Principal Software Quality Engineer

Job description

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 high-impact teams
• Ensure non-functional 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 cross-functional 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
• Bachelor's 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 fast-paced 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 services such 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