QA Automation Engineer, SASE Firewall

Job Description

NETGEAR is looking for a QA Automation Engineer to play a key role in validating our next-generation cybersecurity platform, which spans technologies like SASE, NGFW, ZTNA, SWG, VPN, and SD-WAN. You will be responsible for developing end-to-end test automation, validating complex integrations across distributed systems, and ensuring platform reliability, performance, and security at scale. This role is critical to maintaining the quality and robustness of the entire solution stack, including desktop agents, backend services, secure networking layers, and cloud policy engines. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in system-level automation, networking, and security testing in CI/CD environments.

You will work at the intersection of security engineering, automation, and platform validationbuilding scalable, end-to-end test solutions that verify advanced capabilities across our SASE, Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW), Zero Trust, and secure connectivity services. Your work will ensure the stability, interoperability, and performance of a distributed security platform spanning endpoints, networks, and cloud infrastructure.

This is a hybrid role, expected to be onsite 3 days a week in our Bangalore Office.

Key Responsibilities

- Build and maintain end-to-end test suites for functional, integration, performance, and interoperability testing across desktop agents, backend services, cloud control planes, and network edge devices.
- Design and develop automated test frameworks and pipelines to validate complex, distributed cybersecurity systems across components like SASE, NGFW, ZTNA, VPN, and SD-WAN.
- Simulate real-world network scenarios and security policies to validate platform behavior under diverse enterprise environments.
- Collaborate with developers, architects to define test strategies for SASE and Firewall solutions
- Ensure scalability, robustness, and failover behavior of the platform under production-scale workloads and simulated attack conditions.
- Analyze test results, triage defects, and work closely with engineering teams to ensure quick turnaround and high product quality.
- Stay up to date with advancements in network security, protocol testing, automation tooling, and cloud-native QA practices.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelors degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 35 years of experience in system-level testing and automation for large-scale distributed platforms, preferably in networking or cybersecurity domains.
- Hands-on experience testing networking/security systems such as firewalls, VPNs, SWG, SD-WAN, or ZTNA gateways.
- Familiarity with protocols and traffic flows including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP(S), IPsec, and TLS.
- Proficient in analyzing logs, traces, and network captures (Wireshark, tcpdump) for debugging and verification.
- Strong automation scripting skills in Python, Bash, and familiarity with tools like pytest, Robot Framework, or similar.
- Proficiency in REST API testing using tools like Postman, REST Assured, Insomnia, or custom Python scripts.
- Experience with test automation frameworks and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions).
- Experience working in Linux environments and writing automation for system and network validation.
- Exposure to cloud-native environments, containers (Docker), and test orchestration using tools like Kubernetes or Terraform is a plus.
- Exposure to performance, scalability, or security testing in cloud or hybrid environments.
- Strong analytical and communication skills, with a proactive approach to quality assurance in secure, high-performance environments.

Preferred Qualifications (optional)

- Exposure to performance, scalability, chaos, or failover testing in distributed systems.

Company Statement/Values

At NETGEAR, we are on a mission to unleash the full potential of connectivity with intelligent solutions that delight and protect. We turn ideas into innovative networking products that connect people, power businesses, and advance the way we live.

We&aposre a performance-driven, talented and connected team that&aposs committed to delivering world-class products for our customers. As a company, we value our employees as the most essential building blocks of our success. And as teammates, we commit to taking our work to the Next Gear by living our values: we Dare to Transform the future, Connect and Delight our customers, Communicate Courageously with each other and collaborate to Win It Together. Youll find our values woven through our processes, present in our decisions, and celebrated throughout our culture.

We strive to attract top talent and create a great workplace where people feel engaged, inspired, challenged, proud and respected. If you are creative, forward-thinking, passionate about technology and are looking for a rewarding career to make an impact, then you&aposve got what it takes to succeed at NETGEAR. Join our network and help us shape the future of connectivity.

NETGEAR hires based on merit. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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