Software Development Engineer In Test / SDET 2 - AIOps

Member Of Technical Staff 2 - SDET

San Jose, CA

The Opportunity

Nutanix, a leader in enterprise hybrid cloud, is looking to hire a curious and innovative SDET with experience in automation development and execution to qualify our AIOps product/features. The role is tasked with test planning, test case development, and test execution strategy to assess and improve the overall quality of our products in the AI/ML area. This requires close collaboration with Development, UI/UX engineers, and the PM team. The role encompasses influencing product design by leveraging broad knowledge of the product portfolio and ensuring a quality-first mindset.

Nutanix AIOps team

Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) Intelligent Operations (AIOps) is an end-to-end consumer-grade management and operations solution for virtualized data center environments that brings unprecedented simplicity by combining several aspects of administration, reporting, and intelligent automation for IT Operations. NCM intelligently plans and optimizes for capacity, proactively detects performance anomalies, and enables codeless automation of operational tasks. These capabilities are powered by machine learning and work with major ITSM tools. Also included in the operations tiers are advanced application insights and automation for troubleshooting applications.

Your Role

• Develop test plan design and test case development for AIOps products.
• Define automation plan and test strategy within release timelines.
• End-to-end product quality ownership with all aspects of the test, automation, and delivery of the feature set.
• Improve existing automated tests and overall automated test execution efficiency.
• Maintain a high overall quality index(QI) for the product/features at all times.
• Ability to delve deeper into debugging product issues with development engineers.
• Involve providing active feedback to improve the overall product experience.
• Debugging, filing bugs, and tracking them to closure.

What will you bring

• Minimum of 1 - 2 yrs of experience in QA, Automation using Python/Perl/C/C++/Java (python preferred)
• BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent field.
• Good conceptual understanding of AI/ML model/techniques
• Experience with Python API test framework development.
• Good understanding of Linux, and Distributed Systems.
• Working knowledge of virtualization - VMware, KVM, or Hyper-V
• Familiarity with version control systems such as GIT, build management tools, and Continuous Integration tools such as Jenkins/CircleCI
• Testing experience with monitoring/cloud products is a plus
• Detail-oriented, self-driven, and good verbal and written communication skills.

Meet the hiring manager

Hello, this is Sundar! I joined Nutanix 9 years ago and worked in several teams and roles during this time. I had been tech lead for the AIOps QA team for several years, before taking over the responsibility of managing and owning the AIOps QA team end-to-end. During my tenure at Nutanix, I got a wonderful opportunity to qualify/automate several key projects starting from monitoring, serviceability, RBAC, application discovery, no-code Operations Automation(IFTTT based automation tool) capability to help ensure IT admins manage their data centers effectively. Also I was involved in defining CICD workflow and building tools to automate the entire process. Our team comprises versatile skill set expertise, full of energetic, and fun filled professional engineers. We are actively working on scaling up the Intelligent Ops features and the Team. Looking forward to hiring a highly collaborative, skillful, curious, innovative and motivated engineer to automate/qualify product releases with very high quality to delight our customers.

What the Team Says

"Our team is a highly collaborative, skilled, and friendly group of engineers who foster a culture of learning, knowledge sharing and ownership. This creates an environment where any problem can be solved efficiently and effectively. Several innovative solutions are built in our automation code that brings out more efficiency to the overall qualification process. Along the way it provides a lot of renewed opportunity for professional development, growth and a sense of achievement."

How we work

We work in a hybrid style, letting everyone in the team decide on which days to come to work. We come to the office a couple of days per week to maximize the collaboration. We are trying to minimize the number of meetings and nurture the culture of writing and sharing documents, which helped us achieve a more flexible schedule and transparent knowledge sharing. We also have weekly Nutanix lunch days that are a great opportunity to connect in person with the team and other colleagues.

About us

Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Nutanix is a passionate team of 6000+ employees worldwide. Our people (we call ourselves "Nutants") are the heartbeat of #LifeAtNutanix and one of the many things that makes Nutanix a great place to work at. We share an intellectual curiosity, a bias for action, and an obsession for our customers. We are builders and problem solvers with an entrepreneurial spirit. Above all, we celebrate what makes each of us unique.

We are humbled to be recognized as one of Bloomberg's Top 50 Companies to Watch in 2020 and one of the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® 2020.

We're growing fast and disrupting the computing industry. Join us and make your mark.

About our business

Nutanix is a global leader in cloud software and a pioneer in hyperconverged infrastructure solutions, making computing invisible anywhere. Companies around the world use Nutanix software to leverage a single platform to manage any app, at any location, at any scale for their private, hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

We're an equal opportunity employer

Nutanix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and (in the U.S.) an Affirmative Action employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other category protected by applicable law. We hire and promote individuals solely on the basis of qualifications for the job to be filled.

We strive to foster an inclusive working environment that enables all our Nutants to be themselves and to do great work in a safe and welcoming environment, free of unlawful discrimination, intimidation or harassment.

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The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $92,000 and $184,800/year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, employee will be in an "at-will position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

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