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Who We Are

As part of Cisco’s Security Business Group, the Security Innovation team incubates ideas for the leading provider of network security services, which enables the world to connect with confidence on any device, anywhere, anytime. Our product portfolio includes the cloud delivered firewall, Web proxy, Zero Trust Proxy, NaaS integrations, and inspection services. We are now engineering a highly available distributed security fabric that brings it all together, Cisco Hypershield. We are highly passionate about the interconnected SASE world, and this is part of our continued commitment to offer customer-focused security products at the edge of technology.

Cisco Hypershield protects applications, devices and data across public and private data centers, clouds and physical locations - anywhere customers need it. Designed and built with AI in mind from the start, Hypershield enables organizations to achieve security outcomes beyond what has been possible with humans alone.

Who You Are

The management plane acts as the brains of Hypershield. We seek an innovative QA engineer to test features associated with Hypershield’s management plane, which controls the security assets deployed by customers. Our Ideal candidate will have the ability to identify bugs and negative patterns/trends as well as optimize testing with carefully crafted passes. They will communicate effortlessly with collaborators, particularly when clarifications are needed on software behavior. Typical responsibilities may include:

Ensure we connect together network events of significance, AI engines, the generation, administration, deployment, enforcement and orchestration of security policiesValidate feature sets that enrich the customer experience ranging from deployment to configuration, monitoring, logging, and storageIdentify areas that need testing, develop methodologies to implement themCollaborate with Developers, Project Managers and Program managers, creating transparency into our quality and defining DevTest strategy for the team. We are a small team driving the next evolution of security at Cisco. We work in an agile, “startup-style” environment with minimal bureaucracy.Minimum Qualifications for this Role:

BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related field5+ years of professional QA experience with at least 3 years testing SaaS solutionsExperience in the network security domainDesired Skills & Experience:

Ownership of major quality components of a productExtensive End to end SaaS applications testingAbility to use AWS or other public cloud infrastructure for deployment, spinup, install, configure, etc. as needed, independentlyPrior experience testing products in Linux based environments, fluency with Linux command lineNetworking fundamentals and firewall policies knowledgeAbility to read programming codeDefine and execute manual tests, while paving the way for automationWorking as part of a remote or distributed team

Why Cisco Secure?

We're global, we're adaptable, we're diverse, and our security portfolio is as extensive as it is groundbreaking. Have you heard of Threat, Detection & Response, Zero Trust by Duo, Common Services Engineering, or Cloud & Network Security? Those are only a few of our product teams! The only thing we're missing is YOU.

Join an enterprise security leader with a start-up culture, committed to driving innovation and giving you the opportunity to make an impact. We #InnovateToWin and we know we're better together, that's why we're dedicated to inclusivity, collaboration, and diversity in everything we do.

We're proud to be the Best Small and Mid-Size Enterprises Security Solution Cisco Secure continues to grow and evolve year after year with 100% of Fortune 100 Companies using our products, and we're excited to see the new heights we'll reach with your passion for security, your customer focus, and your desire to change things up!

There are so many amazing reasons to join Cisco. Learn more here!