Automation Engineer IV

Job Role:
Automation Engineer IV
Location: Menlo Park, CA (Onsite)
Duration: 5 Months

Background:
We are hiring contractors to expand test and automation for solutions involving BGP++, Open/R, Fabrics, Switches and Optics.

Responsibilities:

• Test and automate end-to-end network test cases (control-plane, data-plane, performance, stress/soak) using the inhouse test framework used by DNE team.
• Build and run traffic-generation tests with Ixia/Keysight in lab environments.
• Convert qualification test plans into automated, repeatable suites and onboard them as CI/CD conveyor nodes (DC/BB push pipelines) that gate releases.
• Triage test failures for flakiness vs. legitimate regressions; file and track issues to the appropriate oncall.
• Maintain and improve existing automation, test configs, and lab tooling;
• Collaborate with Netcastle (lab infra), Routing, and FBOSS XFN partners to unblock coverage.

Must Have:

• 5-8+ years in software/network test automation or QA engineering.
• Bachelors of Science and/or network engineering

• Strong Python (test frameworks, scripting, debugging).
• Hands-on networking fundamentals: BGP, routing/forwarding, L2/L3, data-plane vs. control-plane concepts.
• CI/CD pipeline experience and comfort working in a Linux environment with source control.
• Experience with traffic generators (Ixia, Keysight, or equivalent).

Nice-to-have Skills:

• Exposure to Open/R, BGP, ECMP/UCMP, or large-scale DC fabric topologies.
• Experience qualifying network hardware/optics or vendor NOS (e.g., Arista EOS).
• Familiarity with lab automation, device provisioning, or scale/performance testing.