Senior QA Engineer - Software Engineering

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Ireland; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise in Ireland is seeking a Software Quality Engineer to ensure quality, reliability, and functionality of software products across the development lifecycle within a hybrid work model.

You will define test strategies, create detailed plans, perform manual tests, and design automation that integrates with CI/CD pipelines, while collaborating with software engineers and product managers.

Qualifications

• Define and implement QA strategies for complex software.
• Develop and maintain automated tests to increase coverage.
• Perform root-cause analysis on defects and failures.

Responsibilities

• Own QA activities for features from requirements to release.
• Review requirements and designs to identify test scenarios and risks.
• Define test plans and test cases for complex features.
• Perform manual functional, integration, regression, negative, and end-to-end testing.
• Design and maintain automated tests to improve efficiency.
• Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines and analyze results.
• Investigate failures and work with developers to resolve issues.
• Analyze logs and configurations to troubleshoot issues across components.
• Perform regression testing and assess impact of changes.
• Collaborate with engineers, PMs, and other QA engineers.

Skills

QA processes

Automation

Test design

Root-cause analysis

CI/CD

Tools

Selenium

Jenkins

Docker

AWS

Job description

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today's complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what's next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description

The Software Quality Engineer is responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, and functionality of software products throughout the development lifecycle. Works closely with software developers, product managers, and other QA engineers to define test strategies, design and execute tests, develop test automation, investigate defects, and improve overall product quality.

Management Level Definition

Senior: Applies advanced technical knowledge to solve complex problems and contributes to the development and improvement of QA processes, methodologies, and automation. Works independently on complex assignments and may provide technical guidance to other team members.

Responsibilities

• Own QA activities for assigned features, from requirements and design through implementation and release.
• Review product requirements and technical designs to identify test scenarios, risks, dependencies, and edge cases.
• Define test strategies and develop detailed test plans and test cases for complex software features.
• Perform hands-on manual testing, including functional, integration, regression, negative, and end-to-end testing.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated tests to increase test coverage and improve testing efficiency.
• Integrate automated tests into Continuous Integration (CI) pipelines and analyze test execution results.
• Investigate test failures and product defects, perform root-cause analysis, and work closely with developers to resolve issues.
• Analyze logs, test results, system behavior, and configurations to troubleshoot complex issues across multiple components.
• Perform regression testing and assess the potential impact of product changes across the system.
• Collaborate closely with Software Engineers, Product Managers, and other QA engineers throughout the development lifecycle.
• Identify quality risks and proactively communicate issues, dependencies, and potential release risks.
• Work with complex cloud, virtualization, distributed-system, and containerized environments.
• Leverage AI-based tools and technologies to improve test design, automation, test analysis, troubleshooting, and overall QA efficiency