Staff Quality Engineering, Platform Engineering

Today, there's more data and users outside the enterprise than inside, causing the network perimeter as we know it to dissolve. We realized a new perimeter was needed, one that is built in the cloud and follows and protects data wherever it goes, so we started Netskope to redefine Cloud, Network and Data Security. 

Since 2012, we have built the market-leading cloud security company and an award-winning culture powered by hundreds of employees spread across offices in Santa Clara, St. Louis, Bangalore, London, Paris, Melbourne, Taipei, and Tokyo. Our core values are openness, honesty, and transparency, and we purposely developed our open desk layouts and large meeting spaces to support and promote partnerships, collaboration, and teamwork. From catered lunches and office celebrations to employee recognition events and social professional groups such as the Awesome Women of Netskope (AWON), we strive to keep work fun, supportive and interactive.  Visit us at Netskope Careers. Please follow us on LinkedIn and .

About the role

The Platform R&D organization builds new applications and enhancements to develop Netskope's security cloud infrastructure and networking, emphasizing software-defined networking, automation of provisioning and configuration, as well as resiliency and performance. The innovations originated within Platform R&D make new capabilities available to Netskope's Platform and Engineering teams, and contribute to the world class products we offer to our customers.

What's in it for you

As a Staff Quality Engineer on Netskope's Platform Engineering (PE) team, you will apply your skills and experience to test and benchmark the applications and infrastructure that power Netskope's security cloud. This is an ideal role for candidates who have the desire to learn new technologies, concepts and architectures, the curiosity and desire to dig into interesting technical challenges, and the belief that "good enough" is not good enough.

What you will be doing

• Joining a team that owns several critical areas of the Netskope platform, including DNS, load balancing, and many proprietary software-defined networking applications.
• Leading and mentoring less experienced test engineers, providing guidance on best practices and helping team members to grow skills.
• Identifying opportunities to improve test engineering within the Platform organization, signaling those opportunities to leadership.
• Working with leadership to design quality solutions and prioritize implementation.
• Gathering requirements for new projects and developing standard test plans for existing platform applications.
• Leading testing efforts for internal tooling and platform-focused product features in platform domains such as DNS, load balancing, network insights and optimization.
• Executing functional and non-functional testing to validate infrastructure and software performance and resiliency requirements.
• Coordinating with stakeholders across program and product management, as well as Engineering and other teams with the Platform organization.
• Automating tests to accelerate iterative release cycles and increase release confidence.
• Designing and implementing test automation frameworks and platforms in Python and Rust to increase levels of automation across all applications within Platform R&D.
• Creating feature documentation and SOPs for testing software and components owned by PE.

Required skills and experience

• 8+ years of experience working in a software or network infrastructure organization, preferably within a Platform or adjacent organization.
• At least 4 years of experience working specifically in quality engineering.
• Strong proficiency in Python and Rust or Go and history of successfully leveraging coding skills to increase levels of test automation and improve testing efficiency.
• Command of design fundamentals and best practices around test automation implementation and framework development.
• Working knowledge of networking fundamentals.
• Familiarity working with Linux CLI tools and Linux-based tech stacks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong history of working proactively and independently to gather and define requirements, document test plans and execute testing within complex multi-team projects.
• Expertise in quality efforts around one or more of the following - DNS, load balancing, networking, internal tools.

Education

• Bachelors or equivalent required, Masters or equivalent strongly preferred.

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