Plume

QA Engineer (DPI) - Contract

Plume · Hyderabad, India

Posted 26 days ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
26 days
Plume's roles stay open a median of 31 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
18% of Plume's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Plume
moderate
6 stale, 2 reposted of 22 open
Hiring momentum
27 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Plume's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Plume.

About this role

As a QA Engineer at Plume, you will focus on ensuring the functionality and performance of edge security products. Your responsibilities will include designing and developing automated test cases for DPI engines, testing network behavior, validating traffic inspection techniques, and collaborating with firmware developers to test access control logic.

Our read on this posting2.6out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • 3+ years of experience as an SDET, Security QA Engineer, or related role in networking/security domains
  • Strong programming/scripting in Python for test automation and tooling
  • Deep understanding of TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, TLS, HTTP/HTTPS, NAT, VPNs, and tunneling protocols
  • Hands-on with packet sniffers (e.g., Wireshark) and PCAP analysis
  • Solid grasp of firewall behavior, DPI concepts, SSL inspection, and secure communication protocols
  • Strong debugging skills: ability to spot design flaws, race conditions, and performance bottlenecks in complex architectures

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with nDPI, Suricata or commercial DPI stacks
  • Exposure to MITM techniques, threat simulation frameworks
  • Prior experience testing IoT or Wi-Fi edge devices (e.g., OpenWRT, OpenSync, embedded Linux)
  • Background in cybersecurity, network security, or traffic classification
  • Experience in testing cloud-native networking products

Worth weighing

  • Work-from-office role may not suit candidates looking for remote work
  • Focus on security and networking may limit exposure to other software engineering areas
  • No salary or specific benefits mentioned in the posting

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Listed by Plume on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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