Meet the Team
Cisco SDWAN focuses on simplifying and securing enterprise WANs, enabling seamless cloud connectivity, automating network operations and ensuring optimal application performance through advanced SD-WAN solutions.
Your Impact
Define and drive test strategy and validation architecture for software features on Cisco SDWAN Secure Router Platforms.
Establish end-to-end test strategies covering functional, system, scale, performance, resiliency, security and migration.
Lead customer demos and technical presentations to showcase product capabilities and articulate solution value.
Design and evolve scalable test frameworks, automation platforms, and validation pipelines for enterprise-grade networking.
Collaborate with engineering leaders, product management, hardware, and TAC teams to define quality goals, test scope, and execution strategies.
Mentor team members to enhance technical depth, architectural thinking, and quality leadership.
Represent the test organization in cross-functional forums to influence release decisions, risk assessment, and quality metrics.




Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in CS or Equivalent or related degree with 11+ years in Layer 2/Layer 3 or SD-WAN product testing.
Strong testing experience in NAT, Firewall, QoS, BFD, NetFlow, and GRE /IPsec .
Hands-on expertise in IP and IPv6, ARP, DNS, DHCP, AAA, RADIUS, SNMP, EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP.
Experience with HA and redundancy protocols, PKI, certificate management, and Layer 2/Layer 3 security.
Positive understanding of SD-WAN architecture and operations, including PNP, ZTP, and Day 0 or Day N workflows.
Strong Linux fundamentals with hands-on virtualization experience in KVM or ESXi.
Hands-on use of troubleshooting tools such as Ixia, Spirent, and Wireshark.
8+ years of experience in Network automation experience using Python and REST APIs.
Proficiency with Git for code and configuration version control.
Strong analytical, debugging, and end-to-end solution validation skil

📌 SDWAN/Test Engineering Technical Leader/security | Network automation | IPSEC and cloud security(11-15 Years) (India)
🏢 Cisco
📍 India