About this role
The position is part of a global test team that is providing software/hardware testing and quality assurance on an industry disrupting ecosystem comprised of cloud, embedded systems, and network access products. This position will primarily be focused on the testing of a complete network solution in a multitude of test environments which include the last mile of the Telecomm network.
Responsibilities
• Independently set day-to-day work priorities while working to achieve the goals of the team/organization. • Develop test strategies and create test cases to validate assigned features and overall solution. • Execute and monitor tests to report system issues and test results. • Perform regression testing on new software and hardware, scalability tests and evaluate compliance to specifications. • Develop and execute tests to validate customer use cases. • Reproduce field issues and validate their resolution. • Use traffic generators to create real-world traffic streams for video, data, and voice related testing. • Capture and analyze data packets. • Troubleshoot and debug issues. Clearly describe system-faults in issue tracking products. • Lead/mentor a small team of junior and senior level test engineers. • Work with multiple internal cross-functional teams, as well as 3rd parties, to analyze test results and field scenarios. • Travel and attend face-to-face meetings and Calix sponsored events when required.
Qualifications
• Minimum of 5 years of knowledge and experience with Telecom Access Products specifically GPON/NGPON/XGS-PON technologies as they apply to Fiber-to-the Home, Fiber-to-the-Business, Fiber-to-the-Curb, Fiber-to-the-Desk, etc. • Minimum of 5 years of networking protocols and technology experience related to Layer2/3 Ethernet networks including, but not limited to, TCP/IP, DHCP, PPPoE, UDP, IPv4/v6, MPLS, Link Aggregation, Ethernet packet structures, VLAN routing, QoS, IPTV, SIP, H.248, MGCP, ISIS, BGP, OSPF, and other upper-layer application protocols. • Experience testing user interfaces including, but not limited to, SNMP, TR69, Netconf, GNMI • Experience with data communications or telecommunications product testing in one or more of the following areas: • OSPF, BGP, G.8032 and/or L2/L3 Routing protocols. • Experience with packet capture tools like Wireshark, tcpdump, iperf, wireline simulators, traffic generators and other networking test and evaluation tools. • Experience with end-to-end testing of OLT-ONU(OMCI) interaction and troubleshooting. • Excellent general troubleshooting skills. • Ability to articulate problems in detail. • Excellent verbal/written English communication skills while working with local/remote teams. • Hands-on experience with performance test methods and tools, e.g., Spirent, IXIA, Abacus/Ameritec Bulk Call Generators, Ookla Speed Test, Iperf, etc. • BS/MS EE, or equivalent. • CCNA/CCNP/JNCIP/RHCSA or equivalent desired.
Education, Certifications and Professional Licenses
• BS/MS EE, or equivalent. • CCNA/CCNP/JNCIP/RHCSA or equivalent desired.
Location:
• India – (Flexible hybrid work model - work from Bangalore office for 20 days in a quarter)