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Microsoft Corporation Validation Engineer 2 in Bangalore, India
MS Azure CHIE’s (Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering) Platform Firmware Engineering team is responsible for definition, design, development and validation of Server and Rack Infrastructure firmware that manages Microsoft’s Data-Center / cloud hardware. We work closely with Microsoft product groups, industry partners and researchers to architect and develop server hardware solutions that meet the requirements for our cloud services platforms at the lowest possible cost of ownership (TCO).
We are seeking a capable BMC Firmware Validation Engineer with a solid background in BMC functionality understanding, developing test plans, developing automation test suites, defining test plans for new features and performing constant automation runs. The candidate should also have experience in testing the BMC interface functionalities along with other Firmware components like CPLD, PSU, PCIe card Firmware, etc. Successful candidates will have experience with both manual and automation testing experience for BMC Firmware across Python framework, ROBOT framework-based automation test suites.
Responsibilities
This role is for a highly motivated BMC Validation Engineer with a background in BMC Validation and debug for Azure server products. You will be responsible for BMC Firmware validation during new platform development and during sustenance phases of the product. We are aspiring to get agile Firmware validation experts who can scale across defining, owning, and maintaining test plans across various portfolio of Azure Server platforms.
Candidates must be capable of working as part of a geographically diverse team and work independently toward shared team goals. Candidates must have strong written and verbal communication skills.
Develop and maintain automated test plans across BMC functionalities which can scale to Azure Portfolio of products
Take ownership of test plans across BMC modules and maintain the same
Co-ordinate and work with architects to come with test plans which can perform end-to-end testing
Develop python or ROBOT framework based automation test suites
Qualifications
A BS/BE in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience.
A minimum of 7+ years of experience in BMC Firmware validation with both manual testing and automation test-suite development
Experience with BMC feature understanding in a rack server
Experience with OpenBMC based systems automation test suite development
Strong expertise with python scripting
Experience with ROBOT framework-based automation development
Strong expertise with BMC automation scripting across IPMI, Redfish, MCTP, PLDM, Firmware updates, etc BMC functionalities
Expertise with handling Firmware validation across CPLD, PSU, add-in PCIe card like GPU/NIC is an added plus
Strong expertise in developing test automation for Host CPU specific features like Crashdump, Powercapping, etc
Experience with automated test pipeline expertise like Jenkins or similar.
Expertise with CI/CD validation concepts is an added plus.
Co-ordinates across multiple stakeholder teams like BIOS, TPM, Software Architects, System Engineering and create a well-defined test plan which caters to end-to-end testing of the feature, and which can scale across Azure product portfolio.
Develop BMC Security related Test plans which can scale across Azure product portfolio and maintain the required security complaisance for Azure products.
Perform nightly automation runs across platforms and develop automated test report generation framework.
Setup Hardware Servers at lab and maintain the same in working condition.
Participate in Azure Fleet maintenance activities.
Experience with html-based test report publishing and automated test report generation is a plus.
A high tolerance for ambiguity and change
Excellent written and oral communications
The hardware for operating these services (over 200 and counting), comprises hundreds of thousands of servers spread globally and applications that reach hundreds of millions of users every day. Our customer base is growing rapidly, our infrastructure investments are multiplying, and the size of our global infrastructure is increasing by the day - along with the scale of our challenges. Learn more about our team and projects here Azure Hardware Infrastructure
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