Principal Software QA Engineer

Principal QA Engineer at HPE, you will be the quality champion for customer-facing networking solutions, ensuring that every feature—from telemetry to routing protocols—delivers exceptional reliability, performance, and user experience. Your work directly impacts how customers monitor, manage, and scale their networks with confidence. The Principal QA Engineer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is a technical leader in quality assurance, responsible for driving test strategy, automation, and validation for networking platforms. This role focuses on telemetry systems, routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, MPLS), and platform-level testing to ensure reliability, scalability, and security across HPE’s Juniper networking solutions.

• Lead the test automation strategy;evaluate and integrate new tools to improve efficiency and coverage
• Collaborate closely with product, development, support, and platform engineering teams to ensure full lifecycle quality coverage
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to QA engineersand partners across teams
• Contribute to design reviews with a QA lens to ensure testability and risk mitigation

Collaborate closely with product, development, support, and platform engineering teams to ensure full lifecycle quality coverage

Contribute to design reviews with a QA lens to ensure testability and risk mitigation

Technical Expertise

• 16+ years of hands-on Networking and QA experience, including: Designing and building test automation frameworks from scratch
• Non-functional testing (scale, reliability, performance, security)
• Strong coding skills inPython; experience withPytest
• Deep understanding of:Microservices, Containers (Docker, Kubernetes)Linux/VM environments, Storage, Compute, NetworkingREST APIs, JSON, SQL/NoSQLExperience with virtualization technologies likeKVM or VMwareFamiliarity with performance and load testing toolsExposure to cloud-native testing challenges in private cloud environments
• Microservices, Containers (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Linux/VM environments, Storage, Compute, Networking
• REST APIs, JSON, SQL/NoSQL
• Experience with virtualization technologies likeKVM or VMware
• Familiarity with performance and load testing tools
• Exposure to cloud-native testing challenges in private cloud environments

16+ years of hands-on Networking and QA experience, including: Designing and building test automation frameworks from scratch

Non-functional testing (scale, reliability, performance, security)

Deep understanding of:

Microservices, Containers (Docker, Kubernetes)

Linux/VM environments, Storage, Compute, Networking

REST APIs, JSON, SQL/NoSQL

Familiarity with performance and load testing tools

Exposure to cloud-native testing challenges in private cloud environments

Leadership & Collaboration

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Proven experience mentoring junior team members and driving cross-functional collaboration

Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills

Excellent verbal and written communication

Proven experience mentoring junior team members and driving cross-functional collaboration

Knowledge/Skills

• Knowledge of complete SDLC and experience in software testing methodology, tools, developing test strategy, test planning and test execution.
• Strong automation background to be able to own automation strategy and tools required to build a test framework.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Self-motivated with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ideal candidates will have at least13+ yearsof relevant experience in developing and supporting automation test frameworks from ground up.
• Proficiency in programming inPython & Golang.
• Experience in the following areas/technologies:IPv4, IPv6, MPLS, LDP, BGP, OSPF, ISIS, LLDP, STP, ACL, QoS, Policer, Multicast, Security; SRX-4600 and JunSOS SpaceTest Automation usingPytest Python,Spirent and IXIA Test/Traffic generator equipmentDetailing of Network Designs and ImplementationJNCIE preferredDocker, , Containerization, KubernetesCI/CD, Git/Gitlab, JenkinsLINUX/VM environmentsNetworking backgroundKVM
• IPv4, IPv6, MPLS, LDP, BGP, OSPF, ISIS, LLDP, STP, ACL, QoS, Policer, Multicast, Security; SRX-4600 and JunSOS Space
• Test Automation usingPytest Python,
• Spirent and IXIA Test/Traffic generator equipment
• Detailing of Network Designs and Implementation
• JNCIE preferred
• Docker, , Containerization, Kubernetes
• CI/CD, Git/Gitlab, Jenkins
• LINUX/VM environments
• Networking background
• KVM

Knowledge of complete SDLC and experience in software testing methodology, tools, developing test strategy, test planning and test execution.

Strong automation background to be able to own automation strategy and tools required to build a test framework.

Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.

Self-motivated with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Experience in the following areas/technologies:

Docker, , Containerization, Kubernetes

CI/CD, Git/Gitlab, Jenkins

LINUX /VM environments

Networking background

KVM

Additional Skills:

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