Senior Test Lead
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Job Description
Senior Test Lead
Austin, Texas

Job Summary

Cisco is looking for an experienced StarOS Mobility 4G / Packet Gateway (PGW) Customer Experience Engineer with approximately 10+ years of experience in mobile packet core technologies. 
The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in Cisco StarOS-based mobility platforms, particularly 4G EPC / PGW, along with extensive experience supporting large-scale service provider environments. 
This is a customer-facing technical role requiring the engineer to work closely with telecom customers during software upgrades, network expansions, new deployments, migrations, feature introductions, troubleshooting, and production change activities. 
The engineer will act as a trusted technical advisor to customers and will collaborate closely with Cisco engineering, system test, TAC, deployment, and account teams to ensure successful delivery and operation of mission-critical mobile packet core networks. 

Key Responsibilities

• Customer Engagement & Technical Ownership 

• PGW Deployment & Integration 

• Software Upgrade & Migration 

• System Test & Solution Validation 

• Troubleshooting & Problem Resolution 

• Technical Documentation 

Skill Requirements

• Strong knowledge of 3GPP 4G EPC architecture and hands-on expertise 
• Strong understanding of interfaces and protocols 
• Strong hands-on experience with Cisco StarOS-based mobility platforms, preferably including: 
• ASR 5000 / ASR 5500 
• Cisco Virtualized Packet Core / StarOS virtual platforms, where applicable 
• StarOS CLI 
• PGW configuration 
• High availability and redundancy 
• StarOS software upgrades 
• System monitoring and troubleshooting 
• Experience troubleshooting StarOS platform health including: 
• CPU and memory 
• Card/component status 
• Session utilization 
• Service utilization 
• System alarms 
• Crashes 
• Bulk statistics 
• Logs and traces 
• Strong understanding of: 
• IPv4 / IPv6 
• TCP/IP 
• Routing 
• VLANs 
• VRFs 
• BGP 
• OSPF 
• Static routing 
• ECMP 
• NAT 
• DNS 
• IP addressing and subnetting 
• Ability to troubleshoot end-to-end packet flow from the mobile subscriber through the EPC toward external data networks. 

Other Requirements

Customer-Facing Skills 
The candidate must have strong customer interaction experience and demonstrate: 
• Excellent verbal and written communication. 
• Ability to explain complex technical issues clearly to both engineering and management audiences. 
• Confidence leading technical discussions with Tier-1 telecom operators. 
• Ability to manage high-pressure production situations. 
• Strong ownership and accountability. 
• Ability to coordinate across geographically distributed teams. 
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills. 
• Ability to prioritize activities during customer-impacting incidents. 
 
 
Preferred Experience 
• Approximately 10+ years of telecom / mobile packet core experience. 
• At least 5+ years of hands-on experience with Cisco StarOS mobility platforms is highly desirable. 
• Extensive experience with 4G EPC / PGW deployments. 
• Experience supporting large Tier-1 or Tier-2 telecom service providers. 
• Hands-on experience performing production software upgrades. 
• Experience executing complex network changes during maintenance windows. 
• Experience troubleshooting live subscriber-impacting issues. 
• Experience working with TAC, engineering, development, and system-test organizations. 
• Experience with large subscriber-scale mobile networks. 
 
 
Exposure to the following would be advantageous: 
• 5G NSA architecture 
• 5G Core / UPF 
• CUPS 
• Virtualized packet core 
• Cloud-native mobile core 
• VMware / OpenStack / Kubernetes environments 
 
 
Education 
Bachelor's or Master's degree in: 
• Electronics and Communication Engineering 
• Telecommunications 
• Computer Science 
• Information Technology or equivalent relevant industry experience. 
Maximum Salary (US):  148000
Minimum Salary (US):  78000
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Why HCLTech?

At HCLTech, you'll supercharge your potential. You'll find your career. And you'll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026 totaled $14.8 billion. 

 

Compensation and Benefits

A candidate’s pay within the range will depend on their skills, experience, education, and other factors permitted by law. This role may also be eligible for performance-based bonuses subject to company policies. In addition, this role is eligible for the following benefits subject to company policies: medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, life, accidental death & dismemberment, and disability insurance; employee assistance program; 401(k) retirement plan; 10 days of paid time off per year (some positions are eligible for need-based leave with no designated number of leave days per year); and 10 paid holidays per year.