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Job description
Role Overview NETGEAR is looking for a QA Automation Engineer to help validate our next-generation firewall and cybersecurity platform. In this role, you will build and maintain automated tests that verify firewall behavior across critical security domains including Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Secure Web Gateways (SWG), Virtual Private Networks (VPN), and Software-Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WAN). Working alongside firewall developers and senior QA engineers, you will automate functional, regression, and performance testing against real and simulated network traffic. You will not be expected to know every area of the stack on day one — we will support you in growing across it. Key Responsibilities: Develop and maintain automated test suites that validate firewall functionality — policy and rule evaluation, NAT,
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- Source: Netgear's official careers site (via Ashby) · last confirmed on the source 31 Oct 2026
- Posted 15 Oct 2026
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What they are looking for
Skills & requirements
Qualification
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical field. 2–4 years of professional experience in QA automation or test engineering, preferably for networking or security products. Strong automation scripting ability in Python and Bash, comfort working in Ubuntu or other Linux environments from the command line, and day-to-day use of Git. Working knowledge of networking protocols and traffic flows — TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, TLS/SSL, NAT, and routing fundamentals. Understanding of firewall fundamentals such as packet filtering, stateful connection tracking, NAT, and rule and policy evaluation. Hands-on experience with Linux networking and firewall tooling — iptables and nftables rule configuration, conntrack for session inspection, and iproute2 (ip addr, ip route, network namespaces, bridges, VLANs) for building and inspecting test topologies. Proficient in analyzing logs and network captures using tools such as Wireshark, tshark, and tcpdump. Experience with a test framework and runner such as pytest or Robot Framework. Experience with REST API testing using Postman, REST Assured, or scripted HTTP clients, for validating firewall management and policy APIs.
Department · Enterprise
Hiring company
Netgear
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