Introduction
IBM Cloudant is a fully managed JSON document database that offers independent server-less scaling of throughput capacity and storage designed for web, mobile, IoT, and server-less applications.

The Release Engineering team within Cloudant is primarily responsible for conducting the necessary quality assurance tests on each internal software build that is produced by the core database team, the DBCore team, maintains the respective set of services, test suites and other solutions, provides the DBCore team a feedback, and ensures the stability and continuity of releases.

Besides that, the Release Engineering team has a broader role in supporting CI/CD accross all teams and keeping Cloudant’s services up and running. The objective of this role is to support Cloudant’s
business objectives by participating in all release engineering activities needed to run the related processes and tooling in order to meet company and customer requirements, maintain, improve our security and compliance posture, and judge the quality of the submitted release
candidates.

Your Role and Responsibilities

• Conduct testing of release candidates for software builds
• Develop new test automation features, implement security and compliance controls under guidance
• Debug and fix issues with existing services and tooling
• Respond to vulnerability assessment reports and CVE notifications
• Keep software versions up to date for the elements of the technology stack
• Partake in development of the release engineering processes and practices

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 3+ years of relevant development experience
• Experience with CI/CD practices and implementation
• Experience in security code scanning, vulnerability assessment, and managing vulnerabilities
• Ability to debug and automate routine tasks
• Working knowledge of version control systems
• Capability to work in a global, multicultural, and diverse environment
• Conversational English language proficiency, both verbal and written
• Demonstratively strong communication skills, both written
• Teamwork and time management skills

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Knowledge of Linux systems, git, shell scripting, Python, Groovy, Jenkins
• Experience with Apache CouchDB or other document databases
• Experience in various testing methodologies, unit testing, integration testing, and performance testing
• Experience in HTTP REST API programming, working with JSON
• documents
• Experience in cloud computing and working with cloud providers, such as IBM Cloud, Amazon Web Services, or Microsoft Azure
• Experience with containerized or/and virtualized workloads
• Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with excellent communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive