Storage Automation Developer

Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.

Your Role and Responsibilities
As a Software Automation Engineers, you will think creatively and break the code to provide better experience to our customers. As a Test Engineer, you are not limited to manual testing, you should develop test scripts and tools to verify the quality of code before the code reaches production.
Responsibilities:

You'll perform both automated and manual tests of our File, Block, Backup Classic and VPC for Block Storage Offerings. You will have the following responsibilities

• Write test plans and test cases for features
• Develop and run automated test cases (function and end-to-end) against classic and VPC storage offerings. Must be able to run continually or as needed.
• Build sufficient expertise in the IBM Cloud control plane (IMS) to enable proactive test automation coverage
• Must be able to provide thorough and timely test execution for storage deliverables

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 8-12 years of high-tech industry experience
• Experience in tools such as Jira, GitHub, Zenhub, knowledge of Continuous Integration and Continuous Development
• Excellent knowledge of product life cycle, tools, processes and operations planning.
• Python development with unit test coverage in PyUnit
• SOAP and REST API skills
• Test Automation tools experience for API, CLI
• Experience in Docker and containerization technologies
• Experience with cloud computing technologies

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Experience with Linux virtualization technologies such as KVM, Xen and QEMU
• Experience with Ceph, NFS, NVME, or object storage technologies
• Excellent Git skills (merges, rebase, branching, forking, submodules)
• Experience with Python, Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins
• Experience with application deployment using CI/CD