Senior Automation Software Tester, MSR team

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Kazakhstan.

📋 Description

• Contribute to the comprehensive QA strategy for Mirantis Secure Registry, Kubernetes, and cloud-native environments.

• Assess and advocate for testing methodologies and frameworks tailored for distributed systems.

• Take the lead in risk assessment and test planning for multi-cloud registries, infrastructure, and container orchestration.

• Design test frameworks and infrastructure for microservices and infrastructure components within multi-cluster and hybrid-cloud settings.

• Manage intricate test scenarios that replicate production workloads, resource scaling, failure injection, and recovery across distributed clusters.

• Create scalable and maintainable test automation systems integrated with CI/CD platforms such as Jenkins and GitHub Actions.

• Utilize Kubernetes APIs, Helm, and service mesh tools to enhance automation coverage for system health, failover behavior, and network resilience.

• Advocate for repeatable, extensible, and dependable infrastructure-as-code solutions for testing infrastructure.

• Mentor QA engineers and developers in areas such as risk-based testing, chaos engineering, performance testing, and load testing.

• Act as the QA authority during design reviews, production readiness evaluations, and incident retrospectives.

• Collaborate closely with DevOps engineers to optimize monitoring, alerting, and debugging strategies for CI/CD test automation.

• Set quality gates, release readiness metrics, and implement data-driven feedback loops.

• Incorporate performance, security, and chaos testing into the software development lifecycle.

• Champion a culture of quality and influence architectural decisions with testing considerations in mind.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.

• Over 10 years of experience in software testing or quality engineering roles.

• More than 4 years of experience focused on Kubernetes, cloud-native applications, and distributed systems.

• Proven leadership skills in developing and scaling testing strategies in enterprise-grade environments.

• Extensive knowledge of Kubernetes internals, cluster lifecycle management, Helm, service meshes such as Istio or Linkerd, and network policies.

• Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Pytest, Bash, among others.

• Familiarity with Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, Kubernetes security, RBAC, secrets management, and performance benchmarking tools like K6.

• Solid foundational knowledge in AWS, Azure, GCP, infrastructure provisioning, and containerized CI/CD processes.

• Moderate to advanced proficiency in Linux systems.

• Skills in Bash scripting and debugging, systemd/logs, networking, firewall management, routing, certificate/PKI management, Docker/containerd, kubectl/Helm with OCI registries, and GitOps/Flux.

• Exceptional problem-solving abilities and architectural insight.

• Experience in influencing cross-functional teams and engaging with senior leadership.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills suitable for both technical and executive-level audiences.

• Mentor and coach one or more junior team members.

• Preferred: Contributions to open-source Kubernetes or QA tooling initiatives.

• Preferred: Experience in implementing chaos engineering within Kubernetes environments.

• Preferred: CKA, CKAD, or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer certifications.

🏝️ Benefits

• Engage in a global, collaborative, remote-first culture that recognizes initiative and execution.

• Play a pivotal role in shaping cloud and AI modernization.

• Work with high-impact enterprise accounts that provide opportunities for growth.

• Collaborate with passionate and talented colleagues assisting Fortune 500 and Global 2000 clients.

• Participate in cutting-edge, open-source innovations.

• Thrive in a high-energy environment that values openness, collaboration, risk-taking, and continuous growth.

• Access professional development and training opportunities.

• Attend conferences and working groups.

• Enjoy a customized workstation (macOS, Windows).

• Receive competitive compensation.

• Benefit from performance incentives.

• Explore opportunities for career advancement.