Our client in San Jose, CA is looking for a Routing Protocols Tester. This is a contract position for 6-12 months with possible extension. While there are many ideal skills needed for this role, the hiring manager is mainly looking for the following: - Good experience with automation with TCL - Expert in any one of the Layer 3 routing protocols Responsibilities: Participate and work closely with developers at various stages fspec, design reviews to develop testplans, tools, utilities. Write detail feature testplans, Design Test bed design, test topologies. Develop Tcl/Expect scripts for automated testing. Investigate script failures in automated testbeds; modify scripts/libraries and log product defects as needed. Assist development engineers in product defect diagnosis. Develop and maintain Tcl/Expect libraries used to control switches, routers, and traffic generators. Assist other devtest engineers in script development efforts by performing code reviews and assisting in debugging efforts. Initiate and participate in efforts to improve group productivity and test effectiveness. Provide feedback and contribute in test plan development, resource allocation planning, and test process definition/improvement. Experience: Five plus years of experience as a Software Quality Assurance Engineer having experience in applying testing methodologies, create test plans, execute & automate test cases; perform system testing, bug tracking and report generation for software features & enhancements Layer 3 (MUST BE AN EXPERT IN ANY ONE OF THESE): OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, ISIS, MPLS, QOS, Traffic engineering, Policy Based routing, PIM, Gateway routing protocol, VRRP, DVMRP Languages: TCL (MUST), iTCL, Perl, C , C++ Traffic tools (Any One): IXIA, Spirent, Smartbits, Agilent Router Tester, QA Robot Interop: Exposure to Juniper, Foundry, Nortel, Cisco 7200, 7600,Catalyst 6500, GSR, HFR routers. Debugging exposure in areas of packet flow, kernel, memory, SNMP, XML, hard ware rate-limiting, Control Plane Policing Excellent communication skills and the ability to interact effectively with different test, development, and support groups. Must be able to handle multiple tasks at once and work independently with minimal managerial oversight. For immediate consideration, please send me your resume along with expected hourly rate. If you are not looking at this time, please refer me to any of your friends who would be interested in this opportunity. We have a great referral bonus policy! Best Regards, Raj Vemuri | Sr. Lead Technical Recruiter MindSource, Inc raj@mindsource.com 650-314-6408 (Direct)