Quality Testing Tool Engineer Principal

Job Summary:

Leads the design, deployment, and optimization of scalable, secure, and high-performing systems and infrastructure solutions. This role is responsible for driving automation, performance engineering, and quality practices across cloud-native and enterprise platforms.

The incumbent ensures system reliability through proactive monitoring, capacity planning, and continuous improvement, while providing leadership in troubleshooting critical incidents and mentoring teams. Working closely with cross-functional stakeholders, this role enables the delivery of resilient, efficient, and compliant infrastructure and testing solutions aligned with business goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor engineers on quality engineering, automation, and DevOps best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including development, infrastructure, security, and product teams, to deliver integrated solutions.
• Partner with vendors and stakeholders to plan and execute complex integrations.
• Drive adoption of standardized tools, frameworks, and processes across teams.

• Design and implement robust automation frameworks for functional, integration, API, regression, and performance testing.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with integrated quality gates using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
• Implement infrastructure automation for provisioning, monitoring, and configuration management.
• Enable modern engineering practices including Agile, DevSecOps, infrastructure as code, and automated testing.

• Develop and review system architecture, infrastructure designs, and integration workflows.
• Translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and resilient system solutions.
• Define system and infrastructure specifications aligned with enterprise standards.

• Manage system performance through proactive monitoring, capacity planning, and performance tuning.
• Analyze system health, utilization, and trends to identify optimization opportunities.
• Lead performance, load, and resiliency testing to validate system behavior under stress.
• Ensure observability using monitoring tools and improve system reliability.

• Participate in design, cybersecurity, and code reviews to ensure compliance with security and architectural standards.
• Identify system vulnerabilities and lead remediation efforts to enhance resilience.
• Ensure compliance with recovery objectives (RTO/RPO) and enterprise security practices.

• Lead resolution of complex system and infrastructure issues across multiple environments.
• Troubleshoot across the full stack, including applications, infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and testing frameworks.
• Support critical business systems to ensure high availability and performance.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong expertise in test automation, DevOps, and CI/CD pipeline implementation
• Proficiency in programming/scripting languages (e.g., Python, Java, etc.)
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, OCI) and hybrid environments
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Strong experience in API testing, service virtualization, and contract testing
• Familiarity with observability tools (Dynatrace, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Expertise in performance, resiliency, and security testing
• Strong understanding of Linux and Windows environments

• Security & Compliance Principles
• Programming & Data Principles
• Modern Development Practices (Agile, CI/CD, DevSecOps)
• Solution Design & System Architecture
• Strategic & Innovative Thinking
• Driving Effective Outcomes
• Engaging with Impact
• Ensuring Customer Success
• Values Differences