Principal Software Quality Engineer
Principal Software Quality Engineer
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About the Job :
Quality Engineering at Red Hat offers an inclusive and open environment for engineers to collaborate and build technology solutions for product testing and release readiness. Red Hat is the place for you to test your quality engineering mindset and nurture your DevOps and Leadership skills.
Find out more about what it is like to work in Red Hat QE directly from our engineers in this video.
We are seeking a Principal Software Quality Engineer to join a group of passionate professionals developing and supporting the components and technologies that comprise OpenShifts control plane. This role demands deep technical expertise strong leadership and the ability to hit the ground running. You will collaborate with Product Management Software Development Engineers and Software Quality Engineers to gain a deep understanding of features customer use cases and technical implementations. This knowledge will enable you to design realworld test plans extending automation frameworks building new regression test suites and drive the integration of qualitydriven methodologies throughout the software development lifecycle.
You will be responsible for developing and executing both manual and automated tests to accelerate the testing process and improve product quality. Our Quality Engineers are not just blackbox testers; they have a deep understanding of software internals can debug issues and write automated tests using scripting and userlevel automation tools. As a senior member of the team you will be involved in strategic and process improvement efforts to continually improve the way the team works. As an individual contributor youll take ownership of tasks from inception to completion with minimal oversight while collaborating with other engineers to ensure best practices and highquality deliverables.
If youre passionate about building quality solutions for distributed systems solving complex challenges and contributing to the ongoing success of OpenShift we invite you to join our team.
What you will do:
Architect and lead implementation of new features and identify quality improvements for OCP
Provide technical vision and leadership on critical and highimpact teams
Ensure nonfunctional requirements including security resiliency and maintainability are met
Write unit and integration tests and work with engineers to ensure product quality
Use CI/CD best practices to deliver solutions and support productization
Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement by sharing recommendations and technical knowledge with team members
Collaborate with product management other engineering and crossfunctional teams to analyze and clarify business requirements
Communicate effectively to stakeholders and team members to ensure proper visibility of development efforts
Mentor influence and coach a distributed team of engineers
Give thoughtful and prompt code reviews
What you will bring:
Expertise in designing developing and maintaining test environments and automated test suites
Testing experience working with globally distributed QE team members
Bachelors degree or higher or equivalent in software engineering or a related field
Minimum of 10 years of professional experience working in QE or software engineering
Familiarity with Agile testing methodologies and techniques
Familiarity with Linux containers and container orchestration tools like OpenShift and Kubernetes
Knowledge of the Linux operating system (any distribution)
Knowledge of networking
Experience with continuous integration (CI) and Jenkins
Programming skills in Golang Python Ruby shell or another programming language
Motivated and dedicated to learning and collaboration
Ability to work in a fastpaced environment and learn quickly
Experience with source code management tools such as Git
Excellent system understanding and troubleshooting capabilities
Technical leadership acumen in a global team environment
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
The following will be considered a plus:
Experience with development for public cloud servicessuch as Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2 Google Compute Engine (GCE) or Microsoft Azure
Direct experience with Linux containers Kubernetes Red Hat OpenStack Platform or Red Hat OpenShift
Knowledge of security testing
Understanding of how Open Source and Free Software communities work
Contributions to open source projects or publicly available code samples
Experience with Pipelines technologies such as Kubeflow Pipelines Argo or Tekton
Experience with Polarion
Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions and Jenkins
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About Red Hat
Red Hat is the worlds leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions using a communitypowered approach to deliver highperforming Linux cloud container and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40 countries our associates work flexibly across work environments from inoffice to officeflex to fully remote depending on the requirements of their role. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas no matter their title or tenure. Were a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative passionate people ready to contribute their ideas help solve complex problems and make an impact.
Inclusion at Red Hat
Red Hats culture is built on the open source principles of transparency collaboration and inclusion where the best ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. When this is realized it empowers people from different backgrounds perspectives and experiences to come together to share ideas challenge the status quo and drive innovation. Our aspiration is that everyone experiences this culture with equal opportunity and access and that all voices are not only heard but also celebrated. We hope you will join our celebration and we welcome and encourage applicants from all the beautiful dimensions that compose our global village.
Equal Opportunity Policy (EEO)
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