Senior Manager, Test Engineering- Networking background is a must

For more than 30 years, SonicWall has delivered a partner-first unified cybersecurity portfolio that helps SMBs, MSPs, and IT teams consolidate network security, endpoint security, security service edge (SSE), and threat response across hybrid environments. By bringing connected technology, real-time threat intelligence, automation, and expert services together, SonicWall helps organizations simplify security operations, achieve better security outcomes, and lower total cost of ownership. Backed by a global ecosystem of more than 17,000 partners, SonicWall delivers enterprise-grade protection built for SMB and mid-market realities. For more information, visit www.sonicwall.com or follow us on X, LinkedIn , Facebook , and Instagram . Role Overview We are looking for an experienced and technically strong Senior QA Manager to own end-to-end quality for cloud applications, cloud security products, and associated services. This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for defining the quality strategy, driving automation and test infrastructure investments, and partnering closely with Product Management, Engineering, DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, Security, Release Engineering, and Support teams to ensure high standards of reliability, scalability, security, and customer trust. The role requires a strong understanding of cloud applications and distributed systems, along with good networking and security fundamentals. You will help shape how quality is built into the product lifecycle, from requirements and architecture reviews through continuous testing, release readiness, production validation, and post-release improvements. Key Responsibilities Quality Strategy & Release Ownership • Define and continuously improve QA and Quality Engineering strategy for cloud applications and cloud security products. • Establish quality gates, entry/exit criteria, and release readiness standards. • Drive risk-based testing and shift-left quality practices. • Define test strategies for new features, platform changes, integrations, maintenance releases, and hotfixes. • Own QA release readiness and provide quality recommendations for go/no-go decisions. • Partner with Engineering and Product leadership to identify and mitigate quality risks. Cloud, Security & Networking Technical Leadership • Provide technical leadership across cloud applications, distributed services, and cloud security solutions. • Define comprehensive testing strategies covering: • Functional and end-to-end customer workflows • REST APIs and microservices • Service-to-service communication • Authentication and authorization • Cloud networking and connectivity • DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, TLS/SSL, proxies, and load balancing • Security policies and controls • Multi-tenant environments • High availability, resiliency, and disaster recovery • Upgrades, migrations, and backward compatibility • Review PRDs, technical specifications, and architecture proposals from quality, security, scalability, reliability, and networking perspectives. • Drive security and negative testing to validate abuse cases, misconfigurations, authorization boundaries, and threat scenarios. Automation, CI/CD & Test Infrastructure • Define the automation vision across UI, API, integration, security, and end-to-end testing. • Establish measurable automation coverage and effectiveness goals. • Build scalable and maintainable automation frameworks in partnership with engineering and automation teams. • Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines. • Drive improvements in automation stability and reduce flaky tests. • Promote continuous testing and automated quality gates. • Define the strategy for cloud-based test environments and test infrastructure. • Partner with DevOps and Cloud In