Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer II

Fluence, a Siemens and AES company, is the global market leader in energy storage technology solutions and services, combining the agility of a technology company with the expertise, vision, and financial backing of two well-established and respected industry giants.

Building on the pioneering work of AES Energy Storage and Siemens Energy Storage, our goal is to create a more sustainable future by transforming the way we power our world.

Providing design, delivery, and integration, Fluence offers proven energy storage technology solutions that address customers' diverse needs and challenges in a rapidly transforming energy landscape.

Fluence currently has more than gigawatts of projects in operation or awarded across 24 countries and territories worldwide.

We topped the Navigant Research utility-scale energy storage leaderboard in 2018 and were named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in 2019.

In 2020, our sixth-generation Tech Stack won Commercial Technology of the Year at the 22nd annual S&P Global Platts Global Energy Awards.

What does a Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer II do at Fluence?

• Do others come to you for your subject matter expertise? Are you excited by the challenge of working in a start-up atmosphere with a purpose?
• The Senior Quality Assurance Engineer II will perform as a member of a dynamic software engineering team developing the infrastructure necessary to support energy storage systems.

This person will be responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of our infrastructure components.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in QA methodologies, a deep understanding of infrastructure technologies, and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Fluence is defined by its unwavering commitment to safety, quality, and integrity. We take personal ownership of what we do, developing trust in our relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

We firmly believe in having honest, forthcoming, and fair communications.

What does the ideal candidate look like?

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in testing the configuration of the build infrastructure (primarily Linux).
• 7+ years of experience in programming languages such as Python and C / C++.
• 7+ years of experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) concepts and tools (, Terraform, Ansible).
• Experience with servers, networks, storage, and cloud services.
• Experience in testing remote access VPN, site-to-site VPN, Cisco Routers, Cisco Firewalls, Cisco Switches, SD-WAN, Meraki.
• Experience in infrastructure-related testing methods such as vulnerability / reliability testing.
• Experience in working closely with other team members / stakeholders to understand system requirements and design effective test strategies.
• Ability to perform structured analysis on system architecture and security documentation.
• Clear understanding and ability to create / review network diagrams.
• Desire to participate, define, and adhere to best practices for testing and validation.
• Perform validation testing and complete root cause analysis of possible failures in components, subsystems, and product-level systems.
• Experience in developing test plans and procedures to assess adherence to requirements.
• Have strong oral and written communication skills for communicating ideas to both managers and other technical leads.
• Work with external suppliers certifications, test documents, and requirements are all up to date.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and provide solutions.
• Agile
• Here at Fluence, we strive to continuously improve, be intellectually curious, and be adaptive to our customer’s and employee needs.

Collaboration is key, both in our partnerships with our customers, and with each other. Fluence prioritizes the most critical efforts that allow for the greatest impact.

• Provide team leadership and influence application vision.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Able to work independently with little day to day guidance and achieve targets and goals.
• DESIRED SKILLS :
• Experience with AWS, OpenStack, Docker, and / or Github.
• Experience with continuous integration, build management, and automated test frameworks.
• Experience testing diverse COTS or Open Source Software.
• Experience assessing existing products.
17 days ago