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At Cognyte, you’ll collaborate with expert colleagues around the globe to solve problems most people will never even know exist!
You’ll be part of building unique solutions shaped by real investigative methodologies, enabling our customers to identify, investigate, visualize and prevent criminal, terror and security threats worldwide.
These solutions are used by law enforcement, national security, and military intelligence agencies worldwide to turn massive, diverse data into clear, actionable intelligence for a safer world.
Who you’ll be working with:
The IP Network Intelligence team in Pune is looking for a QA Engineer to join our world of IP protocols and deep packet inspection. You will work as part of a scrum development team alongside developers, architects, product owners, and QA engineers, while collaborating closely with additional IP scrum teams across Israel and Bulgaria.
As a key member of the team, you will help deliver high-quality solutions for analyzing and inspecting complex network traffic and communication protocols.
As a Cognyter you will:
- Take ownership of the quality of the team’s deliveries throughout the development lifecycle.
- Analyze product requirements, user stories, and technical designs to ensure testability and coverage.
- Create and maintain test plans, test cases, and test documentation for new features and enhancements.
- Test scrum team epics and features, ensuring they meet functional and non-functional requirements.
- Execute manual end-to-end, integration, regression, and system-level testing across multiple components and systems.
- Analyze network traffic and application behavior using packet capture and analysis tools.
- Identify, investigate, document, and track software defects using Jira.
- Work closely with developers, architects, and product owners to clarify requirements and resolve issues.
- Participate actively in agile ceremonies including planning, refinement, daily standups, reviews, and retrospectives.
- Assess quality risks and provide clear visibility into product quality and release readiness.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes, methodologies, and test coverage.
- Develop and maintain automated tests using an internal automation framework to increase test coverage and improve delivery quality.
Requirements
For that mission you’ll need:
- 3+ years of experience in software testing of complex systems.
- B.Sc. in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or an equivalent degree.
- Knowledge of SQL, Linux, Wireshark, and Windows Servers.
- Testing experience with 3G, 4G, VoLTE, and 5G technologies.
- Testing experience with IP protocols such as VOIP, TCP/IP, FTP, and related networking protocols.
- Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins, Docker, or equivalent technologies.
- Strong working knowledge of Linux associated tools, scripting and troubleshooting
- Experience with end-to-end testing across multiple systems.
- Good understanding of client-server architecture and distributed systems.
- Experience creating test plans, test cases, and test documentation.
- Experience with test automation and scripting, including writing and maintaining automated tests using test automation frameworks.
- Experience working with Jira, Quality Center, or similar defect-tracking tools.
- Experience utilizing AI-powered tools and technologies to improve testing efficiency, test design, defect analysis, troubleshooting, and overall software quality processes.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to work independently while being an effective team player.
- Good communication and collaboration skills.
- Excellent English – verbal and written.
Skills Required
- 3+ years of experience in software testing of complex systems
- B.Sc. in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent
- Knowledge of SQL
- Working knowledge of Linux and associated tools
- Experience with Wireshark and packet capture/analysis tools
- Experience with Windows Server
- Testing experience with 3G, 4G, VoLTE, and 5G technologies
- Testing experience with IP protocols such as VoIP, TCP/IP, FTP, and related protocols
- Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins and Docker
- Strong scripting skills and troubleshooting in Linux
- Experience with end-to-end testing across multiple systems
- Good understanding of client-server architecture and distributed systems
- Experience creating test plans, test cases, and test documentation
- Experience with test automation and maintaining automated tests using test automation frameworks
- Experience with Jira, Quality Center, or similar defect-tracking tools
- Experience utilizing AI-powered tools to improve testing and defect analysis
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Ability to work independently and effectively as part of a team
- Excellent English - verbal and written
Cognyte Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cognyte and has not been reviewed or approved by Cognyte.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage spans medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, mental‑health support, and FSA options. Coverage is generally portrayed as solid within a well‑rounded package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes generous PTO, paid holidays, floating holidays, wellness days, and paid volunteer time. These elements indicate a comprehensive time‑off offering.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Work setup includes flexible schedules and hybrid/remote options highlighted across public materials. Flexibility is emphasized alongside the core benefits offering.
Cognyte Insights
What We Do
Cognyte is a leading software-driven technology company focused on solutions for data processing and investigative analytics that allow customers to generate Actionable Intelligence for a Safer World™. We empower law enforcement, national security, national and military intelligence agencies, and other organizations to navigate an increasingly complex threat landscape with greater speed, accuracy, and precision.
Why Work With Us
Driven by curiosity and a purpose with real-world impact, we place innovation at the core as we tackle complex, fascinating challenges where bold questions forge real breakthroughs.
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