Senior QA Automation Engineer - Cloud & Data

Thales; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 89,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended Health

Dental

Life Insurance

RRSP match

Vacation

Well-Being program

Job summary

Thales in Vancouver is seeking a seasoned QA Engineer for a hybrid role combining in-office collaboration with remote work. The position emphasizes automated testing for a cloud-based data warehouse platform, with a focus on concurrency and big data performance.

The successful candidate will bring 5+ years in QA, strong scripting skills in Bash/Python, and experience with Linux and GitHub Actions. This full-time role offers comprehensive benefits and a multi-cloud testing environment.

Qualifications

• B.Sc./M.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance.
• Experience with automated testing.
• Experience with Linux operating systems.
• Experience with scripting languages (Bash and Python).
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, validation and verification processes.
• Experience with GitHub Actions.

Responsibilities

• Design detailed test plans for new features, provide estimations and write automated tests.
• Balance automated and manual testing with the goal of full automation where possible.
• Set up and maintain cloud-based environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Perform functional, integration and performance testing across multi-cloud environments.
• Validate configurations such as authentication and RBAC.
• Plan for and execute concurrency testing on big data machines.
• Monitor and report issues; collaborate with developers on resolutions.
• Enhance tests to run on scaled data machines and analyze workload performance.
• Investigate and report bugs in the tracking system.
• Reproduce and troubleshoot issues and verify fixes.
• Collaborate with QA Team for E2E testing.

Skills

Automated testing

Linux

Python scripting

Bash

GitHub Actions

Cloud testing

Concurrency testing

Big data

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

B.Sc./M.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Docker

AWS/Azure/GCP

Kubernetes

Job description

Thales in Vancouver is seeking a seasoned QA Engineer for a hybrid role combining in-office collaboration with remote work. The position emphasizes automated testing for a cloud-based data warehouse platform, with a focus on concurrency and big data performance.

The successful candidate will bring 5+ years in QA, strong scripting skills in Bash/Python, and experience with Linux and GitHub Actions. This full-time role offers comprehensive benefits and a multi-cloud testing environment.