IP, L2/L3, IPv4, IPv6, REST, L2GRE, VXLAN).
• Demonstrated strong understanding of TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, REST services, and experience testing these protocols.
• Authored clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and test cases.
• Nice to have - Experience with network testing equipment (Spirent, Avalanche, TREX), GUI-based test automation tools (Selenium, Protractor), security domain and vulnerability assessment, security/certifications testing in cloud environments, and protocol testing for application protocols (FTP, DNS, HTTP, SSL).
  
  

Who You Are

• Self-directed, highly motivated, and organized, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Able to manage multiple projects and thrive in a global R&D team across time zones to ensure software releases on a timeline manner.
• Passionate about delivering high-quality products and continuously improving engineering processes.
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts.
• Driven to stay current with emerging technologies and best practices in quality assurance and automation.
  
  

The base salary compensation range targeted for this role is $152,000 - $190,000, with an opportunity to earn an annual bonus or commission (subject to the terms and conditions of the plan). This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on the Company’s compensation practices.

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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