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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Onsite
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Senior QA Engineer / QA Lead with 10–12 years of experience in cloud-based network management solutions to join our engineering team.
The role will focus on end-to-end quality engineering for a cloud-hosted network management platform, managing and monitoring networking devices such as Access Points, Switches and Routers.
The ideal candidate will have strong experience in testing cloud-managed networking solutions, with a combination of networking, AWS/cloud, REST APIs, Python automation, TypeScript/Playwright and end-to-end system testing.
This role requires someone who can understand and validate the complete solution across:
Network Device → LAN/WAN → Internet → AWS Cloud → Cloud Services/APIs → Database → Web/Mobile Application
The candidate should be comfortable troubleshooting issues across both the networking and cloud/application layers.
Key Responsibilities
Cloud Network Management Testing
Own QA for a cloud-based network management platform from requirements through production.
Test end-to-end workflows for cloud-managed Access Points, Switches, Routers and other network devices.
Validate device onboarding, discovery, provisioning and configuration.
Test device-to-cloud communication and cloud-to-device operations.
Validate configuration synchronization between cloud and network devices.
Test device monitoring, health status, statistics, alerts and notifications.
Validate firmware/software upgrade workflows.
Test remote configuration and management capabilities.
Validate device connectivity, disconnect/reconnect and recovery scenarios.
Test multi-device, multi-site and large-scale network management scenarios.
Validate behavior under network failures, latency, packet loss and intermittent connectivity.
Test cloud-managed networking workflows across different network topologies and environments.
Test Planning & Quality Ownership
Review requirements, user stories, functional specifications and technical designs.
Review ERDs and data models to understand relationships, dependencies and data flows.
Participate in architecture and design reviews from a QA perspective.
Identify functional, integration, data, networking and cloud risks.
Develop test strategy, test plans, test scenarios and test cases.
Define test scope, coverage, environments, dependencies and execution timelines.
Create positive, negative, boundary, failure-recovery and end-to-end scenarios.
Maintain requirements-to-test-case traceability.
Review test cases and ensure adequate coverage.
Test Execution
Execute functional, integration, system, regression and end-to-end testing.
Perform cloud-to-device and device-to-cloud testing.
Test networking devices together with cloud services and applications.
Validate APIs, backend services, database state and UI behavior as part of end-to-end workflows.
Perform interoperability and compatibility testing.
Execute testing across different network configurations and connectivity conditions.
Analyze failures across device, network, cloud and application layers.
API & Cloud Testing
Strong hands-on experience with REST API testing and automation.
Validate API request/response, authentication, authorization and business logic.
Test APIs used for device provisioning, configuration, monitoring and management.
Validate data consistency between APIs, cloud services, database and UI.
Test asynchronous workflows, events, notifications and service-to-service communication.
Test AWS-hosted cloud applications and services.
Validate cloud services, microservices and distributed workflows.
Analyze cloud logs, metrics, traces and application telemetry.
Test reliability, availability, scalability and failure/recovery scenarios.
Validate deployments across QA, staging and production environments.
Networking Expertise
Strong hands-on knowledge of networking is essential.
Experience with:
TCP/IP
IPv4 / IPv6
DHCP
DNS
ARP
ICMP
HTTP/HTTPS
TLS/SSL
NAT
Routing
Switching
VLAN
QoS
Ethernet
WAN/LAN
Wi-Fi technologies
WPA2/WPA3
Wireless roaming
Network connectivity and troubleshooting
Experience with Wi-Fi 5/6/6E/7 is highly desirable.
Network Troubleshooting & Diagnostics
Hands-on experience with tools such as:
Wireshark
tcpdump
ping
traceroute
iperf
nslookup/dig
Network packet capture and protocol analysis
Ability to troubleshoot issues across:
Device → LAN/WLAN → WAN/Internet → Cloud → API → Backend → Application
The candidate should be able to use packet captures, logs, API traces and cloud telemetry to determine the root cause of complex issues.
Test Automation
Python
Strong hands-on experience developing Python-based test automation.
Build automation for APIs, cloud workflows and network management functionality.
Develop reusable test frameworks, libraries and utilities.
Automate device onboarding, configuration, monitoring and management scenarios.
Build regression automation for high-value customer workflows.
Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines.
Analyze automation failures and improve framework reliability.
TypeScript / Playwright
Experience with TypeScript/JavaScript for test automation.
Hands-on experience with Playwright, Selenium or equivalent.
Automate cloud-based web applications and network management workflows.
Develop end-to-end UI + API automation.
Build reusable automation components and utilities.
Maintain scalable and reliable regression suites.
Defect Management & Root Cause Analysis
Own defects from identification through closure.
Create detailed defects with reproduction steps, logs, API traces, screenshots and packet captures where applicable.
Participate in defect triage and prioritization.
Collaborate with development, cloud, firmware and networking teams.
Perform defect retesting and regression validation.
Drive root-cause analysis for complex issues.
Identify recurring defect patterns and recommend preventive actions.
Ensure critical and customer-impacting issues are addressed before release.
Release & Production Quality
Prepare test execution reports, defect summaries and release-quality metrics.
Provide QA recommendation/release sign-off based on defined quality criteria.
Perform production smoke testing and post-deployment validation.
Validate critical network management workflows after production deployment.
Monitor production health, logs, alerts and telemetry.
Validate production fixes and hotfixes.
Support customer escalations and production incident investigations.
Reproduce production issues in controlled environments.
Identify production quality trends and improve regression coverage.
AI-Assisted QA & Agentic AI
We encourage the use of modern AI technologies to improve quality engineering and test automation.
Experience with tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot or equivalent for:
Test-case generation
Automation development
Code analysis
Debugging
Log analysis
API test generation
Test-data generation
Defect analysis
Test coverage analysis
is desirable.
Knowledge or experience with Agentic AI / AI agents for QA is a strong advantage, particularly for:
Intelligent test generation
Autonomous test execution
API exploration
Regression selection
Failure analysis
Root-cause analysis
Test-result analysis
Automated defect triage
CI/CD & DevOps
Git / GitHub / GitLab
Jenkins / GitHub Actions / GitLab CI
CI/CD-based test execution
Docker/container fundamentals
Kubernetes knowledge is desirable
Cloud deployment and troubleshooting
Automated quality gates
What We Are Looking For
Must Have
10–12 years of QA / Quality Engineering experience
Strong experience testing cloud-based network management solutions
Strong understanding of network management workflows
Hands-on experience testing networking devices and cloud services together
Strong TCP/IP and networking fundamentals
Strong Python automation
Strong REST API testing
Experience with AWS-hosted applications/services
Experience with TypeScript/Playwright or equivalent
Strong test planning and test case design
Experience reviewing technical designs and ERDs
Strong defect management and root-cause analysis
Production validation experience
CI/CD experience
Wireshark and packet-analysis experience
Good to Have
Experience with NETGEAR Insight or similar cloud-managed networking/NMS platforms
Access Point, Switch and Router testing
Wi-Fi 6/6E/7
AWS
Microservices
Docker/Kubernetes
Cloud monitoring and observability
Claude / ChatGPT / GitHub Copilot
Agentic AI / AI-driven QA
Mobile application testing
Performance and scalability testing
Security/API security testing
Company Statement/Values:
At NETGEAR, we are on a mission to unleash the full potential of connectivity with intelligent solutions that delight and protect. We turn ideas into innovative networking products that connect people, power businesses, and advance the way we live.
We're a performance-driven, talented and connected team that's committed to delivering world-class products for our customers. As a company, we value our employees as the most essential building blocks of our success. And as teammates, we commit to taking our work to the Next Gear by living our values: we Dare to Transform the future, Connect and Delight our customers, Communicate Courageously with each other and collaborate to Win It Together. You’ll find our values woven through our processes, present in our decisions, and celebrated throughout our culture.
We strive to attract top talent and create a great workplace where people feel engaged, inspired, challenged, proud and respected. If you are creative, forward-thinking, passionate about technology and are looking for a rewarding career to make an impact, then you've got what it takes to succeed at NETGEAR. Join our network and help us shape the future of connectivity.
NETGEAR hires based on merit. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.