Software QA Engineer

Bangalore, IN
Software Engineering
Entry Level

Software QA Engineer

Bangalore, IN
Software Engineering
Entry Level

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

As a Software QA Engineer, you have the opportunity to accelerate the delivery and improve the quality of the IBM Cloud and other enterprise Object Storage deployments. You will be part of a test team that is working on problems in a number of areas, including distributed systems, Exabyte-scale storage, Linux OS distribution and network protocols.

IBM’s breadth of technology offers an amazing range of opportunities for you to make a big impact on the quality of storage used in the IBM Cloud and in some of the largest storage installations in the world.

The successful candidate will be a highly analytical, collaborative engineer who is capable of exercising judgment in selecting the appropriate test scenarios and test methodologies, interpreting and report system behavior against customer expectations and communicating anomalous observations to the development teams.

The Position: The Details

Analyze and decompose a complicated software system with changing hardware platforms and design the correct strategy to test this system.
Develop automated functional and system level tests using Python, participate in peer code reviews
Participate in feature development teams and communicate potential system impacting risks, requirement gaps and test scenarios.
Ensure comprehensive test coverage by participating in escaped defect analysis to identify deficiencies and improvements in the automated tests.
Create and manage tasks for newly introduced features and document test strategies and plans.
Communicate to team members on changes of functional system feature interactions and their system performance impacts.
Identify, recommend and implement automated test improvements for new and existing test scenarios.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

2+ years of relevant IT experience.
Ability and tenacity to solve increasingly complex technical issues through analysis and a variety of problem-solving techniques.
Strong understanding of SQA methodologies and test development for complex systems.
Working knowledge of Object-Oriented Python with demonstrable experience in applying these skills to system integration testing.
Working knowledge of system APIs and their uses.
Ability to develop, execute and debug functional/system level tests.
Working knowledge of Linux environments.
Experience working in an Agile-Scrum development environment.
Experience using tools such as Jira, GitHub and Test case management tools.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

Working knowledge of storage industry client tools (e.g. boto3, s3cmd, postman) to perform S3
Knowledge of distributed computing principles, enterprise storage configurations and their usages.
Working knowledge of networking protocols
Object storage APIs and S3
Experience with Public Cloud services (IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure)
Experience using Docker

Want to know what it’s like to be an IBMer?

About Business Unit

IBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate – they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world’s most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.

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.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

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.

Other Relevant Job Details

Location Statement

When applying to jobs of your interest, we recommend that you do so for those that match your experience and expertise. Our recruiters advise that you apply to not more than 3 roles in a year for the best candidate experience.

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.

Key Job Details

Apply now

Don’t see a fit at this time?

Don’t worry. Join our Talent Network and get notified about the latest opportunities.

Join Talent Network >