Principal Software QA Engineer

Principal Software QA Engineer

This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.

Who We Are :

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description :

As a Principal QA Engineer at HPE, you will be the quality champion for customer-facing networking solutions, ensuring that every feature—from telemetry to routing protocols—delivers exceptional reliability, performance, and user experience. Your work directly impacts how customers monitor, manage, and scale their networks with confidence. The Principal QA Engineer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is a technical leader in quality assurance, responsible for driving test strategy, automation, and validation for networking platforms. This role focuses on telemetry systems, routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, MPLS), and platform-level testing to ensure reliability, scalability, and security across HPE’s Juniper networking solutions.

Lead the test automation strategy;  evaluate and integrate new tools to improve efficiency and coverage

Collaborate closely with product, development, support, and platform engineering teams to ensure full lifecycle quality coverage

Provide technical leadership and mentorship to QA engineers  and partners across teams

Contribute to design reviews with a QA lens to ensure testability and risk mitigation

Technical Expertise

16+ years of hands-on Networking and QA experience, including : Designing and building test automation frameworks from scratch

Non-functional testing (scale, reliability, performance, security)

Strong coding skills in  Python ; experience with  Pytest

Deep understanding of :

Microservices, Containers (Docker, Kubernetes)

Linux / VM environments, Storage, Compute, Networking

REST APIs, JSON, SQL / NoSQL

Experience with virtualization technologies like  KVM or VMware

Familiarity with performance and load testing tools

Exposure to cloud-native testing challenges in private cloud environments

Leadership & Collaboration

Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills

Excellent verbal and written communication

Proven experience mentoring junior team members and driving cross-functional collaboration

Knowledge / Skills

Knowledge of complete SDLC and experience in software testing methodology, tools, developing test strategy, test planning and test execution.

Strong automation background to be able to own automation strategy and tools required to build a test framework.

Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.

Self-motivated with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Ideal candidates will have at least  13+ years  of relevant experience in developing and supporting automation test frameworks from ground up.

Proficiency in programming in  Python & Golang.

Experience in the following areas / technologies :

IPv4, IPv6, MPLS, LDP, BGP, OSPF, ISIS, LLDP, STP, ACL, QoS, Policer, Multicast, Security; SRX-4600 and JunSOS Space

• Test Automation using Pytest Python ,
• Spirent and IXIA Test / Traffic generator equipment
• Detailing of Network Designs and Implementation
• JNCIE preferred

Docker, , Containerization, Kubernetes

CI / CD, Git / Gitlab, Jenkins

LINUX / VM environments

Networking background

KVM

Additional Skills :

Cloud Architectures, Cross Domain Knowledge, Design Thinking, Development Fundamentals, DevOps, Distributed Computing, Microservices Fluency, Full Stack Development, Security-First Mindset, Solutions Design, Testing & Automation, User Experience (UX)

What We Can Offer You :

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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Job : Engineering

Job Level :

TCP_05 "The expected salary / wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education / training, and / or skill level.

– United States of America : Annual Salary USD 172,000 - 349,000 in California

The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered."

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