Senior Engineer I, Software Development - Insight QA

About the Role We are looking for an experienced Senior QA Engineer / QA Lead with 10–12 years of experience in cloud-based network management solutions to join our engineering team. The role will focus on end-to-end quality engineering for a cloud-hosted network management platform , managing and monitoring networking devices such as Access Points, Switches and Routers . The ideal candidate will have strong experience in testing cloud-managed networking solutions , with a combination of networking, AWS/cloud, REST APIs, Python automation, TypeScript/Playwright and end-to-end system testing . This role requires someone who can understand and validate the complete solution across: Network Device → LAN/WAN → Internet → AWS Cloud → Cloud Services/APIs → Database → Web/Mobile Application The candidate should be comfortable troubleshooting issues across both the networking and cloud/application layers . Key Responsibilities Cloud Network Management Testing Own QA for a cloud-based network management platform from requirements through production. Test end-to-end workflows for cloud-managed Access Points, Switches, Routers and other network devices . Validate device onboarding, discovery, provisioning and configuration. Test device-to-cloud communication and cloud-to-device operations. Validate configuration synchronization between cloud and network devices. Test device monitoring, health status, statistics, alerts and notifications. Validate firmware/software upgrade workflows. Test remote configuration and management capabilities. Validate device connectivity, disconnect/reconnect and recovery scenarios. Test multi-device, multi-site and large-scale network management scenarios. Validate behavior under network failures, latency, packet loss and intermittent connectivity. Test cloud-managed networking workflows across different network topologies and environments. Test Planning & Quality Ownership Review requirements, user stories, functional specifications and technical designs. Review ERDs and data models to understand relationships, dependencies and data flows. Participate in architecture and design reviews from a QA perspective. Identify functional, integration, data, networking and cloud risks. Develop test strategy, test plans, test scenarios and test cases . Define test scope, coverage, environments, dependencies and execution timelines. Create positive, negative, boundary, failure-recovery and end-to-end scenarios. Maintain requirements-to-test-case traceability. Review test cases and ensure adequate coverage. Test Execution Execute functional, integration, system, regression and end-to-end testing. Perform cloud-to-device and device-to-cloud testing . Test networking devices together with cloud services and applications. Validate APIs, backend services, database state and UI behavior as part of end-to-end workflows. Perform interoperability and compatibility testing. Execute testing across different network configurations and connectivity conditions. Analyze failures across device, network, cloud and application layers. API & Cloud Testing Strong hands-on experience with REST API testing and automation . Validate API request/response, authentication, authorization and business logic. Test APIs used for device provisioning, configuration, monitoring and management. Validate data consistency between APIs, cloud services, database and UI. Test asynchronous workflows, events, notifications and service-to-service communication. Test AWS-hosted cloud applications and services . Validate cloud services, microservices and distributed workflows. Analyze cloud logs, metrics, traces and application telemetry. Test reliability, availability, scalability and failure/recovery scenarios. Validate deployments across QA, staging and production environments. Networking Expertise Strong hands-on knowledge of networking is essential. Experience with: TCP/IP IPv4 / IPv6 DHCP DNS ARP ICMP HTTP/HTTPS TLS/SSL NAT Routing Switching VLAN QoS Etherne