Staff Software Development Engineer in Test, PKI
Core
Resident expert on Netskope's PKI platform ensuring services are secure, reliable, and scalable by designing test strategies and automating validation for certificate lifecycles, APIs, and distributed cloud infrastructure.
Role type
Staff Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
Builds
Automated testing frameworks and suites for PKI services, TLS/mTLS, digital signatures, and encryption protocols.
Domain
Cloud Security / Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Python, PyTest, Robot, Selenium, Playwright, REST API testing, microservices testing, distributed systems testing, PKI (X.509, CAs, Lifecycle, CRL/OCSP, CSR), SSL/TLS, mTLS, Digital Signatures, Encryption, Networking (TCP/IP, DNS, Load Balancing, HTTPS), Identity Protocols (OAuth 2.0, SAML, JWT), SQL, NoSQL
Preferred skills
Venafi, HashiCorp Vault, HSMs, AWS/Azure/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Drone, Terraform, Ansible, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Linux, Shell Scripting, Service Meshes (Istio, Linkerd)
Responsibilities
Design smart test strategies covering certificate lifecycles, APIs, and distributed cloud infrastructure; Build and maintain automation frameworks using Python, PyTest, and Selenium; Automate validation of REST APIs, enrollment workflows, OCSP, and CRL; Validate TLS/mTLS, digital signatures, and encryption protocols; Own quality from first line of code through production monitoring; Create automated suites for performance, resiliency, and chaos testing; Mentor engineers and lead technical direction of the Quality Engineering group; Join on-call rotation to solve customer problems and improve automation; Improve CI/CD pipelines and engineering best practices.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with mentorship