Red hat Senior Software Quality Engineer 

India, Karnataka 

391906176

About the job:

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 black-box testers; they have a deep understanding of software internals, can debug issues, and write automated tests using scripting and user-level automation tools. As a senior member of the team, you will take ownership of tasks from inception to completion with minimal oversight, while collaborating with other engineers to ensure best practices and high-quality deliverables.

What you will do?

• Write unit and integration tests and work with engineers to ensure product quality in a timely fashion

• Ensure non-functional requirements including security, resiliency, and maintainability are met

• Use CI/CD best practices to deliver solutions and support productization

• Triage and reproduce bug reports

• 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 assist a distributed team of engineers

• Give thoughtful and prompt code reviews

What you will bring?

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience working in QE or software engineering

• 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

• 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