Senior SDET

🕒 August 4

🇮🇳 India – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

⚙️ Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

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Sophos

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1985

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

🏭 Manufacturing

💰 Post-IPO Equity on 2021-08

Consulting • Healthcare • Manufacturing

Sophos is a leading cybersecurity company that specializes in protecting businesses against advanced cyber threats. The company offers a comprehensive suite of security solutions, including endpoint protection, managed detection and response (MDR), network security, and cloud security. With a prevention-first approach, Sophos aims to stop ransomware and other cyber threats before they cause harm. Sophos provides services such as threat research, security training, and operational support to ensure robust defense against cyberattacks. Their solutions cater to various industries including finance, healthcare, government, manufacturing, and retail. The Sophos Central platform delivers centralized security management, integrating seamlessly with existing IT infrastructure to enhance security posture.

📋 Description

• Own and drive the end-to-end test strategy for the firewall control plane, covering functionality, APIs, scale, performance, interoperability, and security • Define quality goals, test approaches, and success metrics aligned with shift-left quality principles • Ensure requirements, code, and solution-level coverage throughout the development lifecycle • Design, develop, and enhance Python-based test automation frameworks, libraries, and tools • Lead API, CLI, and system-level automation for complex networking solutions • Drive automation for non-functional, performance, and security testing • Participate in design and architecture reviews and represent quality expectations early in development • Collaborate with Development and QE teams on triage, debugging, impact analysis, and fix verification • Partner with Support and field teams to investigate production issues, collect logs, reproduce issues, and validate fixes in lab environments • Mentor and guide junior engineers • Research, evaluate, and introduce testing tools, techniques, and best practices • Develop understanding of the Sophos product portfolio and validate end-to-end customer solutions involving Firewalls, Switches, and Routers

🎯 Requirements

• 8–12 years of overall experience • Over 6 years of hands-on test automation experience • Experience testing networking products such as Firewalls, Switches, Routers, and management software • Strong knowledge of L2/L3 networking fundamentals and application-level protocols • Proven Python test automation experience using Robot Framework or similar, focused on reusable libraries • Hands-on REST and gRPC API testing experience, including authentication mechanisms, using Postman and programmatic approaches • Experience across functional, integration, non-functional, performance, and security testing • Strong debugging skills, including log analysis and system-level issue investigation • Working knowledge of Linux systems, kernel concepts, and networking stacks • Experience with traffic generators such as BreakingPoint and related automation APIs • Familiarity with security testing tools such as Burp Suite, Nmap, Nessus, and Nexus • Experience testing hardware appliances and virtual images • Exposure to AWS and/or Azure • Experience working in Agile development environments • Exposure to AI-assisted tools for test automation, code generation, review, or productivity improvement • Legal authorization to work in India without employer sponsorship

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote-first working model • Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks • Annual charity and fundraising initiatives • Volunteer days • Global employee sustainability initiatives • Global fitness and trivia competitions • Global wellbeing days • Monthly wellbeing webinars and training • Recruitment and selection process adjustments for applicants who need them