Software QA Engineer (DevOps Interest)

About the role

IMDA is looking for a skilled QA Engineer with a keen interest in DevOps to join its team. The role bridges quality and reliability, working with development and platform engineering teams to make sure software applications are reliable and well tested.

Key responsibilities

• Work closely with development and platform engineering teams on the reliability and quality of software applications.
• Design, develop and run comprehensive test plans and test cases covering functional and non-functional requirements.
• Build and maintain automated testing frameworks and scripts, including performance and resilience testing.
• Take part in incident reviews, root cause analyses and post-mortems to fix quality and reliability issues.
• Help embed quality practices into the software development lifecycle and share knowledge and best practices across teams.
• Contribute to strengthening DevOps methodologies, processes and best practices.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
• 3-5 years of experience as a QA Engineer and software tester, with a strong interest in and understanding of DevOps.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, able to troubleshoot complex technical issues.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, comfortable working in cross-functional teams.

Required skills

• Proficiency in one or more programming or scripting languages such as Python or Node.js.
• QA testing methodologies, tools and frameworks such as Jest, Pytest, Playwright and Selenium.
• Performance testing tools and methodologies.
• Software development lifecycles, CI/CD and agile methodologies.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms is a plus.