Senior Quality Engineer - CI/CD for OpenShift Container Platform (Brno Office, Czech Republic)

As a member of this dynamic team, you will play a crucial role in developing, optimizing, and maintaining build-focused CI/CD solutions on top of the OpenShift Container Platform. In this role, you will work on creating robust and scalable systems for containerized builds, empowering developers with next-generation container image build toolkits, and contributing to the core of Red Hat’s cloud-native CI/CD workflows. You will play a vital part in delivering a reliable and secure experience for developers deploying applications on OpenShift.

What will you do

• Develop and execute comprehensive test plans and strategies to verify the reliability, scalability, and performance of OpenShift Builds features and components.
• Design and implement automated testing frameworks and test suites for continuous integration and deployment, utilizing CI/CD tools like Tekton.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product management, and DevOps, to identify quality goals and align testing efforts with product requirements.
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve test failures, bugs, and performance issues, contributing to continuous improvement in product quality.
• Ensure thorough test coverage across all critical features by contributing to and expanding the suite of automated tests.
• Actively participate in code reviews, design discussions, and upstream contributions, maintaining alignment with open-source standards and best practices.

What will you bring

• Intensive experience in quality engineering, with a focus on automated testing in cloud-native or distributed systems.
• Solid experience with Golang is preferred to build and maintain automated test suites, experience with scripting languages is mandatory
• Proficiency in testing tools and frameworks, particularly those for Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native applications.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Tekton, Argo Workflows, or GitHub Actions.
• Strong knowledge of Linux and a deep understanding of networking, security, and cloud infrastructure.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills.
• Excellent communication skills, with a collaborative and open-source mindset.
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English
• Practical knowledge of git and related source control management systems (ex: GitHub, GitLab).
• Experience contributing to open source projects and familiarity with open source software development processes is an advantage. 

About Red Hat

Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40+ countries, our associates work flexibly across work environments, from in-office, to office-flex, to fully remote, depending on the requirements of their role. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas, no matter their title or tenure. We're a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute their ideas, help solve complex problems, and make an impact.

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