Dell Force10 Sr. System Test Engineer Job in San Jose, California Us
Dell Force10 Sr. System Test Engineer
Dell has expanded its networking solutions with the acquisition of Force10 Networks, Inc., a leader in high-performance datacenter networking. Force10’s networking capabilities complement Dell’s datacenter solutions portfolio, enabling it to offer customers a broader
Candidate will be part of Customer Solution Engineering group. Responsible for the design and development activities associated with methods for validating networking products and broader solutions. Prepares test and diagnostic programs, designs test fixtures and test tools, and completes validation specifications and procedures for new and changes to existing products. Plans the labor, schedules, equipment, and software required for validating and evaluating networking solutions.
Responsibilities:
- Develops testing strategy for testing various routing and switching protocols
- Develops real network topology simulations for testing various FTOS features
- Develops and documents test plans, test cases and execute and report results
- Responsible for recreating the product defects and work with developers to find the resolutions
- Responsible for reviewing the product requirement documents and provide feedback
Qualifications
- Excellent understanding of Ethernet and TCP/IP protocol
- Experience in testing multicast protocols like PIM-SM, IGMP, MLD and MSDP
- Experience in testing routing protocols like OSPFv2, OSPFv3, ISIS, BFD and BGP
- Experience with testing IPv6
- Experience in testing switching protocols like STP, RSTP, MSTP, GVRP and PVST
- Prior knowledge and work experience on DCBx/TRILL
- Experience in Data Center networking and topologies
- Experience with testing FCoE
- Experience in using third party test equipment like IXIA, Spirent
- Hands on experience on Cisco and Juniper switches and route
- Should have a strong understanding of Layer2/Layer3 network architectures
- Ability to quickly understand system requirements and estimate efforts required
- Experience in testing MPLS protocols like RSVP, LDP and traffic engineering is an added advantage
- Hands on experience in scripting languages/tools such as TCL, Expect, Perl
- Ability to work with teams in multiple locations
- Get clarity on the requirements
- Provide gap analysis to architecture and system engineering team
- Strategize application and overall system test scenarios
- Identify relevant third party tools/applications required to carry out the test
- Monitor and report status on the progress
- Cisco, Juniper certifications is an added advantage
- MS with 10+ years of experience
- CCIE is a plus
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