75% Remote: Capabilities Application QA Engineer (f/m/d)

For our client we are looking for a Capabilities Application QA Engineer (f/m/d).

Frame data:
Start: November 2024
Duration: 31.03.25 ++ (long term)
Capacity: 100% if possible
Location: Berlin / Remote (1 week Berlin / 3 weeks remote in rotation), up to 50% onsite in peak times

Role:
The Infrastructure Product Line within the program provides infrastructure services through a hardware and software stack to support tenants and other product lines within the program. These services primarily encompass network, compute, and storage segments.
The organization of the Infrastructure Product Line is structured around the delivery process, including product management, architecture, product delivery, and product operations.

Infrastructure product delivery is divided into two teams: Infrastructure Core with datacenter, network, compute & storage delivery and – in the system stack on top of those - infrastructure IaaS (ICE = infrastructure core
engine) delivery.

The Capabilities Application QA Engineer is a part of the ICE Delivery Capabilities team.

The Capabilities Application QA Engineer is tasked with ensuring the high level of quality of the developed products, as specified by product management and co-designed by the architecture team.
This entails creating different testing scenarios, documenting defects, and ensuring quality assurance. Participation and ocasional facilitation of scrum rituals and backlog grooming are part of the activities in this role.

Skills (must-have):
- Deep understanding of different types (functional, regression, security, availability, etc) and levels (component, integration, e2e) of testing
- In-depth knowledge of network protocols and technologies (network principles L2-L4, protocols and services)
- Knowledge in virtualization/containerization principles/technologies (virtualization principles, kubernetes, containers, docker)
- Experienced user of Linux command line
- Python, shell and other command line utilities
- Test automation with pytest
- Testing RESTful APIs, interfacing with other APIs in a distibuted context
- Agile and DevOps practices
- Proven ability to set up and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitLab, Jenkins, Tekton, Argo Workflows, and Argo CD. GitOps knowledge ArgoCD / Flux
- Demonstrated commitment to ensuring high-quality deliverables through rigorous standards and processes
- Fuent English in speech and writing (at least C1)

Skills (should-have):
- Preferred Competencies and skills
- Automated infrastructure testing
- Build and Deployment pipelines
- Virtualization concepts (Hypervisors, Networks + IPAM, storage management)
- Experience with TestRail
- Experience in GCP, Azure, AWS public clouds
- Experience in Jira, Confluence, Git