QA Automation Engineer – DevOps

About the Role We are looking for an experienced QA Automation Engineer with strong DevOps expertise to drive automation and quality across application delivery, CI/CD pipelines, cloud environments, and deployments. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience in test automation, API testing, CI/CD, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, and troubleshooting. The role will work closely with Engineering, DevOps, Cloud, and Platform teams to ensure high-quality and reliable releases. Responsibilities • Design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks. • Automate functional, regression, integration, API, smoke, and deployment validation testing. • Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps. • Validate application deployments across Kubernetes and containerized environments. • Perform deployment validation, health checks, rollback testing, and release-readiness testing. • Test REST APIs, service integrations, and JSON/YAML payloads. • Analyze pipeline failures, application logs, Kubernetes events, and deployment logs to identify and troubleshoot issues. • Validate cloud-based applications and services across Azure and/or GCP environments. • Improve automation coverage and reduce flaky or unstable automated tests. • Define quality gates, test coverage, release exit criteria, and production-readiness checks. • Collaborate closely with QA, Development, DevOps, Cloud, and Platform Engineering teams. Mandatory Skills • 6+ years of experience in QA Automation, SDET, or Software Testing roles. • Strong hands-on programming/scripting experience in Python, Java, TypeScript, or C#. • Strong experience building and maintaining automation frameworks. • Hands-on experience with API automation and REST API testing. • Strong understanding of CI/CD concepts and pipelines. • Experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps. • Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes, including: • kubectl • Pod and container troubleshooting • Deployment/rollout validation • Log analysis • Readiness and liveness checks • Experience with Azure and/or GCP. • Strong knowledge of Git and version-control workflows. • Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills across applications, pipelines, and cloud environments. Good to Have • Experience with AKS or GKE. • Knowledge of Argo CD/GitOps. • Experience with Terraform or Ansible. • Scripting knowledge in Bash or PowerShell. • Knowledge of OAuth2/OIDC and Keycloak. • Understanding of microservices and distributed systems. • Experience with observability and monitoring tools. • Experience validating production deployments and release readiness. Soft Skills • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. • Automation-first mindset. • Strong ownership of quality and release readiness. • Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues. • Strong collaboration with QA, DevOps, Platform, Cloud, and Engineering teams. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent professional experience. Ideal Candidate Profile A seasoned, hands-on QA professional who sees the whole system rather than individual features. They understand how cloud infrastructure, services, data and customer workflows fit together, and their test coverage reflects that. They are technically curious, very good at exploratory testing, and focused on delivering stable, high-quality releases. Work Location and Hours • Work from Office, Monday to Friday, at Magarpatta, Pune. • General shift, with flexibility to coordinate with global stakeholders across time zones when needed.