Senior Automation Engineer - Connectivity Link

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Team & Role Description: 

The Red Hat Kuadrant QE  is looking for a Senior Automation Engineer to join us in Brno. In this role, you will work on Red Hat Connectivity Link products and Kuadrant project and the related technologies, including Red Hat Openshift. You'll be required to interpret test requirements for Red Hat Connectivity Link customer use cases and develop innovative automated solutions for testing real-world customer workflows in test environments containing Red Hat Openshift, AWS, Microsoft Azure, GCP.

Red Hat is an open organization, where good ideas matter more than rank or tenure, and you can be a part of our unique culture. We are guided by the Open Decision Framework and Open Management Practices while also celebrating diversity and inclusion. Your continuous growth is supported by extensive learning opportunities, including Red Hat learning modules and certifications as well as Red Hat University (RHU) courses.

What you will do:

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites in py.test for Red Hat Connectivity Link on  the Openshift compatible platform

• Assure continued quality of existing features, such as DNSPolicy, TLSPolicy, AuthPolicy, RateLimitPolicy, also assess quality on newly developed and planned features for Red Hat Connectivity Link.

• Explore, Identify, and document new bugs using Jira and Github issues

• Closely collaborate with rest of engineering team located in Ireland, Spain, and Canada

What you will bring:

• Advanced experience in Python (py.test)

• Advanced knowledge of Git and GitHub (or similar)

• Basic knowledge of container technologies

• Solid debugging, problem-solving, and analytical skills

• Great written and verbal communication skills

• Fluent English

Nice to have:

• Basic knowledge of AWS, Azure, and GCP

• Advanced knowledge of Kubernetes or Red Hat Openshift

• Intermediate Experience with CI/CD

• Experience with leading or mentoring junior team members

• Basic knowledge of Go

• Experience with Linux

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