Quality Assurance Engineer
Check Point Software • Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Role & seniority: Senior Networking QA Engineer (highly experienced, lead-focused)
Stack/tools: Networking protocols (IPSEC, VPN, VRRP, BGP, OSPF, HTTP, TLS, TCP/IP); network devices (firewalls/routers/vpn concentrators); vendor gear (Palo Alto, Check Point, Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet); QA testing (functional and non-functional), SDLC best practices; knowledge of AWS/Azure and web apps (advantage)
Top 3 responsibilities
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Prepare and execute feature test plans for cross-team features; simulate and investigate real-world customer scenarios in complex networks
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Participate in Pre-Release Regression cycles; coordinate regression content across multiple teams and execute with QA peers; monitor progress
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Lead the team to higher quality: track quality KPIs, implement mitigations, mentor on QA practices, RCA for escaping bugs, provide timely feedback on requirements/design
Must-have skills
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Proven hands-on networking and/or network security experience
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Deep knowledge of networking protocols and architectures; strong problem-solving and communication skills
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3+ years planning/configuring/building networks with top vendors; 3+ years QA testing (functional and non-functional) and QA methodologies
Nice-to-haves
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Certifications (CCNA, JNCIA, CCSE) or equivalent
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Experience testing web applications
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Cloud familiarity (AWS or Azure)
Location & work type: Location and work type not specified in the description; presumed full-time role
Full Description
Why Join Us? We're looking for a highly experienced and motivated Networking QA Engineer with excellent problem-solving and debugging skills. If you're passionate about quality in the world of SASE solutions, then join our team. You will be highly involved in SASE’s development process, starting from the requirement gathering, prioritization, and documentation. You will test our network-oriented features from its very early stage and will be able to affect its feature quality, ensuring that the code is always shippable. You will work with ‘first line’ network devices while constantly maintaining knowledge along with newest technology changes.
Key Responsibilities Prepare and execute feature test plan for cross team features. Simulate and investigate customers’ use cases in complex network environments. Participate in Pre-Release Regression cycles.
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Preparing the regression content of multiple teams in your domain.
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Execute the regression together with your QA teammates.
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Reflect status on progress.
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Lead your team to higher quality.
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Monitor quality KPI’s and processes of the team and work on mitigations when needed (such as escaping bugs, testing coverage, zero Bug policy etc).
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Mentor and monitor your team to follow best practices of SDLC with High Quality.
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Investigate Escaping bugs and provide RCA.
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Review requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback.
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Be able to reflect clear status on process.
Qualifications Proven hands-on networking and/or network security engineering experience Deep understanding of networking protocols (e.g., IPSEC, VPN, VRRP, BGP, OSPF, HTTP, TLS, TCP/IP) 3 years’ experience with planning, configuring, building networks from scratch involving elements such as: Firewalls/Routers/VPN Concentrators of top-5 vendors such as: (Palo Alto/Check Point/Cisco/Juniper/Fortinet) 3 years' experience with conducting different software QA testing types (functional and non-functional) and QA methodologies Excellent problem-solving and communication skills Consistently demonstrates a high level of integrity and professionalism High attention to detail Networking and Security certificates such as CCNA, JNCIA and CCSE - Advantage Experience in testing WEB applications - Advantage Knowledge in Amazon AWS or Azure - Advantage
