Senior Software Quality Engineer

About the Job

The OpenShift Engineering team is looking for a Senior Quality Engineer in US-NC-Raleigh. In this role, you will work on Red Hat’s OpenShift Container Platform, built on container technology and the Kubernetes cluster management system. You'll be responsible for all aspects of quality for Red Hat OpenShift, including designing test plans, extending automation frameworks, and developing new automated tests for both back and front ends.  You will make sure our solutions fulfill the highest possible enterprise quality, performance, usability, and supportability. As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will gain a deep technical understanding of a variety of popular technologies, including containers, Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, etc.

You will be a part of Red Hat’s culture that makes us unique in the Industry, enriched with Open Management Practices, Open Decision Framework, and diversity and inclusion, to name a few. 
Regardless of your role and designation, you will have the freedom to showcase your leadership skills and ability to bring innovative solutions to complex problems at any level that will help you to get wider visibility in our organization.

What you will do

• Execute manual and automated tests for OpenShift and deliver clear status in a timely manner.

• Conduct failure analysis, explore, identify and document new bugs,  advocate for the resolution of  bugs and communicate the impact on customers to developers and support;

• Coordinate cross components teams to be responsible for bug verification, regression testing.

• Work with the product release related teams to be responsible for the product delivery related testing; 

• Design, develop and maintain automation frameworks, CI  and scripts with Golang for OpenShift testing and implementation

What you will bring

Testing experience working with globally distributed QE team members
Bachelor's degree or higher, or equivalent in computer science or a related field
5+ years of professional experience working in QE or similar roles
Familiarity with testing methodologies and techniques
Knowledge of the Linux operating system (any distribution)
Programming skills in shell, Ruby, Golang, Python or another programming language
Motivated and dedicated to learning and collaboration
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and learn quickly
Solid written and verbal communication skills in English

The following are considered a plus:

• Knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2, Google Compute Engine (GCE), or Microsoft Azure

• Knowledge of Linux containers, Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenStack Platform, or Red Hat OpenShift

• Knowledge of CI/CD and Jenkins

• Knowledge of security testing

• Contributions to open source projects or publicly available code samplesDesign, develop and maintain automation frameworks and scripts with Ruby, Golang and Python for OpenShift testing and implementation

• Participate in the test planning and product planning processes

• Conduct new feature research and design test cases

• Execute manual and automated tests for OpenShift and deliver clear status in a timely manner.

• Explore, identify and document new bugs.  Advocate for the resolution of  bugs and communicate the impact on customers to developers and support

• Constantly learn new things and maintain an overview of current technologies

• Work in a fast-paced Agile global environment of talented Quality Engineers

• Provide mentoring and leadership to junior Quality Engineers 

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The salary range for this position is $101,300.00 - $162,050.00. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.

Pay Transparency

Red Hat determines compensation based on several factors including but not limited to job location, experience, applicable skills and training, external market value, and internal pay equity. Annual salary is one component of Red Hat’s compensation package. This position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, and/or equity. For positions with Remote-US locations, the actual salary range for the position may differ based on location but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. 

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