Cisco

Software Engineering Manager - Solution Testing & Quality

Cisco$214K — $309K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 12+ years or Master's degree with 8+ years in Software Engineering or related fields, including 4+ years in people management.
  • Proficient in testing methodologies, quality strategy, E2E solution validation, and release readiness.
  • Strong skills in Python or Java for test automation and CI/CD integrations.
  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructures like AWS, Kubernetes, containers, and Linux/Unix systems.
  • Experience with enterprise networking and integrated environments (cloud and on-prem)

Responsibilities

  • Design and execute comprehensive load and stress tests across UI, API, and backend layers.
  • Develop and maintain detailed test plans and automation documentation for reproducibility.
  • Utilize AI tools for generating test cases and optimizing performance scripts.
  • Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks in Linux servers and networking hardware.
  • Integrate automated test suites into DevOps pipelines for continuous performance monitoring.
  • Measure success through improved system performance and enhanced customer experience.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.
  • Collaborative work culture with cross-functional teams.
  • Flexibility in work arrangements to support work-life balance.
Full Job Description
The application window is expected to close on: 09/24/2026
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Your Impact
Design, script, and execute comprehensive load, stress, endurance, and benchmarking tests across UI, API, and backend layers to ensure system reliability. Develop and maintain detailed test plans and automation documentation to enable reproducibility. Leverage AI tools to accelerate test case generation and optimize performance scripts. Diagnose complex performance bottlenecks across Linux servers, networking hardware, and AWS infrastructure. Integrate automated test suites into DevOps pipelines to establish continuous performance guardrails and provide actionable insights to development teams. Your success will be measured by improved system performance, early detection of regressions, and enhanced customer experience.

Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree with 12+ years, or master's degree with 8+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Quality Engineering, Solution Testing, or Test Automation, including 4+ years of direct people management.
  • Experience in testing methodologies, quality strategy, E2E solution validation, defect prevention, and release readiness.
  • Experience in Python or Java, test automation, UI/API testing and CI/CD.
  • Experience with cloud and infrastructure technologies such as AWS, Kubernetes, containers, Linux/Unix, and distributed systems.
  • Experience in enterprise networking and cloud/on-prem integrated environments.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience defining an organization-wide quality vision, automation strategy, engineering standards, and continuous improvement roadmap.
  • Experience in leading global/cross-functional teams, manage quality risks and customer escalations, and partner with Engineering, Product, SRE, and Release Management.
  • Experience driving AI/GenAI adoption in Quality Engineering, including LLM-assisted development, agentic workflows, intelligent test generation, and no-code/low-code automation.
  • Experience with Cisco products, enterprise networking platforms, network controllers, devices, telemetry, data pipelines, and integrated cloud solutions.
  • Experience in improving automation coverage, release quality, defect escape rate, customer-impacting incidents, and regression efficiency.

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Net Income
$10.1 billion
Founded
2014
5 Year Trend
+1.4%
Revenue
$48 billion
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