Associate QA Manual & Automation Engineer

Plan, design, and execute manual test scenarios validating DevOps and platform deliverables, including Kubernetes-based deployments and end-to-end platform behaviours.

Verify functional, operational, integration, and customer usage aspects of platform services like Kafka, MQ, Elasticsearch, APIs, and operational tooling before release.

Collaborate with DevOps, development, and product teams to identify defects early, produce test evidence, and improve release readiness and QA practices for platform engineering workstreams.

Experience in quality assurance, system testing, or technical/platform validation roles focusing on manual testing.

Hands-on experience with API testing and familiarity with backend systems, distributed applications, containerized environments (Kubernetes or OpenShift), and messaging/event streaming technologies like Kafka or MQ.

Ability to analyze logs and system behaviour in Linux environments and validate integrations across middleware, infrastructure, and platform services.

Work Experience Required: Not explicitly mentioned in the JD.

Experienced QA professional comfortable validating complex distributed, containerized platforms beyond simple deployment checks, focusing on real product and customer impact.

Able to collaborate effectively with DevOps, architecture, and development teams while maintaining independent quality assurance perspective.

Familiarity or background in fintech, banking, payments, or regulated enterprise software environments is advantageous.