Software Development Engineer in Test II

Do you want to lead automated quality engineering for next-generation cloud infrastructure? Are you passionate about Automation Developing? Join our Compute Team! Akamai's Compute Team aims to simplify, scale, and make cloud computing accessible and affordable globally, driving innovation. Hosting extensive virtual machines and data, the Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) II supports automated testing, framework upkeep, and quality assurance. Responsibilities include software platform maintenance and hypervisor upgrades within the expanding infrastructure. Partner with the best This role involves creating and running automated tests for the Fleet Ops project to support backend services, APIs, and tools. Responsibilities include developing and maintaining test suites to verify hypervisor upgrades and ensure consistent service functionality. As a SDET II on the Fleet Operations Team, you will be responsible for: Developing and maintaining automated test cases with Python and Pytest to validate backend control plane services, REST APIs, and CLI utilities. Developing functional and integration tests for virtual machine lifecycle operations, live migrations, and KVM hypervisor updates within host stack validation. CI/CD & Automation Integration: Integrate test suites into continuous integration pipelines to ensure regular automated regression execution. Investigating test failures, identifying root causes, and collaborating with developers to resolve issues efficient