Posted 5 weeks ago

Senior QA Engineer

Mirantis

Remote · United States 🇺🇸

Remote
Full Time
AWS
Azure
Google Cloud
Kubernetes

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Contribute to driving the overall QA strategy for Kubernetes and cloud-native environments, aligning quality goals with business objectives and release deadlines
Evaluate and champion best-in-class testing best practices and frameworks for distributed systems
Lead risk analysis and test planning for large-scale, multi-cloud infrastructure and container orchestration
Architect test frameworks and infrastructure for validating microservices and infrastructure components in multi-cluster and hybrid-cloud environments
Oversee the design of complex test scenarios simulating production-like workloads, resource scaling, failure injection, and recovery across distributed clusters
Spearhead the development of scalable and maintainable test automation integrated with CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc.)
Leverage Kubernetes APIs, Helm, and service mesh tools to build comprehensive automation coverage, including system health, failover behavior, and network resilience
Promote test infrastructure-as-code and drive IaC forward on the team making sure the infrastructure code is repeatable, extensible and reliable
Mentor QA engineers and developers in advanced testing techniques such as: risk-based testing, chaos engineering, performance and load testing etc
Serve as the QA authority in design reviews, production readiness assessments, and incident retrospectives(escaped defects)
Collaborate with and devops engineers to refine monitoring, alerting, and debugging strategies for testing automation being run in CI/CD
Establish quality gates, release readiness metrics, and data driven feedback loops to ensure released software is production quality
Drive initiatives to integrate performance, security, and chaos testing into the development lifecycle
Advocate for a culture of quality across teams and influence architecture decisions with testing in mind
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
Proven leadership experience in building and scaling test strategies in enterprise-grade environments
10+ years in software testing or quality engineering roles, with 4+ years focused on Kubernetes, cloud-native applications, and distributed systems
Familiarity with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger), Kubernetes security (RBAC, secrets management), and performance benchmarking tools (e.g., K6)
Deep understanding of Kubernetes internals, cluster lifecycle management, Helm, service meshes (e.g., Istio or Linkerd), and network policies
Solid grounding in cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP), infrastructure provisioning, and containerized CI/CD
Strong scripting and automation capabilities (Python, Pytest, Bash, etc.)
Moderate to advanced linux knowledge and proficiency is required: Bash scripting and debugging, systemd/logs, networking/firewalling/routing, certificate/PKI management, containers (Docker/containerd), and Kubernetes tooling (kubectl/Helm with OCI registries, GitOps/Flux) to install, test, and troubleshoot multi-cluster environments
Experience influencing cross-functional teams and senior leadership
Excellent verbal and written communication skills for technical and executive-level audiences
Mentorship and coaching of 1 or more junior members on the team especially around testing fundamentals, troubleshooting and automation
Exceptional problem-solving and architectural thinking
Contributions to open-source Kubernetes or QA tooling projects
Experience implementing chaos engineering in Kubernetes environments
Certifications such as CKA, CKAD, or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer