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Quality Engineer
Westford, MA

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Company description

At Red Hat, we connect an innovative community of customers, partners, and contributors to deliver an open source stack of trusted, high-performing solutions. We offer cloud, Linux, middleware, storage, and virtualization technologies, together with award-winning global customer support, consulting, and implementation services. Red Hat is a rapidly growing company supporting more than 90% of Fortune 500 companies.

Job summary

Work to enhance infrastructure and develop tests related to continuous integration (CI) testing of certification suites and the Linux kernel. The Red Hat Quality Engineering team is looking for a Quality Engineer to join us in Westford, MA. In this role, you will interpret results, debug failures, and report bugs. You'll need to have a passion for testing, automation, and examining how things work internally and a good understanding of Linux and other open source technologies.

Primary job responsibilities

* Work on the development of CI infrastructure
* Write and maintain automated tests for certification suite testing
* Debug software problems and write clear bug reports
* Provide timely, complete, and accurate testing status reports
* Work with development teams to review test gaps and ascertain the appropriate test levels to confirm that both teams are working together to reduce overlap

Required skills

* Experience with software test planning, test design, test script automation, and documentation
* Extensive experience using Python and Bash
* Good knowledge of operating systems, hardware, networking, and kernel concepts
* Solid debugging, troubleshooting, and diagnostic skills
* Good written and verbal communication skills in English
* Solid interpersonal skills
* Ability to work as part of a globally distributed team
* Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related engineering field, or relevant professional experience
* Knowledge of Jenkins, Red Hat Ansible Automation, Vagrant, Puppet, or agile methodologies is a plus

Red Hat is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We review applications for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, uniformed services, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Red Hat does not seek or accept unsolicited resumes or CVs from recruitment agencies. We are not responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions, or any other payment related to unsolicited resumes or CVs except as required in a written contract between Red Hat and the recruitment agency or party requesting payment of a fee.

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