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Your role and responsibilities
We are seeking a highly skilled software test developer with 8-12 year experience in product testing of Data Protection software. The role involves testing of a backup and recovery software - primarily for the Microsoft Hyper-V & VMWare vSphere hypervisor systems on Windows & Unix platforms.
As a vital member of our software test team, you will be responsible for the comprehensive testing and test-automation of various features / functionality, optimize performance, improve stability, security, and reliability of our Data Protection software for Hyper-V and for VMWare.
The Key Responsibilities include the following:
• Product Release test planning:
o Coordination of test activities for SP Client Product for the quarterly releases and potential iFixes as well as customer issues.
o Co-ordinating with the Product Management team for Currency items, new features and release playbacks.
o Creation of test plans/testcases/testscripts, schedules, and test environments along with test strategies.
o APAR/Defect triaging
o Automation for the SP client products.
o CI/CD integration with Jenkins
• New feature Work
o When new functionality is being implemented or changes need to be made to existing functionality for the Client, the Test Lead is defining and coordinating the test activities for the story work
• Support Work
o Support the technical support (L2/L3) with debug work
• ID Work
o Coordinate with Documentation team on what needs to be added/updated in IBM Docs
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
• Bachelor's degree / Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Extensive 8-12 years of experience in testing and automation - with a focus on data protection, backup solutions, or related fields, particularly in virtualized environments, such as - Microsoft Hyper-V & VMWare vSphere hypervisor on different operating systems like Windows, Linux, AIX and Solaris.
• Proven experience with data protection technologies, backup/restore APIs, and storage solutions; and highly proficient with test automation using Python, Java and other scripting languages such as Perl, Unix Shell scripts, Powershell.
• Understanding of testing methodologies including Agile practices.
• Familiarity with data security and compliance standards.
• Excellent problem-solving, testing and debugging skills to analyse & resolve complex technical issues.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work in a team-oriented environment.
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