Enterprise Quality Assurance Specialist

As a system tester, you will play a critical role in defining and refining an evolving suite of tests to ensure the highest quality of FlashBlade for Enterprise Readiness. You will work closely with Developers, Solution Architects, and Product Managers to develop and bring optimal test coverage for FlashBlade use cases.

Your primary responsibility will be to own and drive testing to completion, reviewing product requirements, design docs, and customer use cases to build test plans, test cases, and develop automation in order to execute System Testing for new and existing features over multiple FlashBlade releases.

You will also collaborate with stakeholders to ensure your test environment validates customer use cases as closely as possible. Additionally, you will work with Dev/PM, Support, and Escalation teams to help reproduce and root cause customer issues, identifying, analyzing, and documenting any defects discovered during testing.

Ultimately, your goal will be to provide top-notch systems quality assurance for FlashBlade customers, ensuring their needs are met and expectations exceeded.
Required Skills and Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you should possess the following skills:

1. Hands-on experience in software testing and test automation, preferably within an enterprise storage product environment (either on-premise or cloud) where Distributed Systems architecture is a key component.
2. Experience working closely in flash storage is highly desirable.
3. Good knowledge of file systems, file system protocols, and data replication: read/write (IOPs, Latency, Bandwidth), I/O datapath, NFS, SMB, S3, ACLs, networking layers (switching, routing, vlans, LACP/lags), and replication specifics (like lag time, RTO, RPO).
4. Strong Automation skills, Familiarity with automation tooling like Pytest is a plus.
5. Good understanding of how end customers use/deploy Storage Systems is a plus.
6. Familiarity with application ecosystems (e.g. Netbackup, Veeam, Commvault, Vertica, Elastic Search, and Database workloads) and directory services (e.g. OpenLDAP, AD, OUD etc)
7. Experience in any number of related system software projects e.g: Operating systems, Linux Kernel, Hypervisors, Containers etc.
8. Ability to deploy and use 3rd party IO tools such as Load Dynamix, IOZone, fio, SpecFS, HCIBench to simulate IO test workloads as a supplement to real workloads.
9. Skilled at reviewing and collaborating on product design docs and test plans and have competency in authoring detailed test plans.
10. Have worked within Agile, Test-Driven Development, and Continuous Integration organizations.
11. Stellar communication and collaboration skills.
12. Ability to work independently and with cross-functional teams to gather data to help with future automation project roadmaps.
13. Experience in development and testing of RESTful web services and backend APIs.

This role offers a unique opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies and contribute to the success of our organization. As a member of our team, you can expect:

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.
• A dynamic and supportive work environment.
• Collaborative team atmosphere.

We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced system tester who is passionate about delivering high-quality results and driving innovation. If you are a self-starter with a strong background in software testing and a desire to make a meaningful impact, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Please note that only candidates with the required qualifications and experience will be considered for this position. We appreciate your interest in our company and look forward to reviewing your application.