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IBM Consulting seeks a Quality Engineer specializing in Test Quality to support delivery teams in achieving high-quality test outcomes. You will apply structured test practices, drive improvements through metrics, and contribute to faster time-to-market.
The role emphasizes model-based testing, automation, and collaboration across teams. You will learn and implement cognitive tools to shift from detection-based testing to prevention-based quality engineering, ensuring robust product quality
**Introduction**
A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You'll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you'll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.
**Your role and responsibilities**
As a Quality Engineer specializing in Test Quality, you will support the delivery team in achieving high-quality test outcomes by applying a structured approach, test practices, and technical solutions. You will contribute to improved time to market by driving improvements through integrated metrics and measurements.
Your primary responsibilities will include:
- Assist with Test Optimization: Utilize a model-based Test Design approach and accelerate Test automation using the IGNITE platform to optimize test outcomes.
- Learn Test Automation: Leverage cognitive tools and techniques to transform detection-based testing into prevention-based Quality Engineering.
- Participate in Quality Planning: Prepare and guide the team on Quality Plans and overall Quality for the project lifecycle, emphasizing quality assurance and continuous improvement.
- Explore Quality Metrics: Support the development of easily consumable technical test practices through integrated metrics and measurements.
- Engage in Team Collaboration: Work with the delivery team to achieve high-quality software products through quality engineering best practices.
**Required technical and professional expertise**
- Exposure to Test Optimization: Familiarity with utilizing model-based Test Design approaches and accelerating Test automation using platforms like IGNITE.
- Basic Understanding of Test Automation: Interest in leveraging cognitive tools and techniques to transform detection-based testing into prevention-based Quality Engineering.
- Interest in Quality Planning: Awareness of preparing and guiding teams on Quality Plans and overall Quality for project lifecycles, focusing on quality assurance and continuous improvement.
- Curiosity about Quality Metrics: Basic understanding of developing easily consumable technical test practices through integrated metrics and measurements.
- Exposure to Team Collaboration: Participation in team settings to achieve high-quality software products through quality engineering best practices.
**Preferred technical and professional experience**
- Test Automation Knowledge: Interest in leveraging cognitive tools and techniques to transform detection-based testing into prevention-based Quality Engineering, with a basic understanding of related concepts and technologies.
- Quality Planning Awareness: Awareness of preparing and guiding teams on Quality Plans and overall Quality for project lifecycles, focusing on quality assurance and continuous improvement, with an interest in learning more.
- Model-Based Testing: Exposure to model-based Test Design approaches, with curiosity about accelerating Test automation using platforms like IGNITE.
IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
**Job Description**
Identifies opportunities for others to replace or upgrade server components. Validates cabling, checking network environment build and connectivity is established. Monitors and assigns work in ticketing environment, mentoring less experienced technicians or implementing technical solutions. Trains advance fix and repair techniques that align with corporate objectives and adheres to standard operating procedures (SOPs) and method of procedures (MOPs) for operational Data Center Change Control processes. Acts as a technical liaison for technical and non-technical teams, providing subject matter expertise to identify and resolve resiliency, reliability, and availability risks.
**Responsibilities**
**Key Responsibilities**
**Datacenter Services Operations-Break/Fix and Hardware Maintenance:**
-Identifies opportunities for other team members to work with of servers and server components and main hardware to ensure efficient performance for its entire lifecycle.
-Guides and coaches less experienced technicians on best practices for the power distribution units and/or replacement hardware, removing and troubleshooting hardware without disturbing critical infrastructure, as needed.
**Datacenter Services Operations-Network Configuration, Installation, and Augmentation:**
-Guides and instructs less experienced technicians on best practices for implementing -designed and defined network communications and solutions, signing off on client configurations within environments.
-Validates cabling, checking network environment build and connectivity is established, verifying that devices are connected and error free.
**Technical Support and Trouble Shooting-Technical Support and Trouble Shooting:**
-Monitors and assigns work in ticketing environment, mentoring less experienced technicians or implementing technical solutions to enhance and/or troubleshoot the system within Service Level Agreements (SLAs) against assigned ticket, potentially identifying and escalating trends, and documenting steps or resolutions involved in maintaining the environments.
**Safety and Compliance-Safety, Security, Compliance, and Documentation:**
-Oversees adherence to all established Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)/Maintenance Operation Protocols (MOPs) when performing tasks, ensuring all work stays in sync with site rules, colocation vendor rules, and signs-off within a data center and/or customer site environments.
-Upholds and ensures established security procedures, considering applicable local regulations, conducting functional testing of security.
-Ensures compliance with health and safety guidelines (including personal protection equipment, site access, or specific data site compliance) during on-site work at customer locations and at office, with limited supervision.
**Continuous Improvement:**
-Trains advance fix and repair techniques that align with corporate objectives and adheres to SOPs and MOPs for operational Data Center Change Control processes.
-Identifies repeating problems or trends, escalating issues to senior peers and/or external experts, operations team, and engaging global team about local issues.
-Analyzes issues for repeating problems or trends, escalating identified issues to external experts and operations team, and engaging global team about local issues.
**Collaboration, Vendor Relations, and Leadership-Collaboration, Vendor Relations, and Leadership**
-Leads collaboration efforts with project teams/colocation partners to properly test and validate the installation, operation, and performance of electrical/mechanical systems and coordinate site utility requirements.
-Acts as a technical liaison for technical and non-technical teams, providing subject matter expertise to identify and resolve resiliency, reliability, and availability risks.
-Ensures contractors and vendors deliver quality services and that all SLAs are being met.
-Contributes to quality assurance through process creation and training of less experienced peers.
**Core Responsibilities**
**Planning & Execution:**
-Completes complex and/or ambiguous tasks in accordance with project requirements, with limited instructions. Provides guidance to team members on shifting priorities and resources according to team needs.
**Collaboration & Partnership:**
-Collaborates across teams to lead the delivery of impactful work and provide support for critical team objectives. Leverages advanced understanding of business, stakeholder, and/or customer needs to build partnerships within and outside of team.
**Problem Solving:**
-Develops and shares procedures to identify and resolve routine or non-routine issues, serving as an escalation point for the team. Collects and reviews data and/or information to troubleshoot complex errors.
**Continuous Learning:**
-Embraces continuous learning by actively seeking to build knowledge and learning new skills and/or tools and staying current with trends and best practices in one's field. Seeks out and leverages feedback and advanced training to improve skills.
**Continuous Improvement:**
-Recommends, implements, and shares improvements to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of complex processes, protocols, and workflows.
Career Level - OP4
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