Software Test Engineer (SONIC)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise · Bengaluru, Karnātaka, India ·
- Category
- QA
- Experience
- 7+ years
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This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE partner/customer 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:
What you’ll do:
Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test plans to validate SONiC & Junos functionality on Broadcom-based switching platforms.
Validate advanced L2/L3 features including BGP, OSPF, VXLAN, EVPN, QinQ, and multicast
Test and verify SAI (Switch Abstraction Interface) integration and ASIC driver behavior
Automate functional, regression, scale, and performance test cases using Python and Robot Framework
Perform deep-dive debugging across ASIC, NOS, and control/data plane layers
Collaborate with the SONiC open-source community to contribute fixes, enhancements, and upstream improvements
Validate optical modules across various speeds, breakout configurations, and transceiver management protocols (e.g., CMIS, DOM)
What you need to bring:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics, Computer Science, or a related field
7+ years of experience in network software or hardware testing
Strong understanding of L2/L3 networking protocols and switch/router architecture
Hands-on experience with SONiC NOS and SAI-based architectures
Proficiency in Python and experience with test automation frameworks such as Robot Framework
Solid grasp of SONiC architecture: SAI, FRR, Redis DB, Docker, Minigraph
Familiarity with Broadcom SDKs such as SDKLT or OpenNSL (preferred)
Experience with traffic generators like Spirent or IxNetwork
Proficient with Git, Jenkins, Docker, and lab-based testbed environments
Strong analytical, debugging, and documentation skills
Contributions to SONiC or other open-source networking projects (highly valued)
Exposure to telemetry, gNMI, OpenConfig, and YANG/Netconf/REST API testing
Additional Skills:
What We Can Offer You:
Health & Wellbeing
We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
Personal & Professional Development
We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
Unconditional Inclusion
We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. 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.
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Job:
EngineeringJob Level:
TCP_03
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