Sr QA Engineer

About the Company

Penguin Computing is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer to join our Software team. Penguin Computing's ICE ClusterWare is used in the deployment, provisioning, management, and monitoring of some of the largest computational systems in the world.

About the Role

In this role, you will join our remote-first Software team and collaborate closely with Software Engineers, Product Owners and Managers, and others across the organization to ensure that our software meets the highest quality standards before being released to the market. As part of a talented and high-performing agile team, you will have the opportunity to make lasting impacts on our software and our customers. You will work with team leaders to create a testing strategy that improves the quality of software releases through automation testing, test processes, and tool improvements. The ideal candidate has a strong foundation in computer science, and a demonstrated ability to organize workload and priorities to complete tasks on time and to work effectively in a team environment. Initiative and the ability to work with a high degree of independence and autonomy are key, as is the ability to communicate effectively asynchronously.

Responsibilities

Work with SW teams to understand features and technical implementation

Work with other engineers in designing, developing, and maintaining the automation infrastructure

Lead the charge in designing a testing strategy for each software product

Create and maintain testing plans for each software product that reflect customer usage models and approximate real-world environments

Perform manual testing where required, whilst working to automate as much as possible

Create scripts and tools to perform functional application, regression, and performance tests using various techniques (white and black box, etc)

Provide standard metrics and results from all testing efforts

Be an advocate for driving the software development process toward quality-centric methodologies

Qualifications

Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent professional experience

Required Skills

Demonstrated testing skills and understanding of all aspects of QA processes

Strong Linux command line skills, and the ability to use Linux effectively to create test environments and troubleshoot issues

Solid understanding of SW development lifecycle

Experience with virtualization architecture and platforms

Familiarity with container-based software deployment and orchestration using Kubernetes is preferred

Experience with CI / CD platforms and tooling

Experience with testing frameworks like Selenium or Cypress

Robot framework – Nice to have

Coding experience in python, bash, C, and / or Javascript

Good troubleshooting and debugging skills

Familiarity with JIRA and Xray

Knowledge of HPC clusters and / or networking a plus