Software Engineer

at  Red Hat Inc

Job Summary
Red Hat Global Engineering is looking for an Software Engineer who is intrigued by how things work and constantly looks for ways to make them better. In this role, you will not just be a tester, you will also be a developer who designs, automates, and finds creative ways to solve potential problems. You’ll be required to interpret test requirements from customer use cases and develop innovative automated solutions for the testing of real-world customer workflows in test environments.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain test environments and automated test suites
• Develop test cases in Python and maintain a thorough understanding of the functionality of our offerings
• Ensure continued quality of existing features and assess the quality of newly developed and planned features a products strategic direction
• Contribute to our test automation framework
• Contribute to test tooling projects related to deploying test environments and infrastructure, automating test pipelines, reporting test results, etc.
• Deliver clear status for testing areas in a timely manner
• Explore, Identify and document new bugs clearly and accurately
• Work in a fast-paced agile environment
• Work with other teams internally

Required Skills

• Python experience
• Experience with Linux or UNIX systems
• Experience with Git or other source control technologies
• Interest in testing and investigating how things work internally
• Ability to coordinate and help others solve difficult problems
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English
• Ability to work on a fast-paced project
• Domain experience 2+ years

The following is considered a plus:

• Understanding of container technologies like Docker or Kubernetes, any cloud (Aws/Azure/GCE) knowledge.
• Configuration management, e.g., Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Chef, or Puppet, experience
• Experience with continuous integration (CI) or CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Travis and creating test pipelines
• Experience using or participating in open source projects
• Experience performing web interface automation using Selenium

About Red Hat
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• Design, develop, and maintain test environments and automated test suites
• Develop test cases in Python and maintain a thorough understanding of the functionality of our offerings
• Ensure continued quality of existing features and assess the quality of newly developed and planned features a products strategic direction
• Contribute to our test automation framework
• Contribute to test tooling projects related to deploying test environments and infrastructure, automating test pipelines, reporting test results, etc.
• Deliver clear status for testing areas in a timely manner
• Explore, Identify and document new bugs clearly and accurately
• Work in a fast-paced agile environment
• Work with other teams internall