About the role#
As a QA/Test Engineer Intern in IBM Infrastructure, you will support the quality, reliability, performance, and security of enterprise software. You will work with developers, architects, and product managers to build testing strategies and automate coverage across the software development lifecycle.
What you'll do#
- Design and execute functional, integration, system, regression, performance, and end-to-end test plans.
- Build and maintain automated test frameworks, scripts, and suites.
- Collaborate with product teams to understand requirements and ensure quality is built into the development process.
- Identify, document, and track software defects to resolution.
- Validate new features, enhancements, and bug fixes.
- Participate in code reviews, design reviews, sprint planning, and agile development.
- Perform root cause analysis of defects and drive corrective actions.
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines by integrating automated testing and quality gates.
- Monitor quality metrics and recommend improvements to testing processes.
- Maintain test documentation, validation reports, and quality standards.
What you'll need#
- Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.
- Understanding of software testing methodologies, test design techniques, and quality assurance principles.
- Experience with manual and automated test cases.
- Proficiency in programming or scripting languages like Python, Java, JavaScript, Go, or Shell.
- Familiarity with test automation frameworks, defect tracking, and test management tools.
- Experience with Linux/Unix operating systems and command-line environments.
- Knowledge of REST APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and Git.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and cloud-native technologies like Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Docker.
- Experience with performance, scalability, reliability, and security testing.
- Exposure to API and UI automation, service virtualization, observability, and SRE concepts.
- Knowledge of AI-assisted testing, test analytics, or intelligent automation.
- Familiarity with IBM Infrastructure technologies, hybrid cloud platforms, and enterprise software environments.
Location & details#
- Location: Tucson, Arizona.
- Work Modality: Hybrid.
- Employment: Full-time paid internship.
- Term: Rolling.
About IBM
IBM provides IT services and consulting to a global client base. The company develops technology solutions across areas such as cloud computing, security, analytics, and infrastructure. It operates as a public organization with more than 10,001 employees. The corporate headquarters are located in Armonk, New York.
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