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Position: Software QA Engineer

Experience: 8 to 12 years

Location: Chennai

. Excellent QA experience in most of the following areas:

Experience in testing cloud-based applications.

Experience with cloud environments such as AWS, Google Cloud or Azure.

Experience and understanding of Kubernetes, Docker and Clustering solutions.

Experience in creating end-to-end test strategy and test planning.

Plan, Develop, Execute and Automate Test suites for our Cloud based Networking applications and Services

Perform functional, integration, performance and scale, load validations

Work closely with Product Owners, Development, CloudOps and other teams on the above

Review customer deployments and customer found issues and address any gaps in the test coverage

Automation of features from an end-to-end perspective - API and GUI.

Review automation code written by other team members, give feedback.

API Testing (Functional, Security aspects and Scale/Performance) (REST preferred)

Hands-on programming using Java, Python,



ROBOT, Perl, Go or TCL/TK.

Experience in testing wired Networking protocols like VLAN, IP, STP, TCP, UDP, VRRP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, IS-IS, SPBM etc.

Experience in testing Enterprise Wireless and Wired networks.

Experience in security concepts and protocols such as AAA framework, 802.1X, Captive portal, VPN, Firewalls, SSL etc.

UI test automation experience using selenium or playwright.

Knowledge of Virtualization and Hypervisor (ESX, Hyper-V).

Experience using network testing tools like Wireshark, Ethereal or Jmeter.

Proficiency in Linux/Unix OS.

Experience or exposure to AI, Machine Learning and related tools.

Good Analytical and Communication Skills

Expected Skill Sets/Requirements:

Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.

3 to 12 years of Experience in Network Management/Orchestration domain

Valuable debugging skills in a Microservices oriented architecture based product

A detailed understanding of cloud technologies ,containerization tools such as Docker and Kubernetes

Hands on experience with Performance Testing - Experience with Performance Testing Monitoring using tools such as Jmeter, Locust etc.,

Expert in API Testing: API Contract Testing using Mocks, API Automation etc.,. Knowledge on relevant widely used Tools for the same.

UI Automation using Selenium,



Robot framework and Python

Applied experience with version control systems such as Git, Github

Comfortable with SQL/NoSQL/In-memory databases such as PostgreSQL/Redis/Ignite

Knowledge on monitoring tools like Grafana, Prometheus

We encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply. Come Advance with us! In keeping with our values, no employee or applicant will face discrimination/harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination/harassment based on protected categories, Extreme Networks also strives to prevent other, subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (e.g., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our organization. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at Extreme Networks.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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📌 Staff SW QA Engineer (Performance & Scale) (Chennai)
🏢 Extreme Networks
📍 Chennai