Technical QA & Testing Engineer

The Technical QA & Testing team, within the Observability division, is responsible for designing and maintaining a QA testing framework that supports ITO project delivery and Service Operations.
We are seeking a passionate DevOps & Testing Engineer who will support our transformation journey through enhanced automation, AI-driven operations, and cloud transformation.
The successful candidate will contribute to the development of the QA continuous integration infrastructure and automation landscape by building tools that enhance the efficiency, reliability, and quality of testing activities across the IT infrastructure.
This position is suited to a candidate with proven experience in building highly available, scalable, automated, and distributed systems, combined with solid system administration expertise, strong communication skills, and the ability to contribute constructively to technical design discussions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and continuously enhance the QA testing framework used by the QA & Testing team and related stakeholders
• Develop, maintain, and optimise test cases for cloud and hybrid service environments
• Support the continuous integration and ongoing engineering of the QA testing infrastructure
• Identify technical requirements and help implement effective and sustainable solutions
• Ensure that projects comply with defined quality standards and apply QA gates to enable a smooth transition from project delivery to run operations

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Windows and/or Unix system administrator
• Good working knowledge of scripting languages in Unix and Windows environments, including PowerShell and Bash
• Solid understanding of IT architectures and infrastructure concepts
• Good knowledge of SQL, with practical experience working with MySQL databases
• Good knowledge of CI/CD and DevOps best practices, with hands-on experience using Jenkins
• Good knowledge of Python
• Good knowledge of PHP and Laravel
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across teams and functions
• Self-motivated, open-minded, goal-oriented, and able to work effectively as part of a team
• Experience working in a mid-sized or large organisation
• Willingness to work on weekends when required
• Fluent written and spoken English
• Cloud certifications in OCI and Terraform, as well as AI-related certifications such as Claude Code, are considered an asset

We realize that managing work life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices. 

In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions, we are whole heartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self. 

We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique, we have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way. 

Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations.  

 

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