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PLVision invites a technical leader with a deep understanding of networking technologies to join us as a Networking Automation QA Architect. This role offers a perfect opportunity to elevate your career and directly impact the rapidly evolving networking industry.

As a Networking Automation QA Architect at PLVision’s Architecture Office, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality of solutions for innovative networking products, including switches, routers, smartNICs, and DPUs. You will create custom test automation frameworks to streamline the testing process, aligning it with best practices and technological advancements to maintain high software quality standards.

Leveraging our in-demand expertise in computer networking, we extend our exciting long-term projects and start new ones for Fortune 100 clients and global industry leaders. PLVision is a member of the Linux Foundation, TIP (Telecom Infra project), and its open network operating system projects, SONiC and DENT. We collaborate daily with top engineers within open-source communities, providing numerous opportunities for growth and a stable career path in a supportive environment.
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Responsibilities

• Design and implement test automation frameworks for networking products, including switches, routers, smart NICs, and DPUs
• Develop and execute test plans for networking products to ensure they meet quality standards, including functional and non-functional requirements
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure that test automation is integrated into the development process and that issues are detected and addressed on time
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices for test automation and quality assurance in the networking industry
• Lead and mentor other members of the Quality Assurance and testing teams
• Active involvement in open-source communities related to networking products
• Research market trends in the networking industry and align test automation strategies with customer product needs

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in Software Testing and Quality Assurance, with a focus on test automation and scripting
• Proficiency in Python programming language and experience with other scripting languages
• Familiarity with test automation frameworks and scripting languages, such as pytest, Robot Framework, and unittest
• Experience working in the networking industry, specifically with switches, routers, smart NICs, and DPUs
• Experience with open-source networking operating systems and software, such as SONiC, DENT, Linux, Open vSwitch, and DPDK
• In-depth knowledge of networking technologies, protocols, and architectures, including L2/L3 switching, routing, load balancing, and security
• Strong understanding of networking protocols, including TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, and VXLAN
• Strong understanding of the configuration and operation of switches, routers, smart NICs, and DPUs
• Knowledge of software-defined networking (SDN) concepts and architectures such as OpenFlow and OVSDB
• Knowledge of network testing and monitoring tools like Spirent and Ixia
• Knowledge of network emulation and simulation tools such as GNS3 and NS-3
• Experience with network testing tools such as Wireshark, tcpdump, ping, etc.
• Experience with network automation and programmability using tools such as Ansible and REST APIs
• Knowledge of virtualization and containerization tools such as VirtualBox, Docker and Kubernetes
• Good understanding of CI/CD processes
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively in a team

PLVision invites a Senior QA Automation Engineer to join our growing project. If you have excellent Python and Bash knowledge and hands-on experience with Layer 2/Layer 3 protocols testing, this opportunity is for you. In this role, you will verify SAI-like API and enable SONiC (Software for Open Networking in the Cloud) OS support on top of SAI (Switch Abstraction Interface) for a new router product. You will cooperate with the experienced engineering team and the client, a US-Israel innovative semiconductor startup that creates products for cloud service providers and data center networks.

Responsibilities:

• Develop test plans and test cases.
• Report, investigate and debug issues.
• Extend the test framework.
• Execute automation testing, investigate and report test results.
• Work on Features and System Level.
• Constantly improve the quality of testing (investigation and suggestions preparation).

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software/Computer/Communication Engineering;
• At least 5 years of experience with Python;
• Test automation experience (Python/Bash);
• Experience in Test Plan development;
• Good knowledge of network protocols Layer 2/Layer 3 of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model;
• Hands-on experience with Network Protocol Testing (L2/L3);
• Understanding of Continuous Improvement methodologies and tools (Gerrit, Jenkins, etc.);
• Familiarity with Linux as a working environment;
• Strong analytical, debugging and problem-solving skills;
• Understanding of Ethernet traffic analyzers: Wireshark, TCPDUMP, etc.;
• Knowledge of technical English at Intermediate level and higher.

Would be a plus:

• Familiarity with Ansible;
• Experience with SAI (Switch Abstraction Interface) and/or SONiC (Software for Open Networking in the Cloud);
• Acquaintance with hardware or software traffic generators: Ixia, Spirent, T-Rex, Ostinato, Scapy, etc.;
• Experience with Ethernet Switches: Cisco/Arista/Juniper Switches/Routers or similar.