Senior Cloud Engineer - Test
Description
Job Title: Senior Cloud Engineer- Test
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
Wind River Systems is building Wind River Studio for Operators, delivering an integrated cloud platform, unifying infrastructure, orchestration, and analytics capabilities so operators can deploy and manage their intelligent 5G edge networks globally. Wind River Systems is seeking an experienced, high-performing Senior Engineer Software Engineer developing distributed cloud-based orchestration and automation platform solution for the intelligent edge.
The orchestration capabilities in Wind River Studio give you a single pane of glass to manage and automate application deployment in a large-scale distributed environment. Pick the applications you need from an app catalog, deploy them to a carrier-grade cloud platform, and orchestrate the resources needed for the applications — simply, intuitively, and logically. Scale from a handful of nodes to thousands of nodes in a geographically dispersed distributed environment.
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
Within the Wind River Cloud team, we work with large-scale projects like Kubernetes, Docker, OpenStack, and fast-paced open-source technologies that are central to our products. We are seeking a versatile and high-performing Cloud Test & Automation Engineer who thrives in agile environments and brings deep expertise in validation, automation, and open-source testing tools.
You will contribute to Wind River’s leadership in the StarlingX open-source project, helping ensure the reliability and scalability of infrastructure for highly distributed edge solutions—including 5G, autonomous vehicles, and industrial automation.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design and implement automated test suites for cloud infrastructure components
- Use open-source test tools such as PyTest, Robot Framework, and Selenium
- Apply Test-Driven Development (TDD) principles to validate code early and often
- Collaborate with developers to define testable requirements and edge cases
- Investigate and resolve issues during product verification and customer integration
- Maintain test environments using Kubernetes, Helm, and Docker
- Utilize Linux and shell scripting for automation and diagnostics
- Stay current with OpenStack advancements and incorporate them into testing strategies
- Participate in agile development processes, with the ability to shift between testing, development, and automation roles as needed
- Work with open-source software responsibly, including understanding licensing models and managing CVEs
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and fault-tolerant testing strategies
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or related field
- 3+ years of professional experience in test engineering or QA automation
- 1+ years of scripting experience with Python
- Experience with Linux systems and shell scripting
- Exposure to Kubernetes, Helm, and Docker
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience testing infrastructure software for scalable, distributed systems
- Deep understanding of OpenStack architecture (Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Keystone)
- Track record of maintaining high-quality standards in production environments
- Contributions to OpenStack or other open-source communities
- Familiarity with RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, YAML, and TOSCA
- Experience managing open-source licensing and CVE remediation
- Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
- Excellent analytical, debugging, and communication skills
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY
Wind River is committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, HIV status, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status including pregnancy, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Wind River will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on these characteristics.
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