Senior Automation Engineer
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14 hours ago
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Job Summary
Were at the forefront of a once in a generational change in the broadband industry. Join us as we innovate help our customers reach their potential and connect underserved communities with unrivaled digital experiences.
Senior Automation Engineer
Role Summary
This role is a senior hands-on automation owner responsible for end-to-end test planning execution and risk management for assigned feature areas. The engineer owns automation outcomes per cadence drives closure of failures and acts as the single point of contact for automation across Development Product Line Leaders (PLL) and cross-functional test teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Own automation strategy roadmap and execution for assigned releases/EPICs; ensure automation is planned tracked and delivered per cadence.
- Design develop execute and maintain automated smoke sanity functional and regression tests integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
- Act as automation SPOC for cross-functional teams (Dev PLL SIT SMB TAC); proactively communicate status risks and mitigation plans.
- Drive failure analysis to closure by isolating product defects vs. environment vs. automation issues and ensuring timely resolution via Jira.
- Ensure automation readiness to prevent last-minute quality or release risks at checkpoints.
- Automate and validate voice video and data traffic using Python Robot Framework and industry-standard tools (e.g. Spirent).
- Perform packet capture traffic analysis and scale testing; analyze results and provide actionable insights.
- Mentor junior automation engineers and set best practices for automation design code quality and test coverage.
Experience & Qualifications
- 8 years of experience in Networking / Telecommunications testing and automation.
- 5 years of hands-on automation development using Python PyTest and Robot Framework.
- Strong experience with subscriber management (DHCP RADIUS Diameter) routing protocols (BGP OSPF ISIS MPLS) and PON technologies (GPON XGSPON NGPON2).
- Experience with CI/CD systems (e.g. Bamboo) test scheduling and result reporting. Docker of knowledge would be plus.
- Strong debugging skills with packet capture tools (Wireshark tcpdump) traffic generators and scale test environments.
- Proven ability to work independently make technical decisions and drive issues to closure.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence across teams.
- CCNA/CCNP/JNCIP or equivalent experience preferred.
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Senior IC
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Calix is a leading provider of cloud and software platforms, systems, and services for internet service providers. Partner with Calix and grow your business.
