Test Automation Engineer - OpenShift Virtualization Networking

Job Summary

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.

OpenShift Virtualization team is looking for an engineer to join its quality assurance team. In this role, you will work on OpenShift Container Platform, built on Kubernetes, KubeVirt and plethora of other open-source projects. You'll be responsible for the quality of its virtualization and networking functionality, including designing test plans, extending automation frameworks, and developing new automated tests. You will make sure our solutions fulfill the highest possible enterprise quality, performance, usability, and supportability. As a Software Quality Engineer, you will gain a deep technical understanding of a variety of popular technologies, including Virtualization, 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

• As part of a geographically distributed team, work with other software and quality engineers on design and implementation of features crossing multiple components within the product.
• Implement and execute manual and automated tests for OpenShift Virtualization and deliver clear status in a timely manner.
• Design, develop and maintain automation frameworks, CI and scripts with Python for testing and implementation.
• 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 and regression testing.
• Constantly learn new things and maintain an overview of current technologies.
• Work in a fast-paced Agile global environment of talented Quality Engineers.
  
  

What You Will Bring

• Experience in software quality assurance and test automation.
• Familiarity with testing methodologies and techniques.
• Experience working in a Linux environment with at least one language like Go, Python, Java, or C/C++.
• Experience with Linux system programming or scripting.
• Work experience in networking, virtualization and containers is a plus.
• Experience with CI/CD tooling is a plus.
• Experience contributing to open source is a plus.
• Experience working in an agile environment is a plus.
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English.
  
  

About Red Hat

Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40+ countries, our associates work flexibly across work environments, from in-office, to office-flex, 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. We're 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.

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