Systems/Software Engineer- Software Update QA

Systems/Software Engineer- Software Update QA This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office. Who We Are: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE. Job Description: In the HPE Hybrid Cloud, we lead the innovation agenda and technology roadmap for all of HPE. This includes managing the design, development, and product portfolio of our next-generation cloud platform, Green Lake. Working with customers, we help them reimagine their information technology needs to deliver a simple, consumable solution that helps them drive their business results. Join us redefine what’s next for you. About the Role HPE Storage is seeking a Software Update Test Engineer to drive software update validation efforts across the HPE Alletra Storage MP X10000 Object Storage and File Storage portfolio. This role focuses on ensuring the reliability, availability, and quality of software updates across complex, distributed storage environments. As a member of the Storage QA Engineering team, you will design and execute test plans that validate software updates across all storage cluster components, including storage nodes, JBOFs, Ethernet switches, and associated infrastructure services. Because the platform is built on a Kubernetes-based architecture, this role requires validating both storage software upgrades and Kubernetes version upgrades, ensuring seamless interoperability, service continuity, data integrity, and customer experience throughout the update lifecycle. The ideal candidate combines strong systems knowledge with hands-on testing expertise and enjoys solving complex challenges spanning distributed systems, storage technologies, Linux, Kubernetes, and networking. What You'll Do Design, execute, and automate software update validation test plans for HPE Alletra Object and File Storage solutions. Validate storage cluster upgrades involving storage software, Kubernetes platform updates, firmware, operating systems, and infrastructure components. Test update scenarios across all cluster elements, including storage nodes, JBOFs, switches, and management services. Execute functional, resiliency, failover, recovery, interoperability, scalability, and regression testing before, during, and after software updates.