Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enables people to make powerful connections-whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible-providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time. 

Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies. Today, with more than 70,000 employees worldwide, this tradition of innovation continues with industry-leading products and solutions in the company's core development areas of routing and switching, as well as in advanced technologies such as home networking, IP telephony, optical networking, security, storage area networking, and wireless technology. In addition to its products, Cisco provides a broad range of service offerings, including technical support and advanced services. 

Cisco sells its products and services, both directly through its own sales force as well as through its channel partners, to large enterprises, commercial businesses, service providers, and consumers.

Industry: Software Development
Company Size: 10,001+ employees

Cisco

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The application window is expected to close on: 06/16/2026

**Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received **.

This is a hybrid role at the RTP, NC office.

Meet the Team

The Cisco MX (Cloud-managed security and SD-WAN) QA team takes pride in ensuring the end-to-end system of the Meraki MX and Cisco Catalyst product line is ready to use. The team works on, but is not limited to, testing customer use cases, integration testing, scalability testing, stress and longevity testing. This team is also responsible for qualifying security services such as malware detection, URL filtering, web security, IPS, threat modeling, SD-WAN and SaaS/IaaS security capabilities all through a single Dashboard. Our products are used in over a million networks and our customers rely on our products to serve tens of millions of people. With the large footprint that we have, quality is our highest priority.

Your Impact

- Develop a strong understanding of Cisco Meraki MX use cases and workflows in customer environments.

- Collaborate with Product Managers and development teams to represent QA in requirements and design discussions.

- Create and execute test strategies, reporting results and metrics to ensure feature quality.

- Build and maintain automation scripts to support CI/CD and improve regression test coverage.

- Drive innovation by applying AI-driven ideas and contributing to feature development with a Test Driven Development approach.

**Minimum Qualifications**

- Bachelor's Degree, combined with 7 years of related experience in Software Development Engineer in Test in routing or SD-WAN domain, or Master's Degree of Science Degree in Computer Science, combined with 4 years of related experience or PhD, combined with

- 1 year of related experience.

- 3+ years of Automation/Development experience.

- Proficiency in writing quality feature development code with one of the programming languages such as: Ruby, Python, C, C++, Golang and hands-on experience with AI coding tools and Gen-AI prompting techniques.

- In-depth knowledge of SDWAN, Security, Layer-2(VLAN/802.1Q), and Layer-3 (BGP/IP/OSPF/VPN/IPSec/NAT) and are at ease to ramp up quickly on new technologies and concepts.

- Good understanding of traffic generators such as TRex, Linux Tools, Spirent, IXIA, etc and ability to explore tools and techniques to improvise testing.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- AI usage day-in and day-out.

- Feature bug fixing with better quality in Firmware or Backend or UI.

- The ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to peers and management.

- Research of applications and Framework experience – Obtained patent(s), Published Whitepaper / Yellow paper on embedded solutions.

- Experience with developing frameworks for CI/CD pipelines.

- Working experience with Cisco Meraki and/or Cisco Catalyst Devices

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $137,000.00 to $200,500.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

- 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

- Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

- Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next

- Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees On Sales Plans Earn Performance-based Incentive Pay On Top Of Their Base Salary, Which Is Split Between Quota And Non-quota Components, Subject To The Applicable Cisco Plan. For Quota-based Incentive Pay, Cisco Typically Pays As Follows

- .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

- 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

- 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and

- Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

**New York City Metro Area**

$165,000.00 - $277,600.00

**Non-Metro New York State & Washington State**

$146,700.00 - $247,000.00

-  For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

-  Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

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Industry: Software Development
Company Size: 10,001+ employees

**Software Development Engineer in Test (Emerging Careers) Hybrid, Cary, North Carolina**

We're a leader in data and AI. Through our software and services, we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence – and questions into answers.

If you're looking for a dynamic, fulfilling career with flexibility and a world-class employee experience, you'll find it here. We're recognized around the world for our inclusive, meaningful culture and innovative technologies by organizations like Fast Company, Forbes, Newsweek and more

**About The Job**

The R&D Data Access team is looking for a Software Development Engineer in Test (Emerging Career) who will work on designing, building and supporting scalable automated test frameworks, tools, and test suites to ensure quality within expected timelines during the development cycle.

As a **Software Development Engineer in Test (Emerging Careers) **, you will:

-  Create and maintain high quality set of test automation using modern development techniques and provides key data points to support metrics-based decision making.

-  Appl y automated tests both inside and outside of the continuous delivery pipeline.

-  Work with team to promptly triage test failures with precision and accuracy, maintaining the health of the build pipeline.

-  Work collaboratively with development, product, operations, and support peers to encourage quality, as a key design element in all work efforts.

-  Engage in code reviews for product, test, and infrastructure code.

-  Protect users from escaped defects, participate in support escalations, and value Customer Experience (CX) above all .

-  Understand the role of deployment, migration, security, and performance in the continuous delivery lifecycle.

-  Practic e effective techniques for deploying and operating SAS software in a multi-cloud environment.

-  Embrace curiosity, passion, authenticity and accountability. These are our values and influence everything we do.

**Required Qualifications**

-  Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related quantitative field .

-  Minimum 2 years of experience writing software applications, testing software, and/or general programming.

-  Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Python, Java, Go, Rust or C/C++ .

-  Demonstrated ability to author, maintain and execute tests as part of a test automation framework.

-  Working experience with CI/CD tooling and public cloud interface s .

-  Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment and change direction quickly.

-  Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.

**Additional Competencies, Knowledge And Skills**

-  Communication: Excellent communication skills with ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences

-  Technology Savvy: Stay current with emerging security threats, vulnerabilities, and industry best practices, applying this knowledge to strengthen our platforms

-  Collaboration: Ability to work independently as part of a team while mentoring younger team members

-  Knowledge of SQL to query, analyze, and manipulate data across relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server).

-  Knowledge of SAS products , solutions , and programming language .

**World-class Benefits**

Highlights include...

-  Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.

-  Medical plan options include:

-  PPO with low annual deductible and copays.

-  HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).

-  Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There's a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge!

-  An industry-leading 401k plan.

-  Tuition Assistance Program and programs and resources to support your development

-  Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.

-  Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.

-  Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees.

**You are welcome here.**

At SAS, it’s not about fitting into our culture – it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our inclusive workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers.

**Additional Information**

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status. SAS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law. Read more: Know Your Rights .

Resumes may be considered in the order they are received. SAS employees performing certain job functions may require access to technology or software subject to export or import regulations. To comply with these regulations, SAS may obtain nationality or citizenship information from applicants for employment. SAS collects this information solely for trade law compliance purposes and does not use it to discriminate unfairly in the hiring process.

SAS only sends emails from verified “sas.com” email addresses and never asks for sensitive, personal information or money. If you have any doubts about the authenticity of any type of communication from, or on behalf of SAS, please contact Recruitingsupport@sas.com.

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