SDET II: Cloud Infra Automation Engineer

eBSI Export Academy; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai is seeking an SDET II to lead automated quality engineering for cloud infrastructure. You will develop and maintain automated tests for backend services, REST APIs, and VM lifecycle operations, while integrating tests into CI pipelines and collaborating with developers to resolve issues.

The role emphasizes Python, Pytest, Linux environments, and experience with CI/CD tools. Knowledge of TypeScript frontend testing and hypervisor operations is a plus.

Qualifications

• Two or more years in software test automation or quality engineering, with education in technical fields.
• Proficiency in Python programming and Pytest for test automation.
• Experience with Linux environments and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Frontend test automation using TypeScript and web testing tools like Cypress or Playwright is a plus.
• Knowledge of Linux hypervisors, KVM, VM live migrations, and host stack operations is advantageous.
• Experience with infrastructure config management tools such as SaltStack, Ansible, or ArgoCD is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining automated test cases with Python and Pytest to validate backend control plane services, REST APIs, and CLI utilities.
• Developing functional and integration tests for virtual machine lifecycle operations, live migrations, and KVM hypervisor updates within host stack validation.
• CI/CD & Automation Integration: Integrate test suites into continuous integration pipelines to ensure regular automated regression execution.
• Investigating test failures, identifying root causes, and collaborating with developers to resolve issues efficiently and effectively.

Skills

Python

Pytest

Linux

CI/CD

REST APIs

CLI

Education

Technical degree

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Cypress

Playwright

SaltStack

Ansible

ArgoCD

KVM

Job description

Akamai is seeking an SDET II to lead automated quality engineering for cloud infrastructure. You will develop and maintain automated tests for backend services, REST APIs, and VM lifecycle operations, while integrating tests into CI pipelines and collaborating with developers to resolve issues.

The role emphasizes Python, Pytest, Linux environments, and experience with CI/CD tools. Knowledge of TypeScript frontend testing and hypervisor operations is a plus.