Meet the team

Cisco Next Generation Fire Power Threat Defence (FTD) is the flagship product from Security Business Group (SBG). FTD integrates award-winning ASA Firewall services and world's best & well known IPS engine SNORT into a high-performance NGFW appliance. It is an extremely successful product and continue to lead the market with threat centric focus and market differentiating features. Though we take phenomenal pride in being market leaders in threat security for long time, we are constantly innovating and improving our solutions to address the ever-changing threat perceptions and changing data security paradigms so that our customers are always secured. We take our customers trust in us very seriously and go all the way to ensure we protect their data all times. Our team works on leading security and threat mitigation solutions that are highly scalable and easily manageable.

Currently, FTD team in India is looking for talented, motivated and inspiring Leaders who can work optimally in a collaborative environment, lead and contribute to the overall test ownership of our next generation firewall technologies, transforming the team fully using AI accelerated SDLC model.

Your Impact

Lead the Test & Automation charter of the new & existing functionality in the Product with deep focus on Feature Interaction, P&S, System & Solution Testing and Customer deployment focus. Accelerate Product development test cycle velocity multi-fold by fully embracing AI & Spec Driven Development model.
Ability to focus on deep internal aspects of the feature and its integration with the OS
Should learn new features, technologies and platforms in a relatively short amount of time
Automate tests using FTL and Integrate them into Regression
Work closely with customer support to provide timely resolution of problems

Minimum Qualifications

8+ years of experience in Networking/Security Domain Development & Testing, proven as a Leader & Domain expert
Proficient in TCP/IP Networking, Routing Protocols, Access Control Policies, NAT, Carrier grade NAT, SDWAN, VPN, ZTNA, Network management, IPv6
Expertise on Network security (L3-L7 Inspection, Intrusion prevention / Intrusion detection / IPSEC and SSL / TLS)
Experience and knowledge on - Routing & Switching (OSPF / BGP / EIGRP / VLAN / STP / DHCP / multicast)
Should have worked in Virtual technologies (ESXi, KVM, AWS, Azure, OCI)
Hands on experience with Legitimate and Malware Application Traffic generator tools, Linux, Windows, Packet tracer, Wireshark and tcpdump Tools
Familiar with - Palo Alto, Checkpoint, Juniper, Fortinet products preferred
Strong automation background on Python, Java etc.
Should have experience in UI & API based test automation
Experience in DevOps, Continuous integration and Continuous delivery tools are made valuable contributions.
Above all, expertise in AI, AI Tools and AI based SDLC.

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.

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