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Principal Test Automation Engineer

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Principal Test Automation Engineer. This role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Responsibility

  • Responsible for driving Data Center and Enterprise Campus coverage, design and testing strategy
  • Design, develop, and implement Test topologies and test cases based on the Business needs of customers and reporting of end to end testing
  • Work closely with AI Infrastructure Test engineers to enhance solutions coverage and reduce Customer found defects in the field
  • Review of python automation for efficient test scenarios and future regression tests
  • The candidate must possess outstanding problem-solving skills in the diagnosis and resolution of customer issues
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams to develop and execute Multidimensional deployment scenario to measure SW quality and performance benchmarks
  • Analyze and root cause software issues identified during execution, closely working with respective stakeholders
  • Work with teams across geographical locations. Work collaboratively with cross functional teams, architects, and executives
  • Working closely with HPE Networking product development and architecture teams to understand product/feature requirements and solutions in alignment with customer business/network priorities
  • Build strong relationships with the senior leadership to understand the business objectives and translate into project deliverables
  • Highlight and brainstorm emerging technologies and customer use cases for betterment of the product deliverables
  • Support in replicating customer found issues and provide root-cause corrective action
  • Provide proof of concept (POC) to realize a certain customer use case scenario to demonstrate its feasibility

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent
  • Typically 10+ years experience in networking
  • Experience with internet protocols: TCP, UDP, IPv4/IPv6
  • Internet Protocols: TCP, UDP, IPv4/IPv6
  • Domain Knowledge: Cloud Provider/ Enterprise and Data Centre Technologies and AI/ML Data Center Network Technologies
  • Networking Protocols: BGP, OSPF/ISIS, ARP, VLANS, MPLS, L3VPN, MC-LAG, LACP, L2VPN, VPLS, Multicast, NGMVPN, EVPN-VXLAN, GRE, IPSec, NAT, HTTP, NetConf, etc.
  • Layer 2 technologies, Spanning Tree, LAG, MC-LAG, Virtual Chassis
  • CLOS Architecture, HA Design Concepts, EVPN
  • Test Knowledge: Prepare Test Plans, Test Execution, Understanding of Complex Customer Networks
  • Automation: Experience in automated test execution, ability to debug automation failures, and narrow down software issues from test results and logs. Knowledge in Python/Pytest/Go or any other scripting language
  • Expertise in use of networking test equipment like Spirent and Ixia, including automation
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • mastery in English and local language. Ability to effectively communicate design proposals and negotiate options

Nice to have

Cloud Architectures, Cross Domain Knowledge, Design Thinking, Development Fundamentals, DevOps, Distributed Computing, Microservices Fluency, Full Stack Development, Security-First Mindset, Solutions Design, Testing & Automation, User Experience (UX)

What we offer

  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Personal & Professional Development
  • Unconditional Inclusion

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