Software Quality Engineer

Description

The role is hybrid, with an average of 2 days per week in an HPE office.

The company provides edge-to-cloud services that help customers connect, protect, analyze and act on their data and applications, from edge to cloud.

The team builds cloud-native platform capabilities, delivered as a service, that customers and partners use with scalable hardware and software.

You would join a team of engineers and product thinkers, working on cloud-native platforms that must perform at scale wherever the data lives.

The role is for a senior QA professional who will shape test architecture and automation strategy for the cloud platform.

Responsibilities

• Design, automate and run system-level tests that cover scale, reliability, security and performance.
• Help shape the test automation strategy, and assess and adopt new tools that improve efficiency and coverage.
• Work closely with product, development, support and platform engineering teams to cover quality across the full lifecycle.
• Guide and mentor QA engineers and partners across teams.
• Review designs from a QA perspective to check testability and reduce risk.

Requirements

• 5-8 years of hands-on QA experience.
• Experience building test automation frameworks.
• Experience with non-functional testing covering scale, reliability, performance and security.
• Strong Python coding skills, with experience in Pytest and Playwright.
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), microservices, containers (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure and data center management.
• Solid understanding of Linux and VM environments, storage, compute and networking.
• Familiarity with REST APIs, JSON and SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Experience with virtualization technologies such as KVM and VMware.
• Familiarity with performance and load testing tools.
• Exposure to cloud-native testing challenges in private cloud environments.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven experience mentoring junior team members and driving collaboration across functions.
• Knowledge of the full SDLC and of test methodology, tools, test strategy, test planning and test execution.
• Strong automation background, enough to own the automation strategy and the tools needed to build a test framework.
• Self-motivated.
• Experience with CI/CD, Git/GitLab and Jenkins.
• Experience with Docker, containerization and Kubernetes.
• A BS or MS degree in science or engineering from a recognized, accredited university or college.
• Additional skills that are useful: cloud architectures, cross-domain knowledge, design thinking, development fundamentals, DevOps, distributed computing, microservices, full stack development, release management, a security-first mindset, and user experience.

Conditions

Hybrid work: on average 2 days per week in an HPE office.

The company is committed to an inclusive, accessible workplace and welcomes applications from all qualified people, including those with disabilities. Accommodation requests can be made through the secure form linked in the posting.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and makes decisions based on qualifications, merit and business need.

The company will comply with laws on the use of arrest and conviction records in hiring.

Job level: TCP03. Function: Engineering.

Benefits

• Health and wellbeing benefits covering physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
• Career development programs, including paths to become a knowledge expert or to move into another division.
• A flexible approach to managing work and personal needs.