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<div class="content-intro">Who we are DigiCert is a global leader in intelligent trust. We protect the digital world by ensuring the security, privacy, and authenticity of every interaction. Our AI-powered DigiCert ONE platform unifies PKI, DNS, and certificate lifecycle management, to secure infrastructure, software, devices, messages, AI content and agents. Learn why more than 100,000 organizations, including 90% of the Fortune 500, choose DigiCert to stop today’s threats and prepare for a quantum-safe future at <a href="http://www.digicert.com/">www.digicert.com</a></div>  Job summary DigiCert DNS is revitalizing its engineering culture and adopting modern software design and delivery techniques.  We are looking for intellectually passionate people who learn quickly, thrive in a fast-paced environment and stay current with the latest technologies.  We want people who fit our emerging Agile/Devops culture, enjoy debating and learning from differing opinions, and have a high level of engagement. Strong programming and software design skills are essential, so we'll ask you to write code during most steps of the interview process.   What you will do <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Define and lead test strategy and quality approach for DNS and distributed platform services.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Design and execute high-scale load and performance tests simulating real-world DNS traffic patterns.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Validate: DNS resolution accuracy, Propagation consistency, Failover mechanisms (GTD, traffic routing), and Latency and availability SLAs.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Build and maintain automation frameworks for API, system, and performance testing.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Perform end-to-end validation across distributed services and microservices architectures.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Troubleshoot complex issues across: Application layer, Network/DNS layer, and Infrastructure layer.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Work closely with developers to identify root causes and ensure defect resolution.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ensure systems meet functional and non-functional requirements (scalability, reliability, performance).</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mentor QA and engineering team members on best practices in testing distributed systems.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate with stakeholders to define quality metrics, acceptance criteria, and release readiness.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Drive improvements in test coverage, automation, and release quality.</li> </ul>   What you will have <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">7+ years of experience in software quality engineering or testing enterprise systems.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2+ years of experience working with distributed systems or high-scale platforms.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strong experience in DNS concepts and systems, including: DNS resolution, caching, TTL, Authoritative vs recursive DNS, and Load balancing, GeoDNS, traffic routing.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2+ years of experience working in Unix/Linux environments.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strong experience with test automation (Java/Python preferred).</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience testing RESTful APIs and microservices architectures.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hands-on experience with performance and load testing tools (e.g., JMeter, Gatling, k6).</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and distributed architectures.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across multiple system layers.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ability to communicate clearly and influence technical decisions.</li> </ul>   Nice to have <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience testing DNS platforms or networking systems.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Familiarity with tools like: dig, nslookup, tcpdump, Wireshark.</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Exposure to observability tools (Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch).</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience with chaos testing tools (Gremlin, Chaos Monkey).</li> </ul>   Benefits <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Generous time off policies</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Top shelf benefits</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Education, wellness and lifestyle support</li> </ul>   #LI-SD1

Mid Level QA Engineer