QA DevOps Engineer

phoenixNAP is an IT Services Company, offering a wide range of services including Data Centre Colocation, a variety of Cloud Services, Data Backup and DRaaS, and Security Services. In addition to our main Data Center in Phoenix, we operate out of over 17 other locations worldwide. Between these locations, we maintain an extensive infrastructure to support all of our customers’ growing business needs. This allows us to offer a high level of availability, redundancy, and fault tolerance to our clients. Through our partnership with industry-leading vendors, we are able to offer our customers the latest in cutting-edge technology. We comply strictly within PCI DSS standards and are accredited twice yearly. 

As a QA DevOps Engineer, you will be a part of a high-performing team that will develop APIs and microservices for phoenixNAP’s infrastructure services. You would need to have experience with agile software development and Quality Assurance. Working within Cloud-based environments and CICD is a plus.

In this role, you will work closely with peer architects, engineers, scrum master, and product owner within a scrum team to develop, test and deploy API products in an iterative and collaborative manner.

Location: Malta/Serbia/Remote (+/-3 hours CET)

Working hours: 40h/week, Monday-Friday

Key Job Requirements:

• Develop and automate the testing of APIs and microservices in containerized infrastructure environments
• Develop and automate tests for frontend UI
• Troubleshooting and debugging failed automated test scripts
• Actively participating in analyzing test basis, brainstorming  sessions and other relevant meetings
• Research, perform proof-of-concept and implement QA methods to improve test automation, increase test coverage and reduce risks
• Act as an intermediary between the Dev team and Quality Assurance to ensure alignment of testing strategies and standards.

Key Skills and Qualifications:

• 1+ year of experience with API and microservices development and testing for distributed software systems
• Experience with browser automation frameworks such as Selenium
• Experience with testing frameworks such as Junit or TestNG
• Experience with agile development and Scrum methodology
• Experience with project management tools such as JIRA
• Experience with Java programming language
• Experience with DevOps methodology is a plus
• Experience with CICD tools, such as Gitlab is a plus
• History of successful research and proof-of-concept of new technology
• Good communication, collaborative and problem solving skills

This is an exciting opportunity to work with a highly innovative and creative team, in a great working environment using the latest technologies, methodologies, and frameworks. A competitive salary and benefits package will be offered to the right candidate.