Senior QA SW Engineer -Toronto, Canada (10302)
Extreme Networks · Toronto
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Jul 12, 2026
Toronto
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior quality assurance engineering role focused on testing and validating cloud-driven networking software, covering both wired protocols and enterprise wireless LAN. Day-to-day work involves triaging and resolving complex issues in large-scale environments, root cause analysis across networking and cloud layers, and building or using automation and AI tools for debugging. Suits engineers with deep networking knowledge combined with hands-on cloud and containerization experience.
Senior level · Toronto, Canada · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $136,998 (middle half $106,921–$171,899).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
This role is based in Thornhill, Toronto, Canada — US benchmark data will not apply.
The wired networking protocols requirement (VLAN, IP, STP, TCP/UDP, VRRP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, IS-IS, SPBM) and Enterprise Wireless LAN testing are presented as an OR gate in the Required section; all named protocols are marked required as they represent the same hard gate on networking expertise.
Observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Loki) are listed under Required Skills with 'such as' framing, indicating interchangeability; Prometheus is used as the primary with the others as alternatives.
The role title says 'QA Software Engineer' and the posting emphasises testing, validation, and issue triage, supporting 15-1253; however, the strong programming/debugging requirements and automation-building scope make 15-1252 a credible alternative.
No compensation range was stated in the posting.
Traffic generation tools (Ixia/Spirent), virtualization (ESX/Hyper-V), certifications (CCNA, CWNA/CWSP, etc.), and communication skills appear under the explicit 'Good to have' section.
This role's work location reads as outside the US — the candidate pool, comp, and contention benchmarks here are US-only (BLS employment, Adzuna/USAJOBS demand, and certified H-1B wages), so treat them as a rough US reference, not a local market.
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