Hardware System Test Engineer – Virtualization Squad

Introduction
Software Developers at IBM are the backbone of our strategic initiatives to design code test and provide industry-leading solutions that make the world run today – planes and trains take off on time bank transactions complete in the blink of an eye and the world remains safe because of the work our software developers do. Whether you are working on projects internally or for a client software development is critical to the success of IBM and our clients worldwide. At IBM you will use the latest software development tools techniques and approaches and work with leading minds in the industry to build solutions you can be proud of

Your Role and Responsibilities
The position is for skilled test professionals to perform Hardware System test validation. They will perform system assurance tests and create test cases on scaled scenarios on different versions of the latest family of IBM Power servers utilizing several versions of PHYP Power Firmware AIX / VIOS and Linux releases.
Employees will be working closely with Development and Functional test organization in defining the test planning scoping the valid scenarios for Line Items/Features. Employees will also work on troubleshooting and debugging customer field issues and incorporating test cases/updating existing test cases to further strengthen the test plan to maintain high product quality and customer satisfaction.
Teamwork is expected to be of the highest quality.
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Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 5+ years of experience in Install configure tuning and troubleshooting VIOS.
• 5+ years of experience in setting up and utilizing Live Partition Mobility.
• Technical Leadership to drive the component test and report progress & issues in the mullitple IBM Power Systems
• Operating System Test experience – Kernel concepts and Internals (Process Management Memory Management Virtualization Scheduling Networking Security etc.)
• Strong VIOS Administration skills (Install/Manage OS Filesystems/LVM AIX/Linux Commands IO PowerVM functionalities). IBM Power Systems exposure preferred
• Write and execute test cases with the ability to ensure proper coverage based on Line items/features requirements and workloads and perform regression testing (Experience in EWM is a plus)
• Knowledge of end-to-end of Defect Management
• Knowledge of Agile and DevOps practices and methodologies including Continuous Integration (CI)/Continuous Deployment (CD)/Continuous Testing (CT)
• Ability to handle testing and debugging tasks independently
• Strong team player with good communication (verbal/written) and interpersonal skills
• C or Java Programming
• Experience in Rational Quality Manager
• Experience in Linux adminstration
• Experience in IBM i administration
• Knowledge of Rational SDLC Tools (RTC CQ)
• Knowledge of Big Data and Analytics

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• None