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QA Automation Engineer

Cisco

Cisco

Software Engineering, Quality Assurance
San Jose, CA, USA
Posted on Nov 6, 2024
*Application window is expected to close on 11/10/2024
Who We Are
The Intersight Engineering group is a key part of Cisco's Compute portfolio, dedicated to developing Cisco Intersight—a cloud-based system management platform for Cisco UCS (Unified Computing System) and other data center products. Intersight leverages sophisticated analytics and machine learning to provide actionable intelligence, enabling IT organizations to analyze, simplify, and automate their environments. The platform offers both cloud-based and on-premise solutions, ensuring flexibility and scalability for diverse IT needs.
As a member of the Intersight engineering group, you will be at the forefront of innovation, working on groundbreaking technologies that shape the future of server management. You will collaborate with a dynamic team of experts, contributing to the development of solutions that have a significant impact on Cisco's extensive customer base and the broader IT industry.
Who You Are
A successful candidate will bring deep technical and software testing expertise, especially in cloud-native technologies, and the ability to work within a fast-moving, startup-like environment to deliver solid code that has a broad business impact. More than any other quality, we are looking for individuals driven by the challenge of solving unique and difficult technical problems, those who thrive and excel when given creative freedom, and those who aren't afraid to dive into new territory (technical or otherwise) and learn something new. If you are looking to excel in a fast-paced environment creating powerful network management solutions and want to make a significant long-lasting impact, this job's for you!
What You'll Do
As a Senior QA Automation Engineer on the team, you will be responsible for testing Cisco Intersight features to enable new Cisco Compute hardware platforms (that include Fabric Interconnect, Servers, Adapters, Storage controllers) and firmware, while providing continued support for all supported Cisco UCS platforms. You will use innovative testing approaches to ensure high quality and influence the team to do the same. Other responsibilities include…
  • Understand new feature requirements, review feature functional specification and develop feature testplans and testcases and conduct peer review of the testplan.
  • Automate UI and Rest API test cases to test the Intersight cloud application using Python and Selenium Webdriver
  • Set up and configure compute, server and storage hardware such as Blade Servers, Rack Servers and Fabric Interconnects in the lab to qualify the hardware and software features. Update Firmware on various Compute hardware as required for testing.
  • Collaborate with development and execute the planned testcases and identify defects and verify fixes. Deliver the Feature with high quality and give a demo to stake holders
  • Work as part of an agile scrum team and prepare and present your work with all stakeholders as part of Sprint Demos
Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of relevant experience or Master's degree with 3+ years of relevant experience
  • 2+ years of experience automating test plans using Python.
  • Experience in setup or configuration of datacenter hardware such as Blade Servers, Rack Servers, Fabric Interconnect, Chassis, Adaptors, Storage Controller, Ethernet switch or FC switch
  • Experience working in Linux Operating System and working with VMWare Hypervisor
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience using Selenium Webdriver for UI automation
  • Experience in dev-test activities of a cloud-based network management software, including test scoping, planning, execution, test automation, and coordinating with other teams.
  • Experience troubleshooting ethernet Switch and FC Switch connectivity issues in the lab, working with Ethernet adapters, storage controllers, BIOS, BMC.
  • Experience working with Pure Storage arrays and Netapp Storage arrays.
  • Experience Installing Operating systems on Servers.
  • Experience working with docker or other containerizations platforms, MongoDB.
  • Experience running Kubernetes commands and check pod status, reviewing service logs.
  • Experience working with Jenkins to establish CI/CD pipelines
  • Experience working with Git or similar version control system
Why Cisco?
#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters – with people like you!
Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We’re the Internet’s optimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it’s not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We’re helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges, and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We’re helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world – whether through 5G, or otherwise.
We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other’s backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another – from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).
We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. Because without diversity and a dedication to equality, there is no moving forward. Our 30 Inclusive Communities, that bring people together around commonalities or passions, are leading the way. Together we’re committed to learning, listening, caring for our communities, whilst supporting the most vulnerable with a collective effort to make this world a better place either with technology, or through our actions.
So, you have colorful hair? Don’t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That’s cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us! #WeAreCisco
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.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.