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Job Description

You will be responsible for designing, automating, and qualifying customer use cases on the Cisco 8000 Platform (IOS-XR). Your work will involve generating test plans, dynamically prioritizing based on customer requirements, and leveraging the right technical expertise to drive results. This role goes beyond traditional testing—you will:
Design and develop advanced test frameworks and automation tools to support large-scale test execution.
Execute test cases through automation, verifying defects and ensuring fixes are properly validated.
Leverage AI-powered tools and frameworks to improve test efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.
Build and integrate chatbots and AI assistants to support test execution, defect triaging, and on-demand knowledge retrieval.
Apply Generative AI for productivity improvements,



including test case generation, YAML/config creation, log analysis, and root-cause guidance.
Proactively drive continuous improvements in test coverage, automation, and performance benchmarking, ensuring deployments meet customer scale and reliability expectations.
Research and adopt domain-specific AI models and foundational representations for networking automation, model safety, and intelligent observability.
Your passion for network automation, AI-driven productivity, and customer-first innovation will ensure smooth qualification and deployment of complex networking solutions.

Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with 1 + years of professional experience, OR Master’s degree
Solid programming skills in Python
Hands-on experience with AI-based productivity tools, chatbot frameworks, or automation assistants.
Preferred Qualification: CCNA Knowledge of Netconf, REST APIs, gNMI, gRPC, and O

📌 Software Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 Cisco Systems
📍 Bengaluru