Automation Engineer

Cato Networks is the converged network and security cloud for the AI era. 

As AI reshapes cybersecurity, enterprises face a dual challenge: unlocking AI’s potential while defending against AI-driven attacks. Cato addresses both through a unified, cloud-native platform, providing the visibility and context to prioritize risks and stop threats in real time across users, applications, data, and AI agents. 

Join us as we scale: take on ambitious technological challenges and shape the next generation of enterprise security at a company trusted by thousands of organizations worldwide. 

We’re looking for a Senior Automation Engineer to join our Automation team. As a member of this team, you will be responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of automated tests and infrastructure using our Java-based framework. Our Automated tests cover various aspects of the security product, including complex networking topology, traffic, security rules, Users authentication scenarios.  

  
Responsibilities  

• Design, develop, and maintain automated tests for complex, multi-layered systems using our Java-based framework   

• Drive initiatives to enhance automation infrastructure and tools to support seamless development and testing workflows.  

• Define, build, and maintain automation infrastructure, frameworks, and reusable libraries, to improve test execution reliability, reduce flakiness, shorten feedback loops, and increase confidence in automation results.  

• Evaluate and integrate AI-driven solutions into the automation workflow, improving productivity, reliability, and insight generation   

• Leverage AI-based tools and techniques to enhance test automation, including test generation, failure analysis, and optimization of test coverage and execution   

• Enable QA automation engineers and developers with reusable components, templates, tools, dashboards, CI/CD integrations, and best practices.  

• Translate automation data into actionable insights for automation engineers, developers, product teams.  

• Identify gaps and develop tools and solutions to improve automation efficiency, stability, and scalability   

• Collaborate with development, product, and cross-team automation groups to ensure high-quality delivery and unified standards   

Requirements  

• 7+ years of experience in test automation for multi-layered complex systems   

• Strong coding skills with OOP/OOD principles (Java, C#)  

• Experience with load and performance testing (Jmeter, K6, Gatling)   

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)   

• Strong understanding of network protocols (L3–L7) 

• Strong understanding of automation architecture, CI/CD integration, and scalable execution infrastructure using Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud environments.  

• Experience designing, building and maintaining automation frameworks and test environments   

• Practical experience using AI-based tools to improve software development or test automation workflows (e.g. test generation, code assistance, failure analysis, or test optimization)   

• Familiarity with identity providers (LDAP, AD, Okta, Azure AD)  

• Demonstre a strong ownership mindset and exceptional communication skills to mentor teams toward continues engineering excellence.