Senior Cloud QA Engineer

Senior Cloud QA Engineer

  

This role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

   

Job Family Definition:

The Senior Cloud QA Engineer is a hands-on quality leader who designs, builds, and scales test automation frameworks and infrastructure for mission-critical, cloud-native applications. This role requires innovative problem-solving to ensure robust testing across distributed systems, with a strong focus on test automation, cloud reliability, and WiFi/network functionality.

This engineer brings technical depth and Python automation expertise to break down complex test challenges and implement effective solutions across hybrid and public cloud environments. You’ll collaborate closely with developers, product owners, and DevOps to ensure continuous delivery and high-quality user experiences in fast-paced Agile teams.

Management Level Definition:

The Senior Cloud QA Engineer is recognized as a subject matter expert in cloud quality and test automation. They lead technical initiatives and play a pivotal role in defining testing strategy, frameworks, and performance optimization. This role requires minimal oversight and may involve mentoring and guiding junior engineers or cross-functional QA efforts. They drive sustainable quality processes and influence both internal tools and product reliability.

Responsibilities:

• Lead test strategy, design, and automation for complex, cloud-based products and microservice platforms.

• Design and maintain automated test frameworks (Python required) to validate cloud infrastructure, APIs, and wireless solutions.

• Ensure comprehensive test coverage across functional, integration, regression, and performance scenarios.

• Evaluate designs and test implementations for alignment with cloud best practices and secure development standards.

• Collaborate with DevOps to integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline).

• Validate applications deployed on AWS and/or containerized environments such as Docker/Kubernetes.

• Troubleshoot and analyze production issues, logs, and metrics using tools.

• Participate in code reviews and provide actionable feedback to improve product quality and testability.

• Guide QA engineering teams on automation practices, cloud tools, and WiFi test methodologies.

• Evaluate new test technologies and drive adoption of modern QA tools, including performance and chaos testing frameworks.

Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.

• 7–10 years of experience in quality engineering with at least 3 years in cloud-native application testing.

• Proven experience in developing automated test suites in Python for cloud platforms.

Required Skills:

• Strong programming and scripting experience in Python (mandatory).

• Deep knowledge of AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudFormation, IAM).

• Expertise in test automation frameworks like PyTest, Robot Framework, or custom-built Python frameworks.

• Experience in API testing tools such as Postman, REST-assured, or custom scripts.

• Proficiency with container and orchestration technologies: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS preferred).

• Familiarity with WiFi protocols (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) and testing access points/cloud-managed wireless solutions.

• CI/CD automation experience using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar.

• Strong understanding of microservices, cloud networking, and distributed systems architecture.

• Tools knowledge: Git, Jira, Terraform/CloudFormation, Wireshark, and monitoring platforms.

Preferred/Nice to Have:

• AWS certification (Solu