TestOps Engineer

QA/TestOps Engineer role
This hybrid role focuses on ensuring the quality, security, and reliability of infrastructure and services managed by our DevOps and MLOps teams. The candidate will have a strong background in quality assurance and testing, along with a solid understanding of DevOps practices, cloud infrastructure, and automation tools.
Key Responsibilities:
Test Planning and Execution:

• Develop and maintain comprehensive test plans and test cases for infrastructure and services.
• Perform functional testing of various platforms/services deployed on AWS.
• Design and implement automated tests using suitable frameworks and tools.

Infrastructure Verification:

• Verify the infrastructure provisioned using Terraform and Ansible, utilizing tools such as Terratest and Terrascan for validation and verification testing
• Validate the correctness and performance of AWS infrastructure components (e.g., EC2, RDS, EKS, S3).

Upgrade Testing:

• Plan and execute upgrade testing for AWS services such as RDS, EKS, etc.
• Assess system stability and performance post-upgrade or migration.

Automation and Tooling:

• Develop and maintain automation scripts for testing and monitoring.
• Integrate automated tests within the CI/CD pipeline.

Monitoring and Logging:

• Utilize monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana) and logging systems (e.g., CloudWatch, ELK Stack, Splunk) for performance tracking and issue diagnosis.

Containerization and Orchestration:

• Manage and test containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Utilize Helm charts for Kubernetes deployment testing.

Performance and Load Testing:

• Conduct performance and load testing using tools like JMeter or Gatling to ensure application scalability and robustness.

Incident Response and Troubleshooting:

 

• Participate in incident management, providing rapid issue resolution and root cause analysis.
• Analyze logs, metrics, and system behavior for troubleshooting.

Collaboration and Communication:

• Work closely with DevOps, MLOps, development, and security teams to understand requirements and ensure quality.
• Report and track bugs, issues, and improvements, providing clear and concise documentation.

Continuous Improvement:

• Stay updated with industry trends and technologies in cloud infrastructure, automation, and testing.
• Propose and implement improvements to testing processes and tools.

Experience:

• Proven experience in QA/TestOps or a similar role.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services and cloud infrastructure.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Proficiency in automated testing frameworks and tools (e.g., Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, Terratest ).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, BuildKite).
• Familiarity with security testing and compliance frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Performance and load testing experience.

Skills:

• Strong scripting skills in languages such as Python, Bash.
• Basic understanding of networking concepts.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Attention to detail and a proactive approach to identifying issues.

Preferred:

• Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools.
• Experience in Agile methodologies and DevOps practices.