Network Test Engineer

Job Title: Software Eng Systems Level 2 - Networking

Address: 1 Allen Bradley Drive, Mayfield Heights, Ohio 44124

Duration:12+months contract role - possible to extend more 3-6 moths

Pay rate: $46.50 hr on w2 without benefit's

Client : Rockwell Automation.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to team planning and status meetings to clarify priorities, assignments, and expected deliverables.
• Execute routine functional testing with off-the-shelf and proprietary security tools, using white-box/grey-box/black-box techniques, to discover new security vulnerabilities.
• Analyzes complex problems, records encountered issues, and documents findings for future resolutions.
• Collaborate with developers to analyze and define discovered problems.
• Create new test assets and cases to address evolving product or system requirements.
• Contributes to the development of automation strategies and frameworks.
• Build and expand knowledge of testing methodologies and practices.
• Continuously enhance expertise in functional test development processes.
• Assess challenges and explore solutions by consulting subject matter experts, ensuring decisions are evidence-based throughout product development.
• Define timelines for assigned tasks/projects and monitor progress against them.
• Apply testing tools and techniques to achieve comprehensive functional coverage.
• Deliver informal technical presentations to small groups on specialized topics.
• Stay informed on emerging networking technologies, industry trends, and IT/OT best practices.
• Show curiosity toward new technologies and products that could enhance Rockwell’s offerings, while consistently learning and refining skills.
• Record and summarize testing results.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, Computer Science, or Electrical Engineering with a focus on Computer Science.
• At least 3 years of experience in software testing or development.
• Solid understanding of computer networks and communication protocols.
• Experience designing, implementing and troubleshooting network implementations.
• Expert-level technical background in High-complexity Networking solutions and implementation strategies and understanding of IT and OT convergence.
• Background in Test, specifically in testing of ethernet networks and test environment design for ethernet networks.
• Experience with network technologies including (STP, VLANs, DTP, VTP, IGMP, RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, HSRP, VRRP, Flex links, ACLs, DLR, PRP, HSR, MRP…)
• Experience with Security related concepts, protocols fuzzing tools and PSIRT process
• Experience with Cisco IE/Stratix networking switches and routers.
• Hands-on experience with automated testing frameworks
• Knowledge of industrial control systems
• Strong written and spoken English communication skills.

Pay: $45.00 - $46.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40.0 per week

Experience:

• software testing or development: 4 years (Preferred)
• network technologies: 3 years (Preferred)
• Cisco Switches and routers: 3 years (Preferred)
• Stratix switches: 3 years (Required)
• White box and black box testing: 3 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person