Technical Lead QA

Cradlepoint is seeking a Technical Lead QA with a solid foundation in networking and a proven track record in testing system-level infrastructure and operations/management. This is an exciting opportunity for highly skilled professionals to design, script, and test innovative switch and router products, playing a pivotal role in our agile team.

What You Will Do: Key Responsibilities

• Design feature tests, script, and test innovative switch and router products.
• Collaborate within an agile team, taking on both development of test cases and full End-to-End (E2E) testing responsibilities.
• Own the end-to-end process, including feature test design, scripting, feature testing, regression testing, and creating/maintaining automation test scripts.
• Contribute to comprehensive documentation and play a key role in ongoing product maintenance and improvement.

The Skills You Bring: Required Qualifications

To excel in this role, you should have expertise in one or more of the following areas:

• Networking & Routing Expertise:
• You bring a strong understanding of networking and distributed computing concepts.
• Proficiency in Layer 2/Layer 3 protocols, including BGP, ISIS, OSPF, ARP, ND, IPv6, RIB, and BFD.
• A solid grasp of routing principles and client-server architecture.
• Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills enable you to thrive in complex networking environments.
• Infrastructure Services (Infra):
• You have hands-on experience in designing and building system-level services, such as system logging, event handling, and health monitoring.
• Your expertise extends to managing configuration and system state persistence, implementing access control and authentication, and handling software/service lifecycle management.
• Additionally, you're skilled in working with system-level fault detection and recovery.
• OAM (Operations, Administration, and Maintenance):
• You are experienced in developing and integrating management interfaces (CLI, Netconf/YANG, SNMP, ENM).
• Capable of supporting observability, diagnostics, and performance monitoring features.
• Your ability to integrate with external network or element management systems and contribute to the FCAPS (Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, Security) functions strengthens your ability to manage complex systems effectively.
• Education: A Master's / Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, or an equivalent field.
• Programming: Strong C/C++ programming skills, particularly relevant for testing software developed for L2/L3 Ethernet switches or routers.
• Automation & Agile (Plus): Familiarity with automation testing (using Perl or Java) and agile/scrum methodologies is a plus, further enhancing your ability to adapt and succeed in an agile environment.