QA/ Automation Engineer

Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job – it’s a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you’ve never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.

Your Role and Responsibilities
As a QA/Automation Engineer, you will be a part of the Software testing team for an IBM IaaS product. You will work in an agile, collaborative environment across software architecture, understanding both client-side development as well as the server-side development.

We seek an applicant who will thrive in an open, dynamic, flexible, fun, spirited, collaborative environment; an individual who desires creative freedom and the opportunity to work in a high performing team.

Responsibilities:

• Establish test plans and test schedules for new releases and interim fixes.
• Create and execute test cases.
• Review test cases created by other team members.
• Raise the defects. Collaborating with developers as well as Support teams.
• Expand test automation using test automation framework.
• Ensure that overall testing is performed within the committed timeframe with good quality.
• Support and test for customer support cases.
• Work in a fast moving and forward-thinking development environment that is constantly researching and implementing using the latest technologies.
• Participate in, and adhere to, professional software engineering practices using such tools and methodologies as Agile Software Development, Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Source Code Management (git), and GitHub. Ensure good code coverage.
• Create/maintain technical documentation. Hands on experience in handling and debugging customer issues, work with L3 support team.
• Maintain a high level of proficiency with Computer Science/Software Engineering knowledge and contribute to the technical skills growth of other team members.
• Good team player.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 10+ years of experience in working as a QA/Automation engineer on Linux.
• Good understanding of Agile methodology.
• Experience in working on a IaaS with high industry standard CI/CD, and development cycle processes.
• Good debugging and troubleshooting skills on Linux.
• Strong automation skills in Python and any automation framework
• Good knowledge in Virtualization, Containerization (preferably OpenShift), Cloud
• Experience with GitHub, Jira, Jenkins, and Test management tools.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Experience in OpenStack and Virtualization
• Proficiency in cloud platforms – AWS and IBM Cloud.
• Experience on VMware, IBM Flash System or other disk system snapshot.
• Experience in testing IaaS applications, databases.
• Security fundamentals.
• Excellent communication, coordination and organizational skills.