QA Engineer – Kubernetes Platform Validation (Azure Local & GCP FedRAMP)

Own end-to-end validation of two Kubernetes-based cloud platforms (Azure Local hybrid stack and FedRAMP-authorized GCP) covering deployment, Day-2 operations, upgrades, and decommission.

Design, execute, and document solution-level test cases across reliability, availability, scalability, security, observability, performance, recoverability, and upgradability using Given/When/Then style.

Perform hands-on Kubernetes and cloud platform testing, root cause analysis, resilience and chaos testing, and collaborate as a peer in design reviews and feature planning.

5+ years of QA/SDET experience with at least 2 years hands-on Kubernetes and 1+ year experience on Azure or GCP public cloud.

Technical skills: kubectl, Helm, operators, CRDs, PVCs, StatefulSets, ArgoCD/Flux, network policies, node affinity; Azure Monitor/GCP Cloud Monitoring; Key Vault/Cloud KMS; Managed Identities/Workload Identity.

Ability to read Terraform, Ansible, and Helm charts for understanding infrastructure and troubleshooting.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.

Experienced in parallel validation of complex Kubernetes hybrid and cloud platforms with focus on full lifecycle from deployment through decommission.

Strong fluency with cloud-native tooling and observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, OpenTelemetry, Alertmanager) and security controls aligned to FedRAMP or similar regulatory frameworks.

Operates as a collaborative peer with engineering and DevOps teams in planning and preventing defects, not just executing tests.