Senior Test Engineer – L3 Networking

Senior Test Engineer – L3 Networking This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.**Who We Are:** Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge\-to\-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE. **Job Description:** **Job Family Definition:** Designs, develops, troubleshoots and debugs software programs for software enhancements and new products. Develops software including operating systems, routers, networks, utilities, databases and Internet\-related tools. Determines hardware compatibility and/or influences hardware design. **Management Level Definition:** Contributions impact technical components of HPE products, solutions, or services regularly and sustainable. Applies advanced subject matter knowledge to solve complex business issues and is regarded as a subject matter expert. Provides expertise and partnership to functional and technical project teams and may participate in cross\-functional initiatives. Exercises significant independent judgment to determine best method for achieving objectives. May provide team leadership and mentoring to others. ### **What you will do :** ### **System‑Level Technical Leadership:** * Own and drive **system‑level verification strategy** for HPE\-Juniper Networks’ high‑performance IP routing platforms, ensuring end‑to‑end product quality across software, hardware, and integrated systems. * Architect, develop, and document **comprehensive functional, scale, stress, and performance test frameworks**, aligned with real‑world service provider and cloud customer deployments. * Partner deeply with **software, hardware, and architecture teams** to influence design decisions early in the development lifecycle, ensuring testability, scalability, and robustness of system designs. * Leverage **Gen‑AI–assisted analysis** to review architecture documents, specifications, and protocol behaviors, accelerating identification of test gaps, corner cases, and validation risks. * Translate complex **customer use cases and field‑observed issues** into targeted validation scenarios, proactively identifying gaps using a combination of domain expertise and Gen‑AI‑driven insights. * Lead complex **customer escalations**, performing deep system debugging, root‑cause analysis, and driving issues to resolution across multiple engineering teams, utilizing Gen‑AI tools to accelerate log analysis, pattern detection, and hypothesis generation. ### **Test Automation, Methodologies, and Quality Ownership:** * Define and implement **advanced test automation strategies**, ensuring high coverage, repeatability, and scalability for system‑level testing; personally contribute critical automation where needed. * Apply **Gen‑AI techniques to accelerate test development**, including intelligent test case generation, automation code scaffolding, failure triage, and regression analysis. * Create **directed and exploratory tests** based on detailed examination of system software architecture, hardware schematics, and protocol specifications. * Establish, evolve, and evangelize **verification tools, frameworks, and best practices**, integrating Gen‑AI capabilities where appropriate to improve developer productivity and test effectiveness. * Ensure conformance to **product requirements, industry standards, and internal quality benchmarks**, identifying risks early and driving mitigation plans supported by data‑driven and Gen‑AI‑assisted analysis. ### **Cross‑Functional Influence and Organizational Impact:** * Act as a **technical authority and go‑to expert** in routing systems verification, providing guidance and architectural perspective to cross‑organization programs and initiatives. * Lead cross‑functional efforts involving **engineering, product management, architecture, and field teams**, aligning technical execution with business and customer priorities. * Review and assess **system designs, test plans, and execution outcomes**, providing clear, actionable feedback to improve reliability, performance, and scalability. * Drive **innovation and adoption of new technologies**, including responsible and secure use of Gen‑AI tools, to enhance system validation, automation efficiency, and overall engineering velocity. ### **Technical Thought Leadership and Mentorship:** * Mentor and guide **senior and junior engineers**, improving overall team technical depth, system thinking, and execution excellence, including effective and responsible use of Gen‑AI tools—without direct people management responsibility. * Author and contribute to **technical white papers, patents, and Internet Drafts (IDFs)**, including areas where Gen‑AI augments networking validation, testing methodologies, or system observability. * Set a high standard for **technical rigor, ownership, and accountability**, serving as a role model for Staff‑level engineering excellence and modern engineering practices. **What you will bring** : **Education and Experience Required:** * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent. * Typically 10\-14 years experience. **Knowledge and Skills:** * Strong, hands\-on proficiency with core networking protocols, including **BGP, OSPF, IS\-IS, MPLS, LDP, RSVP, VPNs, Segment Routing (SR)**, covering configuration, deployment, and troubleshooting. * Practical experience using **Gen‑AI tools**, with the ability to identify and articulate their benefits in improving productivity, automation, and problem\-solving. * Experience with **core and edge HPE\-Juniper routers** is highly desirable. * Proven expertise in **Python programming** and **UNIX/Linux environments** is mandatory. * Exceptional **problem‑solving and analytical skills**, with a demonstrated ability to diagnose and resolve complex customer and network issues. * Contributions such as **white papers, technical blogs, Internet Drafts (IDFs), or patents** related to routing protocols are a strong plus. * Demonstrated mastery of **commercial networking test equipment** (e.g., **Spirent, Ixia router testers**), including automating test cases using their libraries, building network simulation scenarios, creating test topologies to validate protocol scalability, and assessing router performance. * Experience in **designing and integrating distributed software systems** running across multiple platforms into a cohesive overall architecture. * Strong background in **software testing methodologies**, including test plan development and execution, debugging, and the creation of testing scripts and tools. * Excellent **written and verbal communication skills**; fluency in English and the local language is required. Ability to clearly communicate product architectures and design proposals, and to influence and negotiate technical decisions with **senior management**. **Additional Skills:** Accountability, Accountability, Action Planning, Active Learning, Active Listening, Agile Methodology, Agile Scrum Development, Analytical Thinking, Bias, Coaching, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cross\-Functional Teamwork, Data Analysis Management, Data Collection Management (Inactive), Data Controls, Design, Design Thinking, Empathy, Follow\-Through, Group Problem Solving, Growth Mindset, Intellectual Curiosity…