Senior QA Engineer (DevOps, Kubernetes, and Optimization)

Design, develop, and execute automated and manual test plans for backend and infrastructure components.

Integrate QA processes within CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps tools and practices.

Evaluate and optimize system performance, scalability, and reliability.

Develop test strategies and automation frameworks for Kubernetes-native applications and microservices.

Conduct root cause analysis for defects and performance issues and work cross-functionally to drive resolution.

Contribute to release readiness by validating deployment strategies in staging and production-like environments.

Monitor and improve test coverage and QA metrics across the engineering organization.

Required Qualifications:

5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, with at least 2+ years in a senior or lead role.

Proficiency in writing and maintaining automated test suites (e.g., Pytest, JUnit, Selenium, etc.).

Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including testing and validating deployments, scaling, and health checks.

Strong knowledge of DevOps tools (CI/CD, Docker, Jenkins/GitHub Actions, Helm, etc.).

Experience with performance, load, and stress testing tools (e.g., JMeter, Locust, k6).

Strong understanding of microservices, APIs, and distributed systems testing.

Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

Effective communication and collaboration skills in a cross-functional team environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with service mesh (e.g., Istio, Linkerd) and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).

Background in SRE or performance engineering is a plus.

Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

Contributions to open-source QA, testing, or DevOps projects.

Seleneium, Junit, Kubernete, Devops, Qa Assurance