Automation Engineer IV
Menlo Park CA
6 Months 

Job Description:

• Datacenter Product Introductions team is looking to scale its test automation and CI/CD coverage to keep pace with NPIs. 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.

Required Qualifications

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

Preferred

• 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.

Must Have HARD Skills

• 5-8+ years in software/network test automation or QA 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.

Years of Experience: 5-7 years in software/network test automation or QA engineering.
Degrees/Certifications Required: Bachelors of Science or network engineering 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 60.00/hr.