Senior Automation Software Tester, MSR team

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Kazakhstan, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Lead 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.

• Spearhead risk analysis and test planning for extensive, multi-cloud registries, infrastructure, and container orchestration.

• Design test frameworks and infrastructure for microservices and infrastructure components.

• Create intricate test scenarios simulating production-like workloads, resource scaling, failure injection, and recovery across distributed clusters.

• Develop scalable test automation that integrates with CI/CD systems like Jenkins and GitHub Actions.

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

• Foster repeatable, extensible, and dependable infrastructure-as-code practices.

• Guide QA engineers and developers in 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 with DevOps engineers to develop monitoring, alerting, and debugging strategies.

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

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

• Advocate for quality across teams and impact architectural decisions.

⛳️ Requirements

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

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

• At least 4 years dedicated to Kubernetes, cloud-native applications, and distributed systems.

• Demonstrated leadership experience in developing and scaling test strategies within enterprise-grade environments.

• In-depth knowledge of Kubernetes internals, cluster lifecycle management, Helm, service meshes, and network policies.

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

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

• Solid understanding of AWS, Azure, GCP, infrastructure provisioning, and containerized CI/CD.

• Moderate to advanced knowledge of Linux systems.

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

• Exceptional problem-solving skills and architectural thinking.

• Experience influencing cross-functional teams and senior leadership.

• Strong verbal and written communication abilities.

• Experience mentoring and coaching junior team members.

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

• Preferred: Experience implementing chaos engineering in Kubernetes environments.

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

🏝️ Benefits

• Work within a global, collaborative, remote-first culture.

• Opportunities for professional development and training.

• Attend conferences and engage in working groups.

• Customized workstation options (macOS, Windows).

• Competitive salary.

• Performance-based incentives.

• Opportunities for career advancement.

• Innovative environment focused on open-source projects.

• A culture that promotes collaboration and continuous growth.