Stoftware Development Professional - Test Engineer
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Position Overview & Specifications
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
Primary job responsibilities
- Develop resiliency, and reliability tests on OpenShift Data Foundation
- Clearly document new bugs and advocate for their resolution with developers and communicate their impact on customers and their businesses
- Deliver clear status for testing areas in a timely manner
- Design and Develop a framework for automated testing of the RedHat OpenShift Data Foundation and analyze the failures and fix the framework issues.
- Constantly learn new things and maintain an overview of current technologies
- Build or enhance tools after gaining support from stakeholders in quality engineering and development
- Participate in standard software development, e.g., writing code, tests, documentation, giving demos, and contributing to team meetings
- Participate in peer code review to improve the framework code quality.
- Provide timely status of automated testing efforts and quality statistics to the engineering team.
- Plan and implement test Automation jobs and pipelines using continuous integration (CI)
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
- Proven experience working in quality assurance or software development
- Experience with programming languages such as Python:
- Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code
- [An Advantage] Expertise with the Pytest framework
- Strong unit test and debugging skills
- [An advantage] Experience with Linux operating system
- Good familiarity with basic and advanced terminal commands
- Expertise with various local File systems (such as XFS and EXT) and remote file systems (such as NFS and CephFS)
- Troubleshooting and debugging skills
- Expertise with performing deep investigation of complex CI and produce issues and bugs
- Ability to improve logging around potential CI and product issues
- Experience with Jenkins and Github
- Passion for technology
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
- Experience with storage technologies, cloud, and Kubernetes
- Experience with open source
- Knowledge of agile, scrum, and continuous integration (CI)
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 worldβs 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 youβll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, youβll 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 IBMβs 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, weβre 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 itβs time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.
Location Statement 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, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
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Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (Β£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
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