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Staff QA Engineer

Out of Home, Colorado, USA, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 27 Nov 2024

About the role

About Us

Always open. Our code, our culture, our opportunities. Leading open innovation without limits. We are SUSE.

SUSE is a global leader in innovative, reliable and secure enterprise open source solutions, including SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE), Rancher and NeuVector. More than 60% of the Fortune 500 rely on SUSE to power their mission-critical workloads, enabling them to innovate everywhere – from the data center to the cloud, to the edge and beyond. SUSE puts the “open” back in open source, collaborating with partners and communities to give customers the agility to tackle innovation challenges today and the freedom to evolve their strategy and solutions tomorrow.

We are open in our roots and open in our approach, striving to be the most trusted open innovator in the World. Openness extends beyond our technology. Our vibrant community thrives on diversity and connectivity without borders.

Staff QA Engineer

Job Description

As a Staff QA Engineer, you will be part of leading a world-class engineering team. You will help improve the quality, performance, and resiliency of products across the Rancher portfolio through automation framework and test design. You must have experience with designing and improving test automation frameworks and test design, experience with DevOps practices and continuous integration pipelines. You must be a quick learner and be able to get up to speed with the latest Kubernetes and container technologies. You must be knowledgeable and passionate about quality and automation. You will develop comprehensive test frameworks and strive for automation coverage of key product features. You will push the envelope of the technology on multiple fronts and will be well versed in programming languages (preferably Go).

Responsibilities

Designs quality assurance and test processes for portions and subsystems of end-user applications
Analyze, design and create test scripts, coding, automation, and integration activities required based on general objectives and knowledge of overall architecture of product or solution.
Develop test frameworks, protocols, and documentation for assigned portions of applications; identify, debug, and create solutions for issues with code and integration into software architecture.
Serve as a technical SME in the areas of test automation frameworks and test design fundamentals in order to assist multiple teams with their test automation processes and align test automation approaches across product portfolios and teams
Collaborates and communicates with management, internal teams, and outsourced development partners regarding test status, project progress, and issue resolution.
Work closely with development teams to integrate testing into the development lifecycle.
Participate in daily stand-ups and work in an agile development environment.

Preferred Experience & Skills

Typically 6-10 years experience
Experience with Kubernetes and Linux
Experience in building maintainable and well tested backend and UI test automation code
Fluency in languages like Go
Experience in DevOps process and CI/CD pipeline tools like Jenkins, Drone, Bamboo, etc.
Experience leading test projects and mentoring test teams
Extensive experience with multiple software quality assurance tools and processes.
Evaluating forms and processes for software testing and methodology, including writing and execution of test plans, debugging, and testing scripts and tools.
Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
Experience in overall architecture and software design for products and solutions.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; mastery in English and local language.
Ability to effectively communicate test architectures, design proposals and negotiate options at senior management levels.