Staff SW QA Engineer (Performance & Scale)- 10422

Extreme Networks
Chennai
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: QA, Test & Release EngineeringExperience: 8-12 yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Analytical skills","Communication skills","Debugging"]

Own performance and scale quality for cloud-based networking applications. Create end-to-end test strategy and automate functional, integration, API, and UI (REST, GUI) test suites. Validate performance and load, review automation and coverage across deployments, and collaborate with Product Owners, Development, and CloudOps. Work with Kubernetes/Docker environments, Linux/Unix, and networking/security protocols while leveraging tools like Selenium/Playwright, JMeter/Locust, Wireshark, and monitoring stacks.

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Staff SW QA Engineer (Performance & Scale)- 10422

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Job Summary

Own performance and scale quality for cloud-based networking applications. Create end-to-end test strategy and automate functional, integration, API, and UI (REST, GUI) test suites. Validate performance and load, review automation and coverage across deployments, and collaborate with Product Owners, Development, and CloudOps. Work with Kubernetes/Docker environments, Linux/Unix, and networking/security protocols while leveraging tools like Selenium/Playwright, JMeter/Locust, Wireshark, and monitoring stacks.
Location: Chennai
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: QA, Test & Release Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Create and maintain end-to-end test strategy and test planning for cloud-based networking applications and services.
  • •Develop, execute, and automate test suites covering functional, integration, performance, and scale/load validations.
  • •Automate end-to-end feature testing across API and GUI; review and provide feedback on automation code from other team members.
  • •Perform REST API testing with functional, security, and scale/performance validation, including API contract testing with mocks.
  • •Collaborate with Product Owners, Development, CloudOps, and other teams; review customer deployments and gaps in test coverage.

Key Requirements

  • •8 to 12 years of QA experience with cloud-based applications and end-to-end test strategy/planning.
  • •Hands-on test automation for API and GUI, including REST API testing (contract testing with mocks) and UI automation using Selenium or Playwright.
  • •Experience with cloud environments (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) and containerization technologies including Kubernetes, Docker, and clustering.
  • •Experience performing functional, integration, performance, and scale/load validations, using tools such as JMeter and/or Locust and networking test tools like Wireshark.
  • •Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or related) with strong debugging skills and proficiency in Linux/Unix; familiarity with microservices architecture and monitoring tools like Grafana/Prometheus.
Experience:8-12 yearsCloudNetworkingMicroservicesAPI testingTest automationPerformance testing
Education:Bachelor's in Computer Science
Skills:Analytical skillsCommunication skillsDebugging
Tech Stack:AWSGoogle CloudAzureKubernetesDockerJavaPythonROBOTPerlGoTCL/TKSeleniumPlaywrightRESTJmeterLocustWiresharkEtherealLinux/UnixGit

Company Brief

Extreme Networks
Provides wired and wireless network infrastructure, cloud-driven network management, and analytics for enterprises and service providers, delivering switching, routing, security, and access solutions.
Industry: Networking Equipment
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Jose, United States
Founded: 1996
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