Role Overview
The Staff QA Engineer is a senior technical leader who sets the quality and validation strategy for complex Extreme Networks products and solutions. Acting as a force multiplier across teams, this role defines test architecture and automation frameworks, drives the adoption of AI across the test cycle, and mentors' engineers — while remaining hands-on with the hardest technical problems in data center networking, routing, and security validation. Own the end-to-end test strategy for one or more products/solutions, from architecture and design through deployment and customer escalations. Lead the adoption of AI in the test cycle — AI-generated test design, intelligent test selection/prioritization, automated log and defect triage, anomaly detection, and coverage analytics — and evaluate and roll out tooling for the broader QA org. Mentor and coach QA engineers; review test plans, automation designs, and coverage; and raise the technical bar across the team.

Experience
• 8 to 13 years of relevant industry experience

Qualifications




• Minimum of B.E/B.Tech/M.Tech/MCA or equivalent in CS/EEE/ECE/EEE

Key Responsibilities
• BS or MS in EE/CS with 9+ years of hands-on experience in functional, system test, and automation, including a track record of technical leadership.
• Expert technical knowledge of data center networking — IP Fabric, VxLAN EVPN, and network virtualization frameworks.
• Expert knowledge of Ethernet, optics, and networking hardware.
• Expert knowledge of network security and routing protocols (OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, Multicast).
• Proven experience architecting large-scale system test topologies and automation frameworks using Python or Golang.
• Demonstrated leadership in introducing AI/ML or GenAI into QA — building or adopting AI-assisted testing, triage, or analytics capabilities at team or org scale.
• Deep experience in performance, scale, and convergence testing and in analyzing and improving system-level performance.
• Ability to author

📌 Staff Quality Assurance Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 Extreme Networks
📍 Bengaluru