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Principal SW QA Engineer

Engineering Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

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Description

Roles and Responsibilities include:
  • Manage the Cloud Functional Test team responsible for Cloud suite products on public/private cloud and lead/deliver quality SW releases. 
  • Implement comprehensive automation gates to ensure functional accuracy and follow an automated first model of testing
  • Managing resources effectively to deliver commitment on schedule with highest quality
  • Cultivate a high performing team and constantly raising the bar and ability to attract, groom and retain top talent
  • Closely collaborate with peer development and QA teams, architects, customer support and product line managers
  • As a key member of the Engineering management staff, contribute to the vision and strategy of continuous integration, improved development/QA processes, quality and productivity of test functions
  • Work with customer support team and development in troubleshooting and reproducing field reported escalation issues
  • Understand HW & SW architecture of products, and their implications on feature testing
Requirement:
  • 15+years of overall relevant industry experience and a track record of shipping cloud based products for the enterprise and service provider markets
  • At least 3 years of experience as a manager leading the test teams
  • Experience in testing and delivering cloud native products
  • Preferrable to have experience in L2/L3 protocols with functional test background,
  • Previous hands-on scripting knowledge (Python/TCL/PERL) and RESTful API
  • Hand-on experience with various test automation framework (Robot, PyTest) and knowledge on Terraform, Ansible, Chef 
  • Demonstrated experience in testing cloud solutions that are highly scalable and fault tolerant
  • Technical knowledge of current virtualization software, tools, protocols and standards, including vCenter, VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, Microsoft VMM
  • Experience building and managing vCenter Server and ESXi hosts, NSX Manager preferably in VMware 6.x and 7.x
  • Working knowledge of Public/Private Clouds Amazon, Azure, GCP, OpenStack, OpenShift or any other cloud platforms
  • Working knowledge of Kubernetes or Docker on Public/Private Clouds platforms is an advantage
  • Deep understanding of full product life cycle, software development methods (both Agile and Waterfall), and development/test and build environments
  • Ability to drive multi-geo projects by working effectively with remote teams.
  • Ability to thrive in fast-paced, highly dynamic environment, with a bias towards action and results.
  • Conflict resolution skills including ability to bridge style difference.
  • Excellent interpersonal, verbal, listening, and written communication skills, both within the team and across the organization.
  • Ability to mentor/coach/teach/facilitate and lead change in a highly technical/dynamic team.
  • BS in CS or EE, MS strongly preferred. 

As an equal opportunity employer, all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic under applicable federal, state, and/or local law. For more information, please refer to Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal.

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