Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), Hybrid, RTP, NC

Cisco
North Carolina
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 139,300 - 203,600 annuallyFunction: QA, Test & Release EngineeringExperience: 7+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Collaboration","Communication","Innovation","Quality focus"]

Own end-to-end QA for Cisco Meraki MX and Cisco Catalyst products, partnering with product managers and engineering teams to translate requirements into robust test strategies. Build and maintain automation scripts for CI/CD, covering regression, scalability, stress, and longevity testing. Use AI-driven ideas and a Test Driven Development approach to improve feature quality, security services qualification, and reliability across real customer use cases.

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Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), Hybrid, RTP, NC

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end QA for Cisco Meraki MX and Cisco Catalyst products, partnering with product managers and engineering teams to translate requirements into robust test strategies. Build and maintain automation scripts for CI/CD, covering regression, scalability, stress, and longevity testing. Use AI-driven ideas and a Test Driven Development approach to improve feature quality, security services qualification, and reliability across real customer use cases.
Location: North Carolina
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: QA, Test & Release Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop expertise in Cisco Meraki MX use cases and workflows in customer environments.
  • •Collaborate with Product Managers and development teams to represent QA in requirements and design discussions.
  • •Create and execute test strategies, reporting results and metrics to ensure feature quality.
  • •Build and maintain automation scripts to support CI/CD and improve regression test coverage.
  • •Drive innovation with AI-driven ideas using a Test Driven Development approach to contribute to feature development.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 139,300 - 203,600 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kPaid ParentalLong-term DisabilityLife InsuranceEquity

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of SDET or routing/SD-WAN-related experience, or a Master’s in Computer Science with 4+ years, or a PhD with 1 year of related experience.
  • •3+ years of automation/development experience.
  • •Write feature development code using Ruby, Python, C, C++, or Golang, with hands-on experience using AI coding tools and Gen-AI prompting techniques.
  • •Knowledge of SD-WAN, security, Layer-2 (VLAN/802.1Q) and Layer-3 (BGP/IP/OSPF/VPN/IPSec/NAT) networking concepts.
  • •Comfort with traffic generators such as TRex, Linux tools, Spirent, IXIA, and the ability to explore tools/techniques to improve testing.
Experience:7+ yearsSoftware developmentRoutingSD-WANSecurityNetworking
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CollaborationCommunicationInnovationQuality focus
Tech Stack:RubyPythonCC++GolangAI coding toolsGen-AI promptingCI/CDTest driven developmentRegression testingScalability testingStress testingLongevity testingSecurity servicesMalware detectionURL filteringWeb securityIPSThreat modelingSD-WAN

Company Brief

Cisco
Global technology company that designs, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and high-technology services and products for enterprises, service providers, and governments worldwide.
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: 1984
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