Qa Engineer + Kubernetes

QA Automation Engineer (6-8 Years) – Kubernetes Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts to validate web and microservices applications deployed on Kubernetes clusters.

Use kubectl and Kubernetes APIs for validating cluster status, deployments, scaling, failover, node and pod health, config management, and network policies.

Implement and execute automation strategies for CI / CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI / CD.

Validate multi-cloud deployments (AWS, Azure, GCP) and ensure reliability, security, and scalability of cloud-native applications.

Conduct system, integration, performance, and chaos testing across distributed Kubernetes environments.

Collaborate with DevOps for Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), monitoring, alerts, and troubleshooting of test automation in CI / CD pipelines.

Document and track bugs, perform risk analysis, and contribute to release readiness metrics and quality gates.

Mentor junior team members in advanced test automation, troubleshooting, and best practices.

Stay updated with the latest QA tools, techniques (chaos engineering, performance, load testing), and trends in Kubernetes / cloud automation.

Required Skills & Qualifications

6-8 years of hands-on experience in QA automation for cloud-based and containerized environments.

Advanced proficiency in Kubernetes : strong understanding of components (pods, nodes, controllers, services), Kubernetes CLI (kubectl), Helm, and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana).

Experience in any one major cloud : AWS, GCP, or Azure (infrastructure, deployments, managed K8s services like EKS, AKS, GKE).

Expertise with automation frameworks and scripting (Python, Java, JavaScript), and test automation tools (Selenium, Cypress, Pytest, etc.).

Strong knowledge of CI / CD, containerization (Docker), and infrastructure provisioning (Terraform, Ansible is a plus).

Solid grounding in Linux fundamentals and networking.

• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills;

proven mentorship experience.

Preferred / Bonus Skills

Experience with API testing tools (Postman, RestAssured).

Performance and load testing (JMeter, k6).

Exposure to GitOps, Helm, service mesh (Istio / Linkerd), RBAC, security testing.

Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and incident management in distributed systems.

Experience contributing to open-source / cloud-native communities.