Test Staff Engineer –Network+ Automation Exp is a must

SonicWall is a cybersecurity forerunner with more than 30 years of expertise and is recognized as a leading partner-first company, ensuring our partners and their customers are never alone in the fight against cybercrime. With the ability to build, scale and manage security across the cloud, hybrid and traditional environments in real-time, SonicWall provides relentless security against the most evasive cyberattacks across endless exposure points for increasingly remote, mobile and cloud-enabled users. With its own threat research center, SonicWall can quickly and economically provide purpose-built security solutions to enable any organization—enterprise, government agencies and SMBs—around the world. For more information, visit www.sonicwall.com or follow us on Twitter , LinkedIn , Facebook and Instagram .

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Test Staff Engineer with deep expertise in Firewall/Security testing and strong hands-on automation . This role requires technical leadership, end-to-end ownership of test strategy for assigned components, and building scalable automation and test tools to ensure high-quality SonicOS releases.

Key Responsibilities

Own test strategy, planning, execution, and quality sign-off for SonicOS components

Architect, develop, and maintain automation frameworks, pipelines, and test tools

Drive an automation-first regression strategy and improve overall test coverage

Perform complex system, integration, and upgrade/downgrade testing

Partner with Dev/PM in design reviews, scrums, and defect triage

Lead root-cause analysis and validation of critical customer issues

Mentor engineers; review test plans, automation design, and coverage

Drive release readiness, escape analysis, and quality metrics

Must-Have Skills

Minimum 4+ Years of experience in QA and Automation

Strong Networking: TCP/IP, Routing, NAT, VLANs, Firewall policies

Firewall/Security: VPN, DPI/App Control, IPS, Gateway AV, Geo-IP, Botnet

Automation: Playwright / Selenium / PyTest / Robot Framework

Programming: Python or JavaScript (framework/tool development)

Linux/Unix, debugging with logs, core dumps, packet capture (tcpdump/Wireshark)

CI/CD integration (Jenkins, Git-based pipelines)

Defect tracking & test management (JIRA or similar)

Exposure to effective usage of AI tools

Good to Have

Experience with signature-based services & live update pipelines

Cloud test environments (AWS/Azure)

Handling customer escalations/field issue reproduction

Soft Skills

Technical leadership, strong ownership, and decision-making

Excellent debugging and communication skills

Ability to lead quality initiatives across teams

Education

B.E / B.Tech / M.Tech in CS/IT or related fields

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