Senior Test Engineer - 0684

It?s not every day that you get to work for a company that?s shaping the future of networking and of Application Delivery Networking. It?s happening today at F5. F5 solutions are positioned within the data center, front-ending web, application and data servers ? a place where we?ve been successfully delivering application traffic for nearly 10 years and 10,000 customers. Our products are unique in their ability to view and act upon bi-directional traffic flows. This provides complete control over payload content and the ability to manipulate it to best fit business requirements. And only F5 has the Traffic Management Operating System? (TM/OS) ? which gives customers the flexibility to add functionality like Compression, Caching, and Application Firewalling without adding more boxes. Join us in continuing to shape and define the future.

Job Description:
This position will perform system testing of new releases of our BIG-IP (local network load balancing) and 3-DNS (wide-area network/data center load balancing) products, which include both hardware and software components. This includes creating test plans for large projects based on product documentation and functional specifications; creating, documenting, and using test procedures, test cases, software test tools, and test automation; executing tests; and documenting test results.

Typical challenges include:
Designing and setting up a test network (including clients, servers, switches, routers and dedicated test equipment)
Designing, implementing, and using tools to pass traffic across the network;
Validating proper switching / routing / packet transformation is occurring;
Troubleshooting problems which might be occurring in the: Physical network hardware; In a packet handling ASIC or FPGA; In firmware; In software running on embedded or general purpose CPU's in our products; In an external client, server, or network device.
Working with other testers, developers, or professional services engineers to qualify and reproduce a problem.

A Senior Test Engineer should be able to work without instruction and provides mentoring and leadership for junior personnel.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Thorough knowledge of IP networking: routing, switching, and network standards from layer 1 on up through the transport and applications layers.
Thorough knowledge of IP application, routing, and management protocols as well as layer 2 protocols.
Expert UNIX knowledge including kernel configuration, network configuration & troubleshooting, and system / network administration skills.
Demonstrated excellent troubleshooting skills and ability to pick up new technologies easily and quickly.
Superior development experience in at least two languages from the set: C, C++, Java, Perl, Python, TCL, Forth, or assembly language.
Experience with compiling and building large products from source and with source code control systems.
Experience with network troubleshooting/management and protocol analysis tools.
Familiar with software and hardware test methodology and defect tracking systems.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows environment and Microsoft Office Tools.
Excellent technical writing and communications skills.
Physical ability to perform all of the essential functions of the job.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Duties are performed in an office environment while sitting at a desk or computer table. Duties require the ability to utilize a computer keyboard, communicate over the telephone, and read printed material. Duties require some lifting.


BENEFITS:
We provide competitive salaries, a world class benefits package, including 100% of the premium for employee medical, dental and vision insurance, 70% of the premium for dependent coverage, 401K match, employees stock purchase plan, 16 days paid time off within the 1st year and 10 paid holidays, life insurance, short & long term disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, and much more.

F5 is seeking talented, enthusiastic people to share in our vision. If you have a passion to create a balanced life of hard work and quality personal time while building next-generation networking solutions, we want to hear from you.

For consideration, please apply online www.f5.com

F5 Networks is an Equal Opportunity Employer