Barracuda Networks Inc. Careers - Software Staff Engineer

Barracuda Networks Inc. Careers { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "JobPosting", "datePosted": "2026-05-27", "description": "

We are seeking an exceptional Staff Software Engineer in Test to join our Web Application Firewall (WAF) team as a quality leader and technical architect. This critical role combines deep QA expertise with customer-facing responsibilities, serving as the quality champion for our enterprise customers and engineering teams. You will be the go-to expert for complex customer quality escalations, test architecture, and ensuring our WAF solutions meet the highest standards of reliability, security, and performance.

As a Staff QA Engineer on the WAF team, you'll work at the intersection of quality assurance, cybersecurity, and customer success. You'll design comprehensive test strategies for complex security scenarios, validate customer deployments, debug production quality issues, and ensure our enterprise customers can deploy our WAF with confidence. This role requires someone who can think strategically about quality architecture while being hands-on enough to write test code, analyze test results, and investigate customer-reported issues.

Responsibilities:

Quality Architecture & Test Strategy Leadership\u00A0

• Design and architect comprehensive test strategies for WAF security rules, threat detection, and attack mitigation capabilities
• Define quality standards, testing methodologies, and acceptance criteria for enterprise-grade WAF deployments
• Create test frameworks and automation infrastructure for functional, security, performance, and integration testing
• Develop reference test architectures for various deployment scenarios (cloud, on-premise, hybrid, multi-CDN)
• Lead test strategy reviews and provide guidance on test coverage, regression testing, and quality metrics
• Establish best practices for security testing, including OWASP Top 10 validation, false positive/negative testing, and attack simulation

\u00A0Enterprise Customer Quality Support & Escalations\u00A0

• Serve as the primary quality escalation point for critical enterprise customer issues and deployment challenges
• Conduct deep-dive investigations into customer-reported bugs, performance degradations, false positives/negatives, and configuration issues
• Work directly with customer security, QA, and DevOps teams to validate WAF deployments, reproduce issues, and verify fixes
• Design and execute customer-specific test scenarios to validate WAF configurations before production deployment
• Provide technical QA expertise during customer war rooms, helping troubleshoot and validate fixes for security incidents
• Build strong relationships with enterprise customers, becoming their trusted advisor for quality and testing practices

Security & Network Testing Expertise\u00A0

• Design and execute comprehensive security test cases for OWASP Top 10, zero-day vulnerabilities, and emerging attack vectors
• Validate WAF detection capabilities against real-world attack patterns, payloads, and evasion techniques
• Develop test harnesses for complex networking scenarios across Layer 3-7, including TLS/SSL, HTTP/2, WebSockets, gRPC, and HTTP/3
• Create automated tests for DDoS mitigation, bot detection, API security, and application-layer attack scenarios
• Validate WAF performance under various load conditions, attack patterns, and traffic profiles
• Test edge cases involving protocol violations, malformed requests, and RFC compliance
• Collaborate with security research teams to translate threat intelligence into comprehensive test coverage

Test Automation & Tooling Development\u00A0

• Build and maintain robust test automation frameworks for WAF rule testing, traffic replay, and attack simulation
• Develop tools for log analysis, metrics collection, and automated validation of security events
• Create performance testing infrastructure to validate WAF throughput, latency, and resource utilization at scale
• Implement CI/CD test pipelines for continuous validation of WAF rules and detection capabilities
• Design test data generation tools for creating realistic traffic patterns, attack payloads, and edge cases
• Build customer environment simulation frameworks to reproduce production issues in test environments

Quality Leadership & Process Improvement\u00A0

• Mentor QA engineers and developers on testing best practices, security testing, and quality methodologies
• Drive quality metrics, defect analysis, and root cause investigations for production issues
• Participate in design reviews to provide testability feedback and identify potential quality risks
• Champion shift-left testing practices and test-driven development within the engineering team
• Participate in on-call rotations for critical enterprise customer quality issues

Required Qualifications\u00A0

Experience\u00A0

• 8+ years of software quality assurance and test engineering experience, with at least 3 years in security-focused testing roles
• 3+ years\u00A0testing WAF, firewalls, CDN, load balancers, reverse proxies, or similar security/networking products
• Proven track record\u00A0of handling enterprise customer quality escalations and validating complex deployments
• Experience designing and implementing\u00A0test automation frameworks\u00A0for large-scale distributed systems
• Strong background in\u00A0customer-facing QA roles\u00A0such as quality engineering for enterprise products, technical support, or solutions validation

Technical Skills\u00A0

Core Security & Networking Testing:\u00A0

• Deep understanding of\u00A0web application security testing\u00A0including OWASP Top 10 validation, penetration testing methodologies, and vulnerability assessment
• Expert-level knowledge of\u00A0HTTP/HTTPS protocol testing, including header validation, state management, caching behavior, and RFC compliance testing
• Strong understanding of\u00A0TLS/SSL testing, including certificate validation, cipher suite testing, and security vulnerability verification
• Proficiency with\u00A0network protocol testing, TCP/IP validation, DNS testing, and packet-level analysis
• Experience with\u00A0security testing tools\u00A0such as OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, ModSecurity testing, vulnerability scanners, and fuzzing tools
• Expertise in\u00A0attack simulation\u00A0and payload generation for injection attacks, XSS, CSRF, and other web vulnerabilities

Test Automation & Engineering:\u00A0

• Strong programming skills in\u00A0Python, Go, Java, or similar languages\u00A0for test automation development
• Experience building\u00A0test frameworks\u00A0using tools like pytest, JUnit, TestNG, Robot Framework, or custom solutions
• Proficiency with\u00A0API testing\u00A0tools and frameworks (Postman, REST Assured, GraphQL testing)
• Experience with\u00A0performance testing tools\u00A0(JMeter, Gatling, Locust, k6) and load generation at scale
• Knowledge of\u00A0CI/CD platforms\u00A0(Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) and automated test integration
• Familiarity with\u00A0cloud platforms\u00A0(AWS, Azure, GCP) and infrastructure-as-code for test environment provisioning
• Experience with\u00A0containerization\u00A0(Docker, Kubernetes) for test environment management

Debugging & Analysis:\u00A0

• Expertise using\u00A0network analysis tools\u00A0(Wireshark, tcpdump, mitmproxy, Charles Proxy) for traffic inspection and debugging
• Proficiency with\u00A0log analysis\u00A0and correlation across distributed systems to investigate quality issues
• Experience with\u00A0performance profiling\u00A0and identifying bottlenecks in high-throughput security systems
• Ability to read and analyze\u00A0network traces, application logs, and security events\u00A0to reproduce and validate defects
• Strong skills in\u00A0test data analysis, metrics visualization, and quality reporting

QA Methodologies & Practices\u00A0

• Expertise in\u00A0black-box, white-box, and grey-box testing\u00A0techniques
• Strong understanding of\u00A0exploratory testing, especially for security and edge case scenarios
• Experience with\u00A0regression testing strategies\u00A0and test prioritization
• Knowledge of\u00A0test design techniques\u00A0including boundary value analysis, equivalence partitioning, and state transition testing
• Familiarity with\u00A0quality metrics\u00A0such as defect density, test coverage, escape rate, and mean time to detection

Soft Skills & Attributes\u00A0

• Exceptional communication skills\u00A0with the ability to explain quality issues and test results to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong customer empathy\u00A0and commitment to ensuring customer deployments meet quality standards
• Detail-oriented\u00A0with a passion for finding edge cases and potential failure scenarios
• Calm under pressure\u00A0during critical customer escalations and production quality incidents
• Collaborative mindset\u00A0with a track record of working effectively with development, security, and customer success teams
• Self-directed\u00A0with the ability to manage ambiguity and prioritize testing efforts effectively
• Security-first mindset\u00A0with a passion for protecting applications and ensuring security controls work as intended

Preferred Qualifications\u00A0

• Experience with\u00A0chaos engineering\u00A0and resilience testing for distributed systems
• Contributions to\u00A0open-source testing tools\u00A0or security testing frameworks
• Relevant\u00A0security certifications\u00A0(CISSP, CEH, OSCP, GWAPT) or QA certifications (ISTQB Advanced/Expert)
• Experience with\u00A0compliance testing\u00A0for PCI-DSS, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR and validating security controls
• Background in\u00A0penetration testing, red team operations, or security research
• Experience with\u00A0machine learning testing\u00A0for security applications (bot detection, anomaly detection)
• Understanding of\u00A0API security testing\u00A0patterns for REST, GraphQL, and gRPC protocols
• Experience validating quality for\u00A0Fortune 500 or Global 2000 enterprises\u00A0
• Knowledge of\u00A0threat modeling\u00A0and using threat models to derive test scenarios

What You'll Work On\u00A0

• Design comprehensive test strategies for WAF deployments protecting billions of requests daily
• Validate and reproduce complex customer-reported security and performance issues
• Build automated test suites for advanced rate limiting, bot mitigation, and API protection features
• Develop performance test frameworks to validate WAF latency and throughput at enterprise scale
• Create attack simulation tools to continuously validate WAF detection capabilities
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to improve testability and quality standards
• Build test environments that accurately simulate customer production scenarios
• Establish quality gates and release criteria for new WAF rules and features

Why Join Our Team\u00A0

• Work on quality challenges at massive scale, ensuring world-class protection for critical web applications
• Direct impact on customer success through quality excellence
• Collaborative, quality-focused culture with opportunities for deep technical work
• Opportunity to shape quality practices and work closely with enterprise customers
• Competitive compensation, equity, and benefits package

", "hiringOrganization": "Barracuda Networks Inc.", "industry": "Engineering", "identifier": "oW5cAfwx", "jobLocation": [ { "@type": "Place", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "addressLocality": "Bangalore ", "addressRegion": "Karnataka,", "addressCountry": "India" } } ], "title": "QA Staff Engineer", "baseSalary": { "@type": "MonetaryAmount", "currency": "", "value": { "@type": "QuantitativeValue", "minValue": "", "maxValue": "", "unitText": "" } } } QA Staff Engineer Engineering Bangalore , Karnataka, Apply We are seeking an exceptional Staff Software Engineer in Test to join our Web Application Firewall (WAF) team as a quality leader and technical architect. This critical role combines deep QA expertise with customer-facing responsibilities, serving as the quality champion for our enterprise customers and engineering teams. You will be the go-to expert for complex customer quality escalations, test architecture, and ensuring our WAF solutions meet the highest standards of reliability, security, and performance.As a Staff QA Engineer on the WAF team, you'll work at the intersection of quality assurance, cybersecurity, and customer success. You'll design comprehensive test strategies for complex security scenarios, validate customer deployments, debug production quality issues, and ensure our enterprise customers can deploy our WAF with confidence. This role requires someone who can think strategically about quality architecture while being hands-on enough to write test code, analyze test results, and investigate customer-reported issues.Responsibilities:Quality Architecture & Test Strategy Leadership Design and architect comprehensive test strategies for WAF security rules, threat detection, and attack mitigation capabilitiesDefine quality standards, testing methodologies, and acceptance criteria for enterprise-grade WAF deploymentsCreate test frameworks and automation infrastructure for functional, security, performance, and integration testingDevelop reference test architectures for various deployment scenarios (cloud, on-premise, hybrid, multi-CDN)Lead test strategy reviews and provide guidance on test coverage, regression testing, and quality metricsEstablish best practices for security testing, including OWASP Top 10 validation, false positive/negative testing, and attack simulation Enterprise Customer Quality Support & Escalations Serve as the primary quality escalation point for critical enterprise customer issues and deployment challengesConduct deep-dive investigations into customer-reported bugs, performance degradations, false positives/negatives, and configuration issuesWork directly with customer security, QA, and DevOps teams to validate WAF deployments, reproduce issues, and verify fixesDesign and execute customer-specific test scenarios to validate WAF configurations before production deploymentProvide technical QA expertise during customer war rooms, helping troubleshoot and validate fixes for security incidentsBuild strong relationships with enterprise customers, becoming their trusted advisor for quality and testing practicesSecurity & Network Testing Expertise Design and execute comprehensive security test cases for OWASP Top 10, zero-day vulnerabilities, and emerging attack vectorsValidate WAF detection capabilities against real-world attack patterns, payloads, and evasion techniquesDevelop test harnesses for complex networking scenarios across Layer 3-7, including TLS/SSL, HTTP/2, WebSockets, gRPC, and HTTP/3Create automated tests for DDoS mitigation, bot detection, API security, and application-layer attack scenariosValidate WAF performance under various load conditions, attack patterns, and traffic profilesTest edge cases involving protocol violations, malformed requests, and RFC complianceCollaborate with security research teams to translate threat intelligence into comprehensive test coverageTest Automation & Tooling Development Build and maintain robust test automation frameworks for WAF rule testing, traffic replay, and attack simulationDevelop tools for log analysis, metrics collection, and automated validation of security eventsCreate performance testing infrastructure to validate WAF throughput, latency, and resource utilization at scaleImplement CI/CD test pipelines for continuous validation of WAF rules and detection capabilitiesDesign test data generation tools for creating realistic traffic patterns, attack payloads, and edge casesBuild customer environment simulation frameworks to reproduce production issues in test environmentsQuality Leadership & Process Improvement Mentor QA engineers and developers on testing best practices, security testing, and quality methodologiesDrive quality metrics, defect analysis, and root cause investigations for production issuesParticipate in design reviews to provide testability feedback and identify potential quality risksChampion shift-left testing practices and test-driven development within the engineering teamParticipate in on-call rotations for critical enterprise customer quality issuesRequired Qualifications Experience 8+ years of software quality assurance and test engineering experience, with at least 3 years in security-focused testing roles3+ years testing WAF, firewalls, CDN, load balancers, reverse proxies, or similar security/networking productsProven track record of handling enterprise customer quality escalations and validating complex deploymentsExperience designing and implementing test automation frameworks for large-scale distributed systemsStrong background in customer-facing QA roles such as quality engineering for enterprise products, technical support, or solutions validationTechnical Skills Core Security & Networking Testing: Deep understanding of web application security testing including OWASP Top 10 validation, penetration testing methodologies, and vulnerability assessmentExpert-level knowledge of HTTP/HTTPS protocol testing, including header validation, state management, caching behavior, and RFC compliance testingStrong understanding of TLS/SSL testing, including certificate validation, cipher suite testing, and security vulnerability verificationProficiency with network protocol testing, TCP/IP validation, DNS testing, and packet-level analysisExperience with security testing tools such as OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, ModSecurity testing, vulnerability scanners, and fuzzing toolsExpertise in attack simulation and payload generation for injection attacks, XSS, CSRF, and other web vulnerabilitiesTest Automation & Engineering: Strong programming skills in Python, Go, Java, or similar languages for test automation developmentExperience building test frameworks using tools like pytest, JUnit, TestNG, Robot Framework, or custom solutionsProficiency with API testing tools and frameworks (Postman, REST Assured, GraphQL testing)Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter, Gatling, Locust, k6) and load generation at scaleKnowledge of CI/CD platforms (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) and automated test integrationFamiliarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and infrastructure-as-code for test environment provisioningExperience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) for test environment managementDebugging & Analysis: Expertise using network analysis tools (Wireshark, tcpdump, mitmproxy, Charles Proxy) for traffic inspection and debuggingProficiency with log analysis and correlation across distributed systems to investigate quality issuesExperience with performance profiling and identifying bottlenecks in high-throughput security systemsAbility to read and analyze network traces, application logs, and security events to reproduce and validate defectsStrong skills in test data analysis, metrics visualization, and quality reportingQA Methodologies & Practices Expertise in black-box, white-box, and grey-box testing techniquesStrong understanding of exploratory testing, especially for security and edge case scenariosExperience with regression testing strategies and test prioritizationKnowledge of test design techniques including boundary value analysis, equivalence partitioning, and state transition testingFamiliarity with quality metrics such as defect density, test coverage, escape rate, and mean time to detectionSoft Skills & Attributes Exceptional communication skills with the ability to explain quality issues and test results to both technical and non-technical audiencesStrong customer empathy and commitment to ensuring customer deployments meet quality standardsDetail-oriented with a passion for finding edge cases and potential failure scenariosCalm under pressure during critical customer escalations and production quality incidentsCollaborative mindset with a track record of working effectively with development, security, and customer success teamsSelf-directed with the ability to manage ambiguity and prioritize testing efforts effectivelySecurity-first mindset with a passion for protecting applications and ensuring security controls work as intendedPreferred Qualifications Experience with chaos engineering and resilience testing for distributed systemsContributions to open-source testing tools or security testing frameworksRelevant security certifications (CISSP, CEH, OSCP, GWAPT) or QA certifications (ISTQB Advanced/Expert)Experience with compliance testing for PCI-DSS, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR and validating security controlsBackground in penetration testing, red team operations, or security researchExperience with machine learning testing for security applications (bot detection, anomaly detection)Understanding of API security testing patterns for REST, GraphQL, and gRPC protocolsExperience validating quality for Fortune 500 or Global 2000 enterprises Knowledge of threat modeling and using threat models to derive test scenariosWhat You'll Work On Design comprehensive test strategies for WAF deployments protecting billions of requests dailyValidate and reproduce complex customer-reported security and performance issuesBuild automated test suites for advanced rate limiting, bot mitigation, and API protection featuresDevelop performance test frameworks to validate WAF latency and throughput at enterprise scaleCreate attack simulation tools to continuously validate WAF detection capabilitiesCollaborate with product and engineering teams to improve testability and quality standardsBuild test environments that accurately simulate customer production scenariosEstablish quality gates and release criteria for new WAF rules and featuresWhy Join Our Team Work on quality challenges at massive scale, ensuring world-class protection for critical web applicationsDirect impact on customer success through quality excellenceCollaborative, quality-focused culture with opportunities for deep technical workOpportunity to shape quality practices and work closely with enterprise customersCompetitive compensation, equity, and benefits package Apply Apply Later ← Back to Current Openings Share lang: en_US Share LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Email Powered by Jobvite

Barracuda Networks Inc. Careers { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "JobPosting", "datePosted": "2026-05-27", "description": "

We are seeking an exceptional Staff Software Engineer in Test to join our Web Application Firewall (WAF) team as a quality leader and technical architect. This critical role combines deep QA expertise with customer-facing responsibilities, serving as the quality champion for our enterprise customers and engineering teams. You will be the go-to expert for complex customer quality escalations, test architecture, and ensuring our WAF solutions meet the highest standards of reliability, security, and performance.

As a Staff QA Engineer on the WAF team, you'll work at the intersection of quality assurance, cybersecurity, and customer success. You'll design comprehensive test strategies for complex security scenarios, validate customer deployments, debug production quality issues, and ensure our enterprise customers can deploy our WAF with confidence. This role requires someone who can think strategically about quality architecture while being hands-on enough to write test code, analyze test results, and investigate customer-reported issues.

Responsibilities:

Quality Architecture & Test Strategy Leadership\u00A0

• Design and architect comprehensive test strategies for WAF security rules, threat detection, and attack mitigation capabilities
• Define quality standards, testing methodologies, and acceptance criteria for enterprise-grade WAF deployments
• Create test frameworks and automation infrastructure for functional, security, performance, and integration testing
• Develop reference test architectures for various deployment scenarios (cloud, on-premise, hybrid, multi-CDN)
• Lead test strategy reviews and provide guidance on test coverage, regression testing, and quality metrics
• Establish best practices for security testing, including OWASP Top 10 validation, false positive/negative testing, and attack simulation

\u00A0Enterprise Customer Quality Support & Escalations\u00A0

• Serve as the primary quality escalation point for critical enterprise customer issues and deployment challenges
• Conduct deep-dive investigations into customer-reported bugs, performance degradations, false positives/negatives, and configuration issues
• Work directly with customer security, QA, and DevOps teams to validate WAF deployments, reproduce issues, and verify fixes
• Design and execute customer-specific test scenarios to validate WAF configurations before production deployment
• Provide technical QA expertise during customer war rooms, helping troubleshoot and validate fixes for security incidents
• Build strong relationships with enterprise customers, becoming their trusted advisor for quality and testing practices

Security & Network Testing Expertise\u00A0

• Design and execute comprehensive security test cases for OWASP Top 10, zero-day vulnerabilities, and emerging attack vectors
• Validate WAF detection capabilities against real-world attack patterns, payloads, and evasion techniques
• Develop test harnesses for complex networking scenarios across Layer 3-7, including TLS/SSL, HTTP/2, WebSockets, gRPC, and HTTP/3
• Create automated tests for DDoS mitigation, bot detection, API security, and application-layer attack scenarios
• Validate WAF performance under various load conditions, attack patterns, and traffic profiles
• Test edge cases involving protocol violations, malformed requests, and RFC compliance
• Collaborate with security research teams to translate threat intelligence into comprehensive test coverage

Test Automation & Tooling Development\u00A0

• Build and maintain robust test automation frameworks for WAF rule testing, traffic replay, and attack simulation
• Develop tools for log analysis, metrics collection, and automated validation of security events
• Create performance testing infrastructure to validate WAF throughput, latency, and resource utilization at scale
• Implement CI/CD test pipelines for continuous validation of WAF rules and detection capabilities
• Design test data generation tools for creating realistic traffic patterns, attack payloads, and edge cases
• Build customer environment simulation frameworks to reproduce production issues in test environments

Quality Leadership & Process Improvement\u00A0

• Mentor QA engineers and developers on testing best practices, security testing, and quality methodologies
• Drive quality metrics, defect analysis, and root cause investigations for production issues
• Participate in design reviews to provide testability feedback and identify potential quality risks
• Champion shift-left testing practices and test-driven development within the engineering team
• Participate in on-call rotations for critical enterprise customer quality issues

Required Qualifications\u00A0

Experience\u00A0

• 8+ years of software quality assurance and test engineering experience, with at least 3 years in security-focused testing roles
• 3+ years\u00A0testing WAF, firewalls, CDN, load balancers, reverse proxies, or similar security/networking products
• Proven track record\u00A0of handling enterprise customer quality escalations and validating complex deployments
• Experience designing and implementing\u00A0test automation frameworks\u00A0for large-scale distributed systems
• Strong background in\u00A0customer-facing QA roles\u00A0such as quality engineering for enterprise products, technical support, or solutions validation

Technical Skills\u00A0

Core Security & Networking Testing:\u00A0

• Deep understanding of\u00A0web application security testing\u00A0including OWASP Top 10 validation, penetration testing methodologies, and vulnerability assessment
• Expert-level knowledge of\u00A0HTTP/HTTPS protocol testing, including header validation, state management, caching behavior, and RFC compliance testing
• Strong understanding of\u00A0TLS/SSL testing, including certificate validation, cipher suite testing, and security vulnerability verification
• Proficiency with\u00A0network protocol testing, TCP/IP validation, DNS testing, and packet-level analysis
• Experience with\u00A0security testing tools\u00A0such as OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, ModSecurity testing, vulnerability scanners, and fuzzing tools
• Expertise in\u00A0attack simulation\u00A0and payload generation for injection attacks, XSS, CSRF, and other web vulnerabilities

Test Automation & Engineering:\u00A0

• Strong programming skills in\u00A0Python, Go, Java, or similar languages\u00A0for test automation development
• Experience building\u00A0test frameworks\u00A0using tools like pytest, JUnit, TestNG, Robot Framework, or custom solutions
• Proficiency with\u00A0API testing\u00A0tools and frameworks (Postman, REST Assured, GraphQL testing)
• Experience with\u00A0performance testing tools\u00A0(JMeter, Gatling, Locust, k6) and load generation at scale
• Knowledge of\u00A0CI/CD platforms\u00A0(Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) and automated test integration
• Familiarity with\u00A0cloud platforms\u00A0(AWS, Azure, GCP) and infrastructure-as-code for test environment provisioning
• Experience with\u00A0containerization\u00A0(Docker, Kubernetes) for test environment management

Debugging & Analysis:\u00A0

• Expertise using\u00A0network analysis tools\u00A0(Wireshark, tcpdump, mitmproxy, Charles Proxy) for traffic inspection and debugging
• Proficiency with\u00A0log analysis\u00A0and correlation across distributed systems to investigate quality issues
• Experience with\u00A0performance profiling\u00A0and identifying bottlenecks in high-throughput security systems
• Ability to read and analyze\u00A0network traces, application logs, and security events\u00A0to reproduce and validate defects
• Strong skills in\u00A0test data analysis, metrics visualization, and quality reporting

QA Methodologies & Practices\u00A0

• Expertise in\u00A0black-box, white-box, and grey-box testing\u00A0techniques
• Strong understanding of\u00A0exploratory testing, especially for security and edge case scenarios
• Experience with\u00A0regression testing strategies\u00A0and test prioritization
• Knowledge of\u00A0test design techniques\u00A0including boundary value analysis, equivalence partitioning, and state transition testing
• Familiarity with\u00A0quality metrics\u00A0such as defect density, test coverage, escape rate, and mean time to detection

Soft Skills & Attributes\u00A0

• Exceptional communication skills\u00A0with the ability to explain quality issues and test results to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong customer empathy\u00A0and commitment to ensuring customer deployments meet quality standards
• Detail-oriented\u00A0with a passion for finding edge cases and potential failure scenarios
• Calm under pressure\u00A0during critical customer escalations and production quality incidents
• Collaborative mindset\u00A0with a track record of working effectively with development, security, and customer success teams
• Self-directed\u00A0with the ability to manage ambiguity and prioritize testing efforts effectively
• Security-first mindset\u00A0with a passion for protecting applications and ensuring security controls work as intended

Preferred Qualifications\u00A0

• Experience with\u00A0chaos engineering\u00A0and resilience testing for distributed systems
• Contributions to\u00A0open-source testing tools\u00A0or security testing frameworks
• Relevant\u00A0security certifications\u00A0(CISSP, CEH, OSCP, GWAPT) or QA certifications (ISTQB Advanced/Expert)
• Experience with\u00A0compliance testing\u00A0for PCI-DSS, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR and validating security controls
• Background in\u00A0penetration testing, red team operations, or security research
• Experience with\u00A0machine learning testing\u00A0for security applications (bot detection, anomaly detection)
• Understanding of\u00A0API security testing\u00A0patterns for REST, GraphQL, and gRPC protocols
• Experience validating quality for\u00A0Fortune 500 or Global 2000 enterprises\u00A0
• Knowledge of\u00A0threat modeling\u00A0and using threat models to derive test scenarios

What You'll Work On\u00A0

• Design comprehensive test strategies for WAF deployments protecting billions of requests daily
• Validate and reproduce complex customer-reported security and performance issues
• Build automated test suites for advanced rate limiting, bot mitigation, and API protection features
• Develop performance test frameworks to validate WAF latency and throughput at enterprise scale
• Create attack simulation tools to continuously validate WAF detection capabilities
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to improve testability and quality standards
• Build test environments that accurately simulate customer production scenarios
• Establish quality gates and release criteria for new WAF rules and features

Why Join Our Team\u00A0

• Work on quality challenges at massive scale, ensuring world-class protection for critical web applications
• Direct impact on customer success through quality excellence
• Collaborative, quality-focused culture with opportunities for deep technical work
• Opportunity to shape quality practices and work closely with enterprise customers
• Competitive compensation, equity, and benefits package

", "hiringOrganization": "Barracuda Networks Inc.", "industry": "Engineering", "identifier": "oW5cAfwx", "jobLocation": [ { "@type": "Place", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "addressLocality": "Bangalore ", "addressRegion": "Karnataka,", "addressCountry": "India" } } ], "title": "QA Staff Engineer", "baseSalary": { "@type": "MonetaryAmount", "currency": "", "value": { "@type": "QuantitativeValue", "minValue": "", "maxValue": "", "unitText": "" } } } QA Staff Engineer Engineering Bangalore , Karnataka, Apply We are seeking an exceptional Staff Software Engineer in Test to join our Web Application Firewall (WAF) team as a quality leader and technical architect. This critical role combines deep QA expertise with customer-facing responsibilities, serving as the quality champion for our enterprise customers and engineering teams. You will be the go-to expert for complex customer quality escalations, test architecture, and ensuring our WAF solutions meet the highest standards of reliability, security, and performance.As a Staff QA Engineer on the WAF team, you'll work at the intersection of quality assurance, cybersecurity, and customer success. You'll design comprehensive test strategies for complex security scenarios, validate customer deployments, debug production quality issues, and ensure our enterprise customers can deploy our WAF with confidence. This role requires someone who can think strategically about quality architecture while being hands-on enough to write test code, analyze test results, and investigate customer-reported issues.Responsibilities:Quality Architecture & Test Strategy Leadership Design and architect comprehensive test strategies for WAF security rules, threat detection, and attack mitigation capabilitiesDefine quality standards, testing methodologies, and acceptance criteria for enterprise-grade WAF deploymentsCreate test frameworks and automation infrastructure for functional, security, performance, and integration testingDevelop reference test architectures for various deployment scenarios (cloud, on-premise, hybrid, multi-CDN)Lead test strategy reviews and provide guidance on test coverage, regression testing, and quality metricsEstablish best practices for security testing, including OWASP Top 10 validation, false positive/negative testing, and attack simulation Enterprise Customer Quality Support & Escalations Serve as the primary quality escalation point for critical enterprise customer issues and deployment challengesConduct deep-dive investigations into customer-reported bugs, performance degradations, false positives/negatives, and configuration issuesWork directly with customer security, QA, and DevOps teams to validate WAF deployments, reproduce issues, and verify fixesDesign and execute customer-specific test scenarios to validate WAF configurations before production deploymentProvide technical QA expertise during customer war rooms, helping troubleshoot and validate fixes for security incidentsBuild strong relationships with enterprise customers, becoming their trusted advisor for quality and testing practicesSecurity & Network Testing Expertise Design and execute comprehensive security test cases for OWASP Top 10, zero-day vulnerabilities, and emerging attack vectorsValidate WAF detection capabilities against real-world attack patterns, payloads, and evasion techniquesDevelop test harnesses for complex networking scenarios across Layer 3-7, including TLS/SSL, HTTP/2, WebSockets, gRPC, and HTTP/3Create automated tests for DDoS mitigation, bot detection, API security, and application-layer attack scenariosValidate WAF performance under various load conditions, attack patterns, and traffic profilesTest edge cases involving protocol violations, malformed requests, and RFC complianceCollaborate with security research teams to translate threat intelligence into comprehensive test coverageTest Automation & Tooling Development Build and maintain robust test automation frameworks for WAF rule testing, traffic replay, and attack simulationDevelop tools for log analysis, metrics collection, and automated validation of security eventsCreate performance testing infrastructure to validate WAF throughput, latency, and resource utilization at scaleImplement CI/CD test pipelines for continuous validation of WAF rules and detection capabilitiesDesign test data generation tools for creating realistic traffic patterns, attack payloads, and edge casesBuild customer environment simulation frameworks to reproduce production issues in test environmentsQuality Leadership & Process Improvement Mentor QA engineers and developers on testing best practices, security testing, and quality methodologiesDrive quality metrics, defect analysis, and root cause investigations for production issuesParticipate in design reviews to provide testability feedback and identify potential quality risksChampion shift-left testing practices and test-driven development within the engineering teamParticipate in on-call rotations for critical enterprise customer quality issuesRequired Qualifications Experience 8+ years of software quality assurance and test engineering experience, with at least 3 years in security-focused testing roles3+ years testing WAF, firewalls, CDN, load balancers, reverse proxies, or similar security/networking productsProven track record of handling enterprise customer quality escalations and validating complex deploymentsExperience designing and implementing test automation frameworks for large-scale distributed systemsStrong background in customer-facing QA roles such as quality engineering for enterprise products, technical support, or solutions validationTechnical Skills Core Security & Networking Testing: Deep understanding of web application security testing including OWASP Top 10 validation, penetration testing methodologies, and vulnerability assessmentExpert-level knowledge of HTTP/HTTPS protocol testing, including header validation, state management, caching behavior, and RFC compliance testingStrong understanding of TLS/SSL testing, including certificate validation, cipher suite testing, and security vulnerability verificationProficiency with network protocol testing, TCP/IP validation, DNS testing, and packet-level analysisExperience with security testing tools such as OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, ModSecurity testing, vulnerability scanners, and fuzzing toolsExpertise in attack simulation and payload generation for injection attacks, XSS, CSRF, and other web vulnerabilitiesTest Automation & Engineering: Strong programming skills in Python, Go, Java, or similar languages for test automation developmentExperience building test frameworks using tools like pytest, JUnit, TestNG, Robot Framework, or custom solutionsProficiency with API testing tools and frameworks (Postman, REST Assured, GraphQL testing)Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter, Gatling, Locust, k6) and load generation at scaleKnowledge of CI/CD platforms (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) and automated test integrationFamiliarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and infrastructure-as-code for test environment provisioningExperience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) for test environment managementDebugging & Analysis: Expertise using network analysis tools (Wireshark, tcpdump, mitmproxy, Charles Proxy) for traffic inspection and debuggingProficiency with log analysis and correlation across distributed systems to investigate quality issuesExperience with performance profiling and identifying bottlenecks in high-throughput security systemsAbility to read and analyze network traces, application logs, and security events to reproduce and validate defectsStrong skills in test data analysis, metrics visualization, and quality reportingQA Methodologies & Practices Expertise in black-box, white-box, and grey-box testing techniquesStrong understanding of exploratory testing, especially for security and edge case scenariosExperience with regression testing strategies and test prioritizationKnowledge of test design techniques including boundary value analysis, equivalence partitioning, and state transition testingFamiliarity with quality metrics such as defect density, test coverage, escape rate, and mean time to detectionSoft Skills & Attributes Exceptional communication skills with the ability to explain quality issues and test results to both technical and non-technical audiencesStrong customer empathy and commitment to ensuring customer deployments meet quality standardsDetail-oriented with a passion for finding edge cases and potential failure scenariosCalm under pressure during critical customer escalations and production quality incidentsCollaborative mindset with a track record of working effectively with development, security, and customer success teamsSelf-directed with the ability to manage ambiguity and prioritize testing efforts effectivelySecurity-first mindset with a passion for protecting applications and ensuring security controls work as intendedPreferred Qualifications Experience with chaos engineering and resilience testing for distributed systemsContributions to open-source testing tools or security testing frameworksRelevant security certifications (CISSP, CEH, OSCP, GWAPT) or QA certifications (ISTQB Advanced/Expert)Experience with compliance testing for PCI-DSS, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR and validating security controlsBackground in penetration testing, red team operations, or security researchExperience with machine learning testing for security applications (bot detection, anomaly detection)Understanding of API security testing patterns for REST, GraphQL, and gRPC protocolsExperience validating quality for Fortune 500 or Global 2000 enterprises Knowledge of threat modeling and using threat models to derive test scenariosWhat You'll Work On Design comprehensive test strategies for WAF deployments protecting billions of requests dailyValidate and reproduce complex customer-reported security and performance issuesBuild automated test suites for advanced rate limiting, bot mitigation, and API protection featuresDevelop performance test frameworks to validate WAF latency and throughput at enterprise scaleCreate attack simulation tools to continuously validate WAF detection capabilitiesCollaborate with product and engineering teams to improve testability and quality standardsBuild test environments that accurately simulate customer production scenariosEstablish quality gates and release criteria for new WAF rules and featuresWhy Join Our Team Work on quality challenges at massive scale, ensuring world-class protection for critical web applicationsDirect impact on customer success through quality excellenceCollaborative, quality-focused culture with opportunities for deep technical workOpportunity to shape quality practices and work closely with enterprise customersCompetitive compensation, equity, and benefits package Apply Apply Later ← Back to Current Openings Share lang: en_US Share LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Email Powered by Jobvite

Barracuda Networks Inc. Careers { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "JobPosting", "datePosted": "2026-05-27", "description": "

We are seeking an exceptional Staff Software Engineer in Test to join our Web Application Firewall (WAF) team as a quality leader and technical architect. This critical role combines deep QA expertise with customer-facing responsibilities, serving as the quality champion for our enterprise customers and engineering teams. You will be the go-to expert for complex customer quality escalations, test architecture, and ensuring our WAF solutions meet the highest standards of reliability, security, and performance.

As a Staff QA Engineer on the WAF team, you'll work at the intersection of quality assurance, cybersecurity, and customer success. You'll design comprehensive test strategies for complex security scenarios, validate customer deployments, debug production quality issues, and ensure our enterprise customers can deploy our WAF with confidence. This role requires someone who can think strategically about quality architecture while being hands-on enough to write test code, analyze test results, and investigate customer-reported issues.

Responsibilities:

Quality Architecture & Test Strategy Leadership\u00A0

• Design and architect comprehensive test strategies for WAF security rules, threat detection, and attack mitigation capabilities
• Define quality standards, testing methodologies, and acceptance criteria for enterprise-grade WAF deployments
• Create test frameworks and automation infrastructure for functional, security, performance, and integration testing
• Develop reference test architectures for various deployment scenarios (cloud, on-premise, hybrid, multi-CDN)
• Lead test strategy reviews and provide guidance on test coverage, regression testing, and quality metrics
• Establish best practices for security testing, including OWASP Top 10 validation, false positive/negative testing, and attack simulation

\u00A0Enterprise Customer Quality Support & Escalations\u00A0

• Serve as the primary quality escalation point for critical enterprise customer issues and deployment challenges
• Conduct deep-dive investigations into customer-reported bugs, performance degradations, false positives/negatives, and configuration issues
• Work directly with customer security, QA, and DevOps teams to validate WAF deployments, reproduce issues, and verify fixes
• Design and execute customer-specific test scenarios to validate WAF configurations before production deployment
• Provide technical QA expertise during customer war rooms, helping troubleshoot and validate fixes for security incidents
• Build strong relationships with enterprise customers, becoming their trusted advisor for quality and testing practices

Security & Network Testing Expertise\u00A0

• Design and execute comprehensive security test cases for OWASP Top 10, zero-day vulnerabilities, and emerging attack vectors
• Validate WAF detection capabilities against real-world attack patterns, payloads, and evasion techniques
• Develop test harnesses for complex networking scenarios across Layer 3-7, including TLS/SSL, HTTP/2, WebSockets, gRPC, and HTTP/3
• Create automated tests for DDoS mitigation, bot detection, API security, and application-layer attack scenarios
• Validate WAF performance under various load conditions, attack patterns, and traffic profiles
• Test edge cases involving protocol violations, malformed requests, and RFC compliance
• Collaborate with security research teams to translate threat intelligence into comprehensive test coverage

Test Automation & Tooling Development\u00A0

• Build and maintain robust test automation frameworks for WAF rule testing, traffic replay, and attack simulation
• Develop tools for log analysis, metrics collection, and automated validation of security events
• Create performance testing infrastructure to validate WAF throughput, latency, and resource utilization at scale
• Implement CI/CD test pipelines for continuous validation of WAF rules and detection capabilities
• Design test data generation tools for creating realistic traffic patterns, attack payloads, and edge cases
• Build customer environment simulation frameworks to reproduce production issues in test environments

Quality Leadership & Process Improvement\u00A0

• Mentor QA engineers and developers on testing best practices, security testing, and quality methodologies
• Drive quality metrics, defect analysis, and root cause investigations for production issues
• Participate in design reviews to provide testability feedback and identify potential quality risks
• Champion shift-left testing practices and test-driven development within the engineering team
• Participate in on-call rotations for critical enterprise customer quality issues

Required Qualifications\u00A0

Experience\u00A0

• 8+ years of software quality assurance and test engineering experience, with at least 3 years in security-focused testing roles
• 3+ years\u00A0testing WAF, firewalls, CDN, load balancers, reverse proxies, or similar security/networking products
• Proven track record\u00A0of handling enterprise customer quality escalations and validating complex deployments
• Experience designing and implementing\u00A0test automation frameworks\u00A0for large-scale distributed systems
• Strong background in\u00A0customer-facing QA roles\u00A0such as quality engineering for enterprise products, technical support, or solutions validation

Technical Skills\u00A0

Core Security & Networking Testing:\u00A0

• Deep understanding of\u00A0web application security testing\u00A0including OWASP Top 10 validation, penetration testing methodologies, and vulnerability assessment
• Expert-level knowledge of\u00A0HTTP/HTTPS protocol testing, including header validation, state management, caching behavior, and RFC compliance testing
• Strong understanding of\u00A0TLS/SSL testing, including certificate validation, cipher suite testing, and security vulnerability verification
• Proficiency with\u00A0network protocol testing, TCP/IP validation, DNS testing, and packet-level analysis
• Experience with\u00A0security testing tools\u00A0such as OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, ModSecurity testing, vulnerability scanners, and fuzzing tools
• Expertise in\u00A0attack simulation\u00A0and payload generation for injection attacks, XSS, CSRF, and other web vulnerabilities

Test Automation & Engineering:\u00A0

• Strong programming skills in\u00A0Python, Go, Java, or similar languages\u00A0for test automation development
• Experience building\u00A0test frameworks\u00A0using tools like pytest, JUnit, TestNG, Robot Framework, or custom solutions
• Proficiency with\u00A0API testing\u00A0tools and frameworks (Postman, REST Assured, GraphQL testing)
• Experience with\u00A0performance testing tools\u00A0(JMeter, Gatling, Locust, k6) and load generation at scale
• Knowledge of\u00A0CI/CD platforms\u00A0(Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) and automated test integration
• Familiarity with\u00A0cloud platforms\u00A0(AWS, Azure, GCP) and infrastructure-as-code for test environment provisioning
• Experience with\u00A0containerization\u00A0(Docker, Kubernetes) for test environment management

Debugging & Analysis:\u00A0

• Expertise using\u00A0network analysis tools\u00A0(Wireshark, tcpdump, mitmproxy, Charles Proxy) for traffic inspection and debugging
• Proficiency with\u00A0log analysis\u00A0and correlation across distributed systems to investigate quality issues
• Experience with\u00A0performance profiling\u00A0and identifying bottlenecks in high-throughput security systems
• Ability to read and analyze\u00A0network traces, application logs, and security events\u00A0to reproduce and validate defects
• Strong skills in\u00A0test data analysis, metrics visualization, and quality reporting

QA Methodologies & Practices\u00A0

• Expertise in\u00A0black-box, white-box, and grey-box testing\u00A0techniques
• Strong understanding of\u00A0exploratory testing, especially for security and edge case scenarios
• Experience with\u00A0regression testing strategies\u00A0and test prioritization
• Knowledge of\u00A0test design techniques\u00A0including boundary value analysis, equivalence partitioning, and state transition testing
• Familiarity with\u00A0quality metrics\u00A0such as defect density, test coverage, escape rate, and mean time to detection

Soft Skills & Attributes\u00A0

• Exceptional communication skills\u00A0with the ability to explain quality issues and test results to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong customer empathy\u00A0and commitment to ensuring customer deployments meet quality standards
• Detail-oriented\u00A0with a passion for finding edge cases and potential failure scenarios
• Calm under pressure\u00A0during critical customer escalations and production quality incidents
• Collaborative mindset\u00A0with a track record of working effectively with development, security, and customer success teams
• Self-directed\u00A0with the ability to manage ambiguity and prioritize testing efforts effectively
• Security-first mindset\u00A0with a passion for protecting applications and ensuring security controls work as intended

Preferred Qualifications\u00A0

• Experience with\u00A0chaos engineering\u00A0and resilience testing for distributed systems
• Contributions to\u00A0open-source testing tools\u00A0or security testing frameworks
• Relevant\u00A0security certifications\u00A0(CISSP, CEH, OSCP, GWAPT) or QA certifications (ISTQB Advanced/Expert)
• Experience with\u00A0compliance testing\u00A0for PCI-DSS, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR and validating security controls
• Background in\u00A0penetration testing, red team operations, or security research
• Experience with\u00A0machine learning testing\u00A0for security applications (bot detection, anomaly detection)
• Understanding of\u00A0API security testing\u00A0patterns for REST, GraphQL, and gRPC protocols
• Experience validating quality for\u00A0Fortune 500 or Global 2000 enterprises\u00A0
• Knowledge of\u00A0threat modeling\u00A0and using threat models to derive test scenarios

What You'll Work On\u00A0

• Design comprehensive test strategies for WAF deployments protecting billions of requests daily
• Validate and reproduce complex customer-reported security and performance issues
• Build automated test suites for advanced rate limiting, bot mitigation, and API protection features
• Develop performance test frameworks to validate WAF latency and throughput at enterprise scale
• Create attack simulation tools to continuously validate WAF detection capabilities
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to improve testability and quality standards
• Build test environments that accurately simulate customer production scenarios
• Establish quality gates and release criteria for new WAF rules and features

Why Join Our Team\u00A0

• Work on quality challenges at massive scale, ensuring world-class protection for critical web applications
• Direct impact on customer success through quality excellence
• Collaborative, quality-focused culture with opportunities for deep technical work
• Opportunity to shape quality practices and work closely with enterprise customers
• Competitive compensation, equity, and benefits package

", "hiringOrganization": "Barracuda Networks Inc.", "industry": "Engineering", "identifier": "oW5cAfwx", "jobLocation": [ { "@type": "Place", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "addressLocality": "Bangalore ", "addressRegion": "Karnataka,", "addressCountry": "India" } } ], "title": "QA Staff Engineer", "baseSalary": { "@type": "MonetaryAmount", "currency": "", "value": { "@type": "QuantitativeValue", "minValue": "", "maxValue": "", "unitText": "" } } } QA Staff Engineer Engineering Bangalore , Karnataka, Apply We are seeking an exceptional Staff Software Engineer in Test to join our Web Application Firewall (WAF) team as a quality leader and technical architect. This critical role combines deep QA expertise with customer-facing responsibilities, serving as the quality champion for our enterprise customers and engineering teams. You will be the go-to expert for complex customer quality escalations, test architecture, and ensuring our WAF solutions meet the highest standards of reliability, security, and performance.As a Staff QA Engineer on the WAF team, you'll work at the intersection of quality assurance, cybersecurity, and customer success. You'll design comprehensive test strategies for complex security scenarios, validate customer deployments, debug production quality issues, and ensure our enterprise customers can deploy our WAF with confidence. This role requires someone who can think strategically about quality architecture while being hands-on enough to write test code, analyze test results, and investigate customer-reported issues.Responsibilities:Quality Architecture & Test Strategy Leadership Design and architect comprehensive test strategies for WAF security rules, threat detection, and attack mitigation capabilitiesDefine quality standards, testing methodologies, and acceptance criteria for enterprise-grade WAF deploymentsCreate test frameworks and automation infrastructure for functional, security, performance, and integration testingDevelop reference test architectures for various deployment scenarios (cloud, on-premise, hybrid, multi-CDN)Lead test strategy reviews and provide guidance on test coverage, regression testing, and quality metricsEstablish best practices for security testing, including OWASP Top 10 validation, false positive/negative testing, and attack simulation Enterprise Customer Quality Support & Escalations Serve as the primary quality escalation point for critical enterprise customer issues and deployment challengesConduct deep-dive investigations into customer-reported bugs, performance degradations, false positives/negatives, and configuration issuesWork directly with customer security, QA, and DevOps teams to validate WAF deployments, reproduce issues, and verify fixesDesign and execute customer-specific test scenarios to validate WAF configurations before production deploymentProvide technical QA expertise during customer war rooms, helping troubleshoot and validate fixes for security incidentsBuild strong relationships with enterprise customers, becoming their trusted advisor for quality and testing practicesSecurity & Network Testing Expertise Design and execute comprehensive security test cases for OWASP Top 10, zero-day vulnerabilities, and emerging attack vectorsValidate WAF detection capabilities against real-world attack patterns, payloads, and evasion techniquesDevelop test harnesses for complex networking scenarios across Layer 3-7, including TLS/SSL, HTTP/2, WebSockets, gRPC, and HTTP/3Create automated tests for DDoS mitigation, bot detection, API security, and application-layer attack scenariosValidate WAF performance under various load conditions, attack patterns, and traffic profilesTest edge cases involving protocol violations, malformed requests, and RFC complianceCollaborate with security research teams to translate threat intelligence into comprehensive test coverageTest Automation & Tooling Development Build and maintain robust test automation frameworks for WAF rule testing, traffic replay, and attack simulationDevelop tools for log analysis, metrics collection, and automated validation of security eventsCreate performance testing infrastructure to validate WAF throughput, latency, and resource utilization at scaleImplement CI/CD test pipelines for continuous validation of WAF rules and detection capabilitiesDesign test data generation tools for creating realistic traffic patterns, attack payloads, and edge casesBuild customer environment simulation frameworks to reproduce production issues in test environmentsQuality Leadership & Process Improvement Mentor QA engineers and developers on testing best practices, security testing, and quality methodologiesDrive quality metrics, defect analysis, and root cause investigations for production issuesParticipate in design reviews to provide testability feedback and identify potential quality risksChampion shift-left testing practices and test-driven development within the engineering teamParticipate in on-call rotations for critical enterprise customer quality issuesRequired Qualifications Experience 8+ years of software quality assurance and test engineering experience, with at least 3 years in security-focused testing roles3+ years testing WAF, firewalls, CDN, load balancers, reverse proxies, or similar security/networking productsProven track record of handling enterprise customer quality escalations and validating complex deploymentsExperience designing and implementing test automation frameworks for large-scale distributed systemsStrong background in customer-facing QA roles such as quality engineering for enterprise products, technical support, or solutions validationTechnical Skills Core Security & Networking Testing: Deep understanding of web application security testing including OWASP Top 10 validation, penetration testing methodologies, and vulnerability assessmentExpert-level knowledge of HTTP/HTTPS protocol testing, including header validation, state management, caching behavior, and RFC compliance testingStrong understanding of TLS/SSL testing, including certificate validation, cipher suite testing, and security vulnerability verificationProficiency with network protocol testing, TCP/IP validation, DNS testing, and packet-level analysisExperience with security testing tools such as OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, ModSecurity testing, vulnerability scanners, and fuzzing toolsExpertise in attack simulation and payload generation for injection attacks, XSS, CSRF, and other web vulnerabilitiesTest Automation & Engineering: Strong programming skills in Python, Go, Java, or similar languages for test automation developmentExperience building test frameworks using tools like pytest, JUnit, TestNG, Robot Framework, or custom solutionsProficiency with API testing tools and frameworks (Postman, REST Assured, GraphQL testing)Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter, Gatling, Locust, k6) and load generation at scaleKnowledge of CI/CD platforms (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) and automated test integrationFamiliarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and infrastructure-as-code for test environment provisioningExperience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) for test environment managementDebugging & Analysis: Expertise using network analysis tools (Wireshark, tcpdump, mitmproxy, Charles Proxy) for traffic inspection and debuggingProficiency with log analysis and correlation across distributed systems to investigate quality issuesExperience with performance profiling and identifying bottlenecks in high-throughput security systemsAbility to read and analyze network traces, application logs, and security events to reproduce and validate defectsStrong skills in test data analysis, metrics visualization, and quality reportingQA Methodologies & Practices Expertise in black-box, white-box, and grey-box testing techniquesStrong understanding of exploratory testing, especially for security and edge case scenariosExperience with regression testing strategies and test prioritizationKnowledge of test design techniques including boundary value analysis, equivalence partitioning, and state transition testingFamiliarity with quality metrics such as defect density, test coverage, escape rate, and mean time to detectionSoft Skills & Attributes Exceptional communication skills with the ability to explain quality issues and test results to both technical and non-technical audiencesStrong customer empathy and commitment to ensuring customer deployments meet quality standardsDetail-oriented with a passion for finding edge cases and potential failure scenariosCalm under pressure during critical customer escalations and production quality incidentsCollaborative mindset with a track record of working effectively with development, security, and customer success teamsSelf-directed with the ability to manage ambiguity and prioritize testing efforts effectivelySecurity-first mindset with a passion for protecting applications and ensuring security controls work as intendedPreferred Qualifications Experience with chaos engineering and resilience testing for distributed systemsContributions to open-source testing tools or security testing frameworksRelevant security certifications (CISSP, CEH, OSCP, GWAPT) or QA certifications (ISTQB Advanced/Expert)Experience with compliance testing for PCI-DSS, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR and validating security controlsBackground in penetration testing, red team operations, or security researchExperience with machine learning testing for security applications (bot detection, anomaly detection)Understanding of API security testing patterns for REST, GraphQL, and gRPC protocolsExperience validating quality for Fortune 500 or Global 2000 enterprises Knowledge of threat modeling and using threat models to derive test scenariosWhat You'll Work On Design comprehensive test strategies for WAF deployments protecting billions of requests dailyValidate and reproduce complex customer-reported security and performance issuesBuild automated test suites for advanced rate limiting, bot mitigation, and API protection featuresDevelop performance test frameworks to validate WAF latency and throughput at enterprise scaleCreate attack simulation tools to continuously validate WAF detection capabilitiesCollaborate with product and engineering teams to improve testability and quality standardsBuild test environments that accurately simulate customer production scenariosEstablish quality gates and release criteria for new WAF rules and featuresWhy Join Our Team Work on quality challenges at massive scale, ensuring world-class protection for critical web applicationsDirect impact on customer success through quality excellenceCollaborative, quality-focused culture with opportunities for deep technical workOpportunity to shape quality practices and work closely with enterprise customersCompetitive compensation, equity, and benefits package Apply Apply Later ← Back to Current Openings Share lang: en_US Share LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Email Powered by Jobvite

{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "JobPosting", "datePosted": "2026-05-27", "description": "

We are seeking an exceptional Staff Software Engineer in Test to join our Web Application Firewall (WAF) team as a quality leader and technical architect. This critical role combines deep QA expertise with customer-facing responsibilities, serving as the quality champion for our enterprise customers and engineering teams. You will be the go-to expert for complex customer quality escalations, test architecture, and ensuring our WAF solutions meet the highest standards of reliability, security, and performance.

As a Staff QA Engineer on the WAF team, you'll work at the intersection of quality assurance, cybersecurity, and customer success. You'll design comprehensive test strategies for complex security scenarios, validate customer deployments, debug production quality issues, and ensure our enterprise customers can deploy our WAF with confidence. This role requires someone who can think strategically about quality architecture while being hands-on enough to write test code, analyze test results, and investigate customer-reported issues.

Responsibilities:

Quality Architecture & Test Strategy Leadership\u00A0

• Design and architect comprehensive test strategies for WAF security rules, threat detection, and attack mitigation capabilities
• Define quality standards, testing methodologies, and acceptance criteria for enterprise-grade WAF deployments
• Create test frameworks and automation infrastructure for functional, security, performance, and integration testing
• Develop reference test architectures for various deployment scenarios (cloud, on-premise, hybrid, multi-CDN)
• Lead test strategy reviews and provide guidance on test coverage, regression testing, and quality metrics
• Establish best practices for security testing, including OWASP Top 10 validation, false positive/negative testing, and attack simulation

\u00A0Enterprise Customer Quality Support & Escalations\u00A0

• Serve as the primary quality escalation point for critical enterprise customer issues and deployment challenges
• Conduct deep-dive investigations into customer-reported bugs, performance degradations, false positives/negatives, and configuration issues
• Work directly with customer security, QA, and DevOps teams to validate WAF deployments, reproduce issues, and verify fixes
• Design and execute customer-specific test scenarios to validate WAF configurations before production deployment
• Provide technical QA expertise during customer war rooms, helping troubleshoot and validate fixes for security incidents
• Build strong relationships with enterprise customers, becoming their trusted advisor for quality and testing practices

Security & Network Testing Expertise\u00A0

• Design and execute comprehensive security test cases for OWASP Top 10, zero-day vulnerabilities, and emerging attack vectors
• Validate WAF detection capabilities against real-world attack patterns, payloads, and evasion techniques
• Develop test harnesses for complex networking scenarios across Layer 3-7, including TLS/SSL, HTTP/2, WebSockets, gRPC, and HTTP/3
• Create automated tests for DDoS mitigation, bot detection, API security, and application-layer attack scenarios
• Validate WAF performance under various load conditions, attack patterns, and traffic profiles
• Test edge cases involving protocol violations, malformed requests, and RFC compliance
• Collaborate with security research teams to translate threat intelligence into comprehensive test coverage

Test Automation & Tooling Development\u00A0

• Build and maintain robust test automation frameworks for WAF rule testing, traffic replay, and attack simulation
• Develop tools for log analysis, metrics collection, and automated validation of security events
• Create performance testing infrastructure to validate WAF throughput, latency, and resource utilization at scale
• Implement CI/CD test pipelines for continuous validation of WAF rules and detection capabilities
• Design test data generation tools for creating realistic traffic patterns, attack payloads, and edge cases
• Build customer environment simulation frameworks to reproduce production issues in test environments

Quality Leadership & Process Improvement\u00A0

• Mentor QA engineers and developers on testing best practices, security testing, and quality methodologies
• Drive quality metrics, defect analysis, and root cause investigations for production issues
• Participate in design reviews to provide testability feedback and identify potential quality risks
• Champion shift-left testing practices and test-driven development within the engineering team
• Participate in on-call rotations for critical enterprise customer quality issues

Required Qualifications\u00A0

Experience\u00A0

• 8+ years of software quality assurance and test engineering experience, with at least 3 years in security-focused testing roles
• 3+ years\u00A0testing WAF, firewalls, CDN, load balancers, reverse proxies, or similar security/networking products
• Proven track record\u00A0of handling enterprise customer quality escalations and validating complex deployments
• Experience designing and implementing\u00A0test automation frameworks\u00A0for large-scale distributed systems
• Strong background in\u00A0customer-facing QA roles\u00A0such as quality engineering for enterprise products, technical support, or solutions validation

Technical Skills\u00A0

Core Security & Networking Testing:\u00A0

• Deep understanding of\u00A0web application security testing\u00A0including OWASP Top 10 validation, penetration testing methodologies, and vulnerability assessment
• Expert-level knowledge of\u00A0HTTP/HTTPS protocol testing, including header validation, state management, caching behavior, and RFC compliance testing
• Strong understanding of\u00A0TLS/SSL testing, including certificate validation, cipher suite testing, and security vulnerability verification
• Proficiency with\u00A0network protocol testing, TCP/IP validation, DNS testing, and packet-level analysis
• Experience with\u00A0security testing tools\u00A0such as OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, ModSecurity testing, vulnerability scanners, and fuzzing tools
• Expertise in\u00A0attack simulation\u00A0and payload generation for injection attacks, XSS, CSRF, and other web vulnerabilities

Test Automation & Engineering:\u00A0

• Strong programming skills in\u00A0Python, Go, Java, or similar languages\u00A0for test automation development
• Experience building\u00A0test frameworks\u00A0using tools like pytest, JUnit, TestNG, Robot Framework, or custom solutions
• Proficiency with\u00A0API testing\u00A0tools and frameworks (Postman, REST Assured, GraphQL testing)
• Experience with\u00A0performance testing tools\u00A0(JMeter, Gatling, Locust, k6) and load generation at scale
• Knowledge of\u00A0CI/CD platforms\u00A0(Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) and automated test integration
• Familiarity with\u00A0cloud platforms\u00A0(AWS, Azure, GCP) and infrastructure-as-code for test environment provisioning
• Experience with\u00A0containerization\u00A0(Docker, Kubernetes) for test environment management

Debugging & Analysis:\u00A0

• Expertise using\u00A0network analysis tools\u00A0(Wireshark, tcpdump, mitmproxy, Charles Proxy) for traffic inspection and debugging
• Proficiency with\u00A0log analysis\u00A0and correlation across distributed systems to investigate quality issues
• Experience with\u00A0performance profiling\u00A0and identifying bottlenecks in high-throughput security systems
• Ability to read and analyze\u00A0network traces, application logs, and security events\u00A0to reproduce and validate defects
• Strong skills in\u00A0test data analysis, metrics visualization, and quality reporting

QA Methodologies & Practices\u00A0

• Expertise in\u00A0black-box, white-box, and grey-box testing\u00A0techniques
• Strong understanding of\u00A0exploratory testing, especially for security and edge case scenarios
• Experience with\u00A0regression testing strategies\u00A0and test prioritization
• Knowledge of\u00A0test design techniques\u00A0including boundary value analysis, equivalence partitioning, and state transition testing
• Familiarity with\u00A0quality metrics\u00A0such as defect density, test coverage, escape rate, and mean time to detection

Soft Skills & Attributes\u00A0

• Exceptional communication skills\u00A0with the ability to explain quality issues and test results to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong customer empathy\u00A0and commitment to ensuring customer deployments meet quality standards
• Detail-oriented\u00A0with a passion for finding edge cases and potential failure scenarios
• Calm under pressure\u00A0during critical customer escalations and production quality incidents
• Collaborative mindset\u00A0with a track record of working effectively with development, security, and customer success teams
• Self-directed\u00A0with the ability to manage ambiguity and prioritize testing efforts effectively
• Security-first mindset\u00A0with a passion for protecting applications and ensuring security controls work as intended

Preferred Qualifications\u00A0

• Experience with\u00A0chaos engineering\u00A0and resilience testing for distributed systems
• Contributions to\u00A0open-source testing tools\u00A0or security testing frameworks
• Relevant\u00A0security certifications\u00A0(CISSP, CEH, OSCP, GWAPT) or QA certifications (ISTQB Advanced/Expert)
• Experience with\u00A0compliance testing\u00A0for PCI-DSS, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR and validating security controls
• Background in\u00A0penetration testing, red team operations, or security research
• Experience with\u00A0machine learning testing\u00A0for security applications (bot detection, anomaly detection)
• Understanding of\u00A0API security testing\u00A0patterns for REST, GraphQL, and gRPC protocols
• Experience validating quality for\u00A0Fortune 500 or Global 2000 enterprises\u00A0
• Knowledge of\u00A0threat modeling\u00A0and using threat models to derive test scenarios

What You'll Work On\u00A0

• Design comprehensive test strategies for WAF deployments protecting billions of requests daily
• Validate and reproduce complex customer-reported security and performance issues
• Build automated test suites for advanced rate limiting, bot mitigation, and API protection features
• Develop performance test frameworks to validate WAF latency and throughput at enterprise scale
• Create attack simulation tools to continuously validate WAF detection capabilities
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to improve testability and quality standards
• Build test environments that accurately simulate customer production scenarios
• Establish quality gates and release criteria for new WAF rules and features

Why Join Our Team\u00A0

• Work on quality challenges at massive scale, ensuring world-class protection for critical web applications
• Direct impact on customer success through quality excellence
• Collaborative, quality-focused culture with opportunities for deep technical work
• Opportunity to shape quality practices and work closely with enterprise customers
• Competitive compensation, equity, and benefits package

", "hiringOrganization": "Barracuda Networks Inc.", "industry": "Engineering", "identifier": "oW5cAfwx", "jobLocation": [ { "@type": "Place", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "addressLocality": "Bangalore ", "addressRegion": "Karnataka,", "addressCountry": "India" } } ], "title": "QA Staff Engineer", "baseSalary": { "@type": "MonetaryAmount", "currency": "", "value": { "@type": "QuantitativeValue", "minValue": "", "maxValue": "", "unitText": "" } } } QA Staff Engineer Engineering Bangalore , Karnataka, Apply We are seeking an exceptional Staff Software Engineer in Test to join our Web Application Firewall (WAF) team as a quality leader and technical architect. This critical role combines deep QA expertise with customer-facing responsibilities, serving as the quality champion for our enterprise customers and engineering teams. You will be the go-to expert for complex customer quality escalations, test architecture, and ensuring our WAF solutions meet the highest standards of reliability, security, and performance.As a Staff QA Engineer on the WAF team, you'll work at the intersection of quality assurance, cybersecurity, and customer success. You'll design comprehensive test strategies for complex security scenarios, validate customer deployments, debug production quality issues, and ensure our enterprise customers can deploy our WAF with confidence. This role requires someone who can think strategically about quality architecture while being hands-on enough to write test code, analyze test results, and investigate customer-reported issues.Responsibilities:Quality Architecture & Test Strategy Leadership Design and architect comprehensive test strategies for WAF security rules, threat detection, and attack mitigation capabilitiesDefine quality standards, testing methodologies, and acceptance criteria for enterprise-grade WAF deploymentsCreate test frameworks and automation infrastructure for functional, security, performance, and integration testingDevelop reference test architectures for various deployment scenarios (cloud, on-premise, hybrid, multi-CDN)Lead test strategy reviews and provide guidance on test coverage, regression testing, and quality metricsEstablish best practices for security testing, including OWASP Top 10 validation, false positive/negative testing, and attack simulation Enterprise Customer Quality Support & Escalations Serve as the primary quality escalation point for critical enterprise customer issues and deployment challengesConduct deep-dive investigations into customer-reported bugs, performance degradations, false positives/negatives, and configuration issuesWork directly with customer security, QA, and DevOps teams to validate WAF deployments, reproduce issues, and verify fixesDesign and execute customer-specific test scenarios to validate WAF configurations before production deploymentProvide technical QA expertise during customer war rooms, helping troubleshoot and validate fixes for security incidentsBuild strong relationships with enterprise customers, becoming their trusted advisor for quality and testing practicesSecurity & Network Testing Expertise Design and execute comprehensive security test cases for OWASP Top 10, zero-day vulnerabilities, and emerging attack vectorsValidate WAF detection capabilities against real-world attack patterns, payloads, and evasion techniquesDevelop test harnesses for complex networking scenarios across Layer 3-7, including TLS/SSL, HTTP/2, WebSockets, gRPC, and HTTP/3Create automated tests for DDoS mitigation, bot detection, API security, and application-layer attack scenariosValidate WAF performance under various load conditions, attack patterns, and traffic profilesTest edge cases involving protocol violations, malformed requests, and RFC complianceCollaborate with security research teams to translate threat intelligence into comprehensive test coverageTest Automation & Tooling Development Build and maintain robust test automation frameworks for WAF rule testing, traffic replay, and attack simulationDevelop tools for log analysis, metrics collection, and automated validation of security eventsCreate performance testing infrastructure to validate WAF throughput, latency, and resource utilization at scaleImplement CI/CD test pipelines for continuous validation of WAF rules and detection capabilitiesDesign test data generation tools for creating realistic traffic patterns, attack payloads, and edge casesBuild customer environment simulation frameworks to reproduce production issues in test environmentsQuality Leadership & Process Improvement Mentor QA engineers and developers on testing best practices, security testing, and quality methodologiesDrive quality metrics, defect analysis, and root cause investigations for production issuesParticipate in design reviews to provide testability feedback and identify potential quality risksChampion shift-left testing practices and test-driven development within the engineering teamParticipate in on-call rotations for critical enterprise customer quality issuesRequired Qualifications Experience 8+ years of software quality assurance and test engineering experience, with at least 3 years in security-focused testing roles3+ years testing WAF, firewalls, CDN, load balancers, reverse proxies, or similar security/networking productsProven track record of handling enterprise customer quality escalations and validating complex deploymentsExperience designing and implementing test automation frameworks for large-scale distributed systemsStrong background in customer-facing QA roles such as quality engineering for enterprise products, technical support, or solutions validationTechnical Skills Core Security & Networking Testing: Deep understanding of web application security testing including OWASP Top 10 validation, penetration testing methodologies, and vulnerability assessmentExpert-level knowledge of HTTP/HTTPS protocol testing, including header validation, state management, caching behavior, and RFC compliance testingStrong understanding of TLS/SSL testing, including certificate validation, cipher suite testing, and security vulnerability verificationProficiency with network protocol testing, TCP/IP validation, DNS testing, and packet-level analysisExperience with security testing tools such as OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, ModSecurity testing, vulnerability scanners, and fuzzing toolsExpertise in attack simulation and payload generation for injection attacks, XSS, CSRF, and other web vulnerabilitiesTest Automation & Engineering: Strong programming skills in Python, Go, Java, or similar languages for test automation developmentExperience building test frameworks using tools like pytest, JUnit, TestNG, Robot Framework, or custom solutionsProficiency with API testing tools and frameworks (Postman, REST Assured, GraphQL testing)Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter, Gatling, Locust, k6) and load generation at scaleKnowledge of CI/CD platforms (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) and automated test integrationFamiliarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and infrastructure-as-code for test environment provisioningExperience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) for test environment managementDebugging & Analysis: Expertise using network analysis tools (Wireshark, tcpdump, mitmproxy, Charles Proxy) for traffic inspection and debuggingProficiency with log analysis and correlation across distributed systems to investigate quality issuesExperience with performance profiling and identifying bottlenecks in high-throughput security systemsAbility to read and analyze network traces, application logs, and security events to reproduce and validate defectsStrong skills in test data analysis, metrics visualization, and quality reportingQA Methodologies & Practices Expertise in black-box, white-box, and grey-box testing techniquesStrong understanding of exploratory testing, especially for security and edge case scenariosExperience with regression testing strategies and test prioritizationKnowledge of test design techniques including boundary value analysis, equivalence partitioning, and state transition testingFamiliarity with quality metrics such as defect density, test coverage, escape rate, and mean time to detectionSoft Skills & Attributes Exceptional communication skills with the ability to explain quality issues and test results to both technical and non-technical audiencesStrong customer empathy and commitment to ensuring customer deployments meet quality standardsDetail-oriented with a passion for finding edge cases and potential failure scenariosCalm under pressure during critical customer escalations and production quality incidentsCollaborative mindset with a track record of working effectively with development, security, and customer success teamsSelf-directed with the ability to manage ambiguity and prioritize testing efforts effectivelySecurity-first mindset with a passion for protecting applications and ensuring security controls work as intendedPreferred Qualifications Experience with chaos engineering and resilience testing for distributed systemsContributions to open-source testing tools or security testing frameworksRelevant security certifications (CISSP, CEH, OSCP, GWAPT) or QA certifications (ISTQB Advanced/Expert)Experience with compliance testing for PCI-DSS, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR and validating security controlsBackground in penetration testing, red team operations, or security researchExperience with machine learning testing for security applications (bot detection, anomaly detection)Understanding of API security testing patterns for REST, GraphQL, and gRPC protocolsExperience validating quality for Fortune 500 or Global 2000 enterprises Knowledge of threat modeling and using threat models to derive test scenariosWhat You'll Work On Design comprehensive test strategies for WAF deployments protecting billions of requests dailyValidate and reproduce complex customer-reported security and performance issuesBuild automated test suites for advanced rate limiting, bot mitigation, and API protection featuresDevelop performance test frameworks to validate WAF latency and throughput at enterprise scaleCreate attack simulation tools to continuously validate WAF detection capabilitiesCollaborate with product and engineering teams to improve testability and quality standardsBuild test environments that accurately simulate customer production scenariosEstablish quality gates and release criteria for new WAF rules and featuresWhy Join Our Team Work on quality challenges at massive scale, ensuring world-class protection for critical web applicationsDirect impact on customer success through quality excellenceCollaborative, quality-focused culture with opportunities for deep technical workOpportunity to shape quality practices and work closely with enterprise customersCompetitive compensation, equity, and benefits package Apply Apply Later ← Back to Current Openings Share lang: en_US Share LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Email

QA Staff Engineer

Engineering Bangalore , Karnataka,