About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Manager SDET to lead quality engineering for our IPSec and GRE datapath services, which are core to our cloud networking and security platform. This role requires deep understanding of networking fundamentals, tunneling protocols, and large-scale distributed systems, combined with strong people leadership and execution rigor.

You will own test strategy, quality outcomes, and release readiness for IPSec and GRE services operating at massive scale across global POPs.

Key Responsibilities

Technical & Quality Leadership

• Own the end-to-end quality strategy for IPSec and GRE datapath services.
• Define and drive functional, scale, performance, longevity, and resiliency testing for tunneling services.
• Ensure coverage across:
• IPSec (IKEv1/IKEv2, tunnel lifecycle, rekeying, DPD, NAT-T)
• GRE tunnels and steering scenarios
• Encryption algorithms, MTU handling, fragmentation, PMTU, MSS clamping
• Failure scenarios (link flaps, tunnel churn, node failures, failover)
• Partner closely with Engineering, Product, and PE/Ops teams to ensure production-grade readiness.

Release & Production Readiness

• Lead release qualification for IPSec/GRE features and changes.
• Drive risk assessment, go/no-go decisions, and rollout readiness.
• Ensure test plans explicitly cover production learnings, regressions, and customer escalations.
• Champion shift-left testing and prevention of production issues through better qualification.

Automation & Test Infrastructure

• Drive automation strategy for datapath validation, including:
• Tunnel bring-up and teardown
• Traffic generation and validation
• Failure injection and chaos testing
• Ensure scalable and repeatable test frameworks for multi-POP environments.
• Partner with automation engineers to balance automation vs exploratory testing.

People & Team Leadership

• Manage and mentor a team of QA engineers working on IPSec/GRE.
• Set clear expectations, career paths, and technical growth plans.