DevOps QA Engineer

Job Title: DevOps QA Engineer

Location:

1. Austin, TX, USA

2. Cupertino, CA, USA

Duration: 6-12+ Months

What You will Do:

• Develop, manage, and automate build, testing, and deployment processes to create robust CI/CD pipelines.

• Design and maintain scalable, reliable infrastructure, including cloud environments (AWS), container orchestration (Kubernetes), and infrastructure as code (IaC).

• Implement and manage systems for monitoring, logging, and alerting to ensure high availability and promptly troubleshoot production issues.

• Work closely with software developers, QA, and operations teams to bridge the gap between development and operations and to improve the overall software development lifecycle (SDLC).

• Oversee security measures and best practices within the DevOps processes to ensure compliance.

• Contribute to the technical design and strategy for the company's DevOps approach.

• Guide and train a team of DevOps engineers.

• Design, develop, and execute a comprehensive automated testing strategy, leading the charge to convert manual testing processes into a robust, scalable framework.

• Architect and support implement end-to-end, integration, and API tests using modern frameworks (Playwright) and programming languages (Java/Python).

• Embed automated tests into our CI/CD pipelines to provide rapid feedback to the development team and ensure quality is maintained with every release.

• Act as a key voice for quality in architectural and design reviews, ensuring testability is built into the development lifecycle from the start.

• Lead and contribute to healthy debates on technology strategy, framework selection, and testing best practices to continuously improve our QA processes.

• Work closely with developers, project managers, and DevOps to identify, triage, and p0 resolve bugs, and to define and report on key quality metrics.

What You Will Bring:

• Extensive experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, or a similar role.

• Deep knowledge of CI/CD, automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform), and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS).

• Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).

• Proficiency in monitoring, logging, and alerting tools (e.g., ELK, Prometheus, Grafana).

• Strong understanding of networking, security principles, and IaC.

• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.

• 9+ years of experience in QA Engineering, Software Development in Test (SDET), or a related software development role.

• Proven, hands-on experience leading the transition from a primarily manual testing environment to a robust automated testing culture.

• Strong programming skills in Java or Python.

• Demonstrated experience with modern end-to-end testing frameworks, with a strong preference for Playwright

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• Experience working effectively in a complex, matrixed organization on cross-functional projects.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to lead technical discussions and advocate for quality initiatives.

• A results-oriented mindset with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.

• Experience with API testing tools (e.g., Postman, REST Assured).