Inktank provides support and services for Ceph, an open-source distributed object and file storage technology. The QA entry level role is a highly technical quality assurance position encompassing:
- working with developers to ensure adequate attention to testability
- participate in the development of performance assurance tools and programs
- working with the QA Lead and Manager in the development of efficient and effective test plans
- executing test plans, test cases, performance validation, stress testing
- design and implementation of automated testing tools
Our work spans file systems, Linux kernel integration, Qemu integration, OSDs, distributed meta-data servers, remote access protocols (e.g. NFS, CIFS, iSCSI), big data, and a whole bunch of other really cool stuff … all of which needs to be subjected to continuous, comprehensive, tortuous and fully-automated testing.
Required Skills and Experience
- curiosity and a desire to understand and improve complex software
- strong programming skills with Python, Shell, and/or Perl
- experience with network protocols and remote machine access
- a desire to work with very smart people in a fast paced start-up
Secondary (extremely valuable) Skills and Experience
- software development lifecycle
- experience with automated testing and test management
- experience with NFS, CIFS and S3 protocols
- experience with virtual machines
- software development in C/C++ and Java
- working with distributed teams and on open source projects
About Inktank
Inktank is a professional services and support company, founded in 2012 by several creators of the open source project Ceph. Ceph delivers object, block and file system storage with unlimited scalability (up to petabytes and even exabytes) while having the ability to run on commodity hardware.
At Inktank, we believe our work has tremendous potential to transform the storage industry. Ceph was created to help organizations decrease storage costs, and increase operational flexibility by freeing them from expensive, restrictive, proprietary storage systems.
Our mission is to empower businesses through Ceph.
Inktank is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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