Manual QA

OpenVPN
Summary
Join our Access Server team as a skilled Manual QA Engineer with Linux and networking expertise. You will ensure the quality and reliability of our products by developing testing strategies, reporting progress, and collaborating with the engineering team. Responsibilities include developing and improving testing strategies, working with product and engineering teams for comprehensive test coverage, reporting test execution, participating in design reviews, and promoting QA best practices. This role requires 5+ years of QA experience, networking knowledge, Linux experience, UI/API testing experience, virtualization and cloud provider experience, familiarity with issue tracking tools and Agile methodologies, and upper-intermediate English. Bonus points for authentication protocol knowledge, automation framework experience, and programming skills. We offer competitive pay, fully remote work, self-managed time off, unlimited paid sick leave, team trips, and special events.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a QA Engineer
- Knowledge of networking (TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, etc.)
- Experienced Linux user with skills in setting up MySQL-like DBs and auth systems (Debian and RHEL)
- Experience in UI and API testing
- Experience with Virtualization (VMs, ESXI)
- Experience with cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Digital Ocean, Oracle)
- Familiarity with issue tracking tools (Jira) and understanding of Agile (Scrum, Kanban)
- Upper-intermediate English level, both spoken and written
Responsibilities
- Help develop, improve, and employ testing strategies and techniques
- Work closely with the product and engineering teams to ensure comprehensive test coverage
- Report on test execution progress and results
- Participate in design and specification reviews and use this information to design test plans
- Promote QA productivity through best practices
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of authentication protocols (SAML, LDAP, SQLite DB, Active Directory) and security tools, as well as understanding SSL web certificate use and PKI
- Experience with automation frameworks and programming languages (either Python, Java, or JavaScript)
Benefits
- Competitive pay rates
- Fully remote work environments
- Self-managed time off
- Unlimited paid sick leaves
- Team trips and special events