Lead QA – Cloud IAAS Engineering

  • Software Engineering
  • Professional

Lead QA – Cloud IAAS Engineering

  • Software Engineering
  • Professional

Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job – it’s a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you’ve never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.

Your Role and Responsibilities
The IBM Cloud Networking Tribe is looking for a talented, innovative and enthusiastic Test Automation engineer that will build the next generation IAAS to make our customers succeed. The IBM Cloud Networking Tribe has a global cloud presence that continues to grow and expand its reach. Our Network Services engineering team is responsible for delivering virtual network services with top-notch performance, first-rate security, fail-safe reliability and exceptional quality.

An IBM Cloud Test Automation engineer will be the key individual responsible for end to end feature testing. You will ensure the features delivered functionality and stability are meeting the highest quality standards, working to increase the knowledge and performance of the collective team. In addition, you will interface with senior architects and developers across several locations to ensure that the overall testing strategy is communicated and understood.

We are a global team, so communication skills (both verbal and written) are critical as well as flexibility to work with team members in other time zones.
Responsibilities:

  • Develop thorough test plans and document the results and progress
  • Develop in depths functionality and stability automatic tests that will map customer use cases
  • Research the right set of workloads and benchmarks
  • Develop automated test scenarios and environments for End2End automatic evaluation
  • Collect test evidence measurements to ensure system functionality, stability and scalability
  • Establish automatic measure to assess the accuracy
  • Analyze results to find ways to improve the functionality coverage
  • Analyze root causes and identify areas for improvement
  • Collaborate with development teams to drive resolution for issues and improvement
  • Generate test automation summary reports for stakeholder’s review

How we’ll help you grow:
You’ll have access to all the technical and management training courses you need to become the expert you want to be.
You’ll learn directly from expert developers in the field; our SME’s love to mentor.
You will have the opportunity to work in many different areas to figure out what really excites you.


Required Technical and Professional Expertise

  • 8-10 years of Testing / QA experience.
  • 8-10 years of experience of Automation – goLang or Python
  • Experience on Public or Private cloud.
  • Experience in Networking – Layer 4 and Layer 7 (OSI model)
  • Knowledge of bash, php, awk
  • Good English communication skills (written and oral) and be able to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Knowledge of REST technologies is important advantage.
  • Have experience as QA lead


Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

  • TestRail Experience
  • Cloud network concepts including software defined networking, virtual private cloud (VPC), network services such as load balancer, firewall, gateway as it fits in cloud network infrastructure
  • Working knowledge of cloud network infrastructure technologies
  • Kubernetes, Docker
  • Working knowledge of Nework tools is an important advantage.
  • Knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems
  • Knowledge of Github and Jira is an advantage.
  • Fast learner and a team player

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About Business Unit

The IBM Cloud Networking Tribe is looking for a talented, innovative and enthusiastic Software engineering professional that will build the next generation IAAS to make our customers succeed. The IBM Cloud Networking Tribe has a global cloud presence that continues to grow and expand its reach. Our Network Services engineering team is responsible for delivering virtual network services with top-notch performance, first-rate security, fail-safe reliability and exceptional quality.


Your Life @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

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About IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.


Location Statement

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For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.


Being You @ IBM

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

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