Job Summary:
Quality engineers at Red Hat are intrigued by how things work and constantly look for ways to break things and rebuild them to make them better. They are not just testers; they are also developers who design, automate, and find creative ways to identify potential problems. At Red Hat, you are welcome to flex your software development skills in a different way.
The Red Hat Build of Keycloak team is looking for a Principal Software Quality Engineer. In this role, you will oversee all aspects of quality for Red Hat Build of Keycloak, a Cloud Native solution that provides a universal and easy way to secure applications. You will gain a deep understanding of various aspects of complex technologies from Java Enterprise.
As a Principal Software Quality Engineer, you will work together with developers and the upstream Keycloak community - an incubating CNCF project - on the new core product features and capabilities. You’ll need to have excellent technical and creative thinking skills, as you'll be encouraged to develop innovative solutions to technical issues on a daily basis.
In this role you will interact and closely collaborate with other internal teams at Red Hat consuming or utilizing Red Hat Build of Keycloak. You will also have the opportunity to promote Keycloak and its community outside of Red Hat.
This role will be based at one of Red Hat's offices. Working remotely is a possibility.
You will be part of Red Hat’s unique culture, enriched by Open Management Practices, diversity, and inclusion.
Your continuous growth will be ensured by extensive learning opportunities, including Red Hat Learning modules and certifications as well as Red Hat University (RHU) courses.
What you will do:
Implement test scenarios and develop enterprise applications used for testing
Design and develop testing frameworks in Java for various environments, like Cloud, multiple operating systems, large clusters, and containers
Design and implement automated tests to verify high availability and high scalability of the solution.
Close cooperation with developers on the new product features and participation in Sprint planning
Analyze and prioritize the quality risks and determine the tests required to mitigate them
Act as an internal advocate for our customers to ensure that the product goes to customers without usability or user experience issues; properly document relevant information
Constantly learn new things and maintain an overview of current technologies
Perform integration and automated testing
Develop examples and documentation in support of the usage of Red Hat Build of Keycloak.
Contribute to Keycloak upstream project
Participate in the design and development of core features of Red Hat Build of Keycloak product or related to the various types of integrations with other Red Hat products
Document new bugs and advocate their resolution with developers
Communicate the impact of bugs to customers with developers and support
What you will bring:
7 years of professional experience in Java; Including development of Java EE applications
Experience with Maven, Git, Jenkins, continuous integration, and pipelines
Good understanding of core concepts related to application security
Debugging and performance tuning skills
Experience deploying and managing Java applications in cloud environments.
Familiarity with modern token based application security standards like OAuth2 and OpenID Connect
Ability to learn quickly and solve issues as they arise
Ability to work within a distributed team and communicate effectively
The following are considered a plus:
Familiarity or hands on experience with Keycloak codebase and core features
Familiarity with SRE and operational aspects of running software in production.
Ability to install, configure, and maintain Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or Linux/UNIX-like operating systems as part of the infrastructure enabling continuous testing and automation.
Knowledge of Kubernetes, Containers and Istio Service Mesh
Experience implementing, exposing or managing services on OpenShift or Kubernetes.
Knowledge and familiarity with Red Hat Middleware portfolio
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