Senior QA Engineer - Networking L2/L3

Cisco · Milpitas, California, United States of America

Cisco is hiring a senior Senior QA Engineer - Networking L2/L3 in Milpitas, California, United States of America. What you'll do: hiring, customer support, deployment / devops, and testing / qa, work across the infrastructure, security, and education domains. Qualifications: 7+ years of experience, a master's degree, and familiarity with Bash, Ansible, Jenkins, iOS, REST, and gRPC. Full-time, fully remote, paying $165K.

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Pay matches the national median ($152k vs $139k national)
Slow inflow of new postings (only 3% from the last 14 days)
Few reposted listings (22% appear duplicated)

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers job market

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957Active postings
22Posted this week
300Open 30+ days31% of active
67Remote / hybrid7% of active
6%List salary57 of 957
0%Hourly0 of disclosed
$152kMedian annual (max)
—Median hourly (max)
17dMedian agep90 63d (long tail)

Wages by category

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Engineering	691	$155k n=46	—
QA / Test	217	$136k n=10	—
Accounting	4	—	—
VP	2	—	—
Backend	1	—	—

Wages by employment type

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Intern	31	—	—
Contract	28	$182k n=9	—
Full-time	22	$140k n=18	—

Wages by sector

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Manufacturing	610	$169k n=20	—
Technology	535	$152k n=45	—
Government / Public Sector	206	$169k n=5	—
Professional Services	118	$125k n=15	—
Healthcare	66	—	—

Top categories

Engineering691
QA / Test217
Accounting4
VP2
Backend1
Data Analyst1

In-demand skills

Python94
Agile63
Linux53
REST52
Java40
Git34
C++31
SQL21

Top sectors

Manufacturing610
Technology535
Government / Public Sector206
Professional Services118
Healthcare66
Financial Services58

Employment mix

Unspecified876 · 92%
Intern31 · 3%
Contract28 · 3%
Full-time22 · 2%

Top hiring companies

Category: QA / Test
Salary: $165k · fulltime · remote
Source: careers.cisco.com
Original link: https://careers.cisco.com/global/en/job/CISCISGLOBAL1439417EXTERNALENGLOBAL/Senior-QA-Engineer-Networking-L2-L3
Posted: 2 weeks ago (2026-04-25)
Status: active

Skills: Bash, Ansible, Jenkins, iOS, REST, gRPC, Linux

Topics: Infrastructure, Security, Education

Activities: Hiring, Customer support, Deployment / DevOps, Testing / QA

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