Red hat Software Quality Engineer - Kernel Livepatching 

Czechia, Southeast, Brno 

764778857

What will you do?

• Responsible for maintaining and updating the automated testing pipeline for Red Hat Kernel Livepatching testing project, debugging any new or existing issue to optimize testing performance.

• Conduct test planning for Red Hat Kpatch products to satisfy security, user and capacity requirements.

• Run long term testing projects to analyze system stability and capacity when loaded with Red Hat Kernel Livepatching products.

• Configure and manage testing systems and individual testing machines, using various testing techniques to obtain and analyze results.

• Design specific testing plans for different Red Hat Kernel projects on different systems and determine test passing criteria.

• Monitor testing infrastructure, report and debug any issues to ensure testing specifications are met for Red Hat Kernel project on the testing infrastructure level.

• Own Red Hat Kernel product bugs and determine testing requirements for system layouts and configurations.

• Communicate with managers to determine purchases of any new equipment to expand the Red Hat Kernel project supporting matrix and maintain proper testing environment for hardware.

What will you bring?

• Proficiency with the C programming language

• Strong knowledge of Linux scripting tools like Bash or Python

• Knowledge of or experience with Linux and Unix kernel programming and internals

• Experience with Git

• Outstanding problem-solving and collaboration skills

• Ability to set priorities, meet deadlines, and work with minimal supervision

• Motivated and dedicated to learning

The following skills are considered a plus:

• Knowledge of Linux live patching open source project

• Experience with ftrace or kprobe

• Experience with the Executable and Linkable Format (ELF)

• Experience with the Assembly language

• Familiarity with open source projects

• Experience with the quality engineering test and release procedures