QA Architect

Mavenir Systems, Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Mavenir is seeking a Quality Assurance professional to define end-to-end QA strategy for the 5G SMF, lead automation and performance testing, and ensure cloud-native deployments meet 3GPP standards. You will collaborate with Product, Development, DevOps, and Architecture to embed quality from design through release. Bengaluru-based role, onsite with global impact.

The role emphasizes automation-first testing, security, and scalable testing across deployments in cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define end‑to‑end QA strategy and architecture for the 5G Session Management Function (SMF)
• Design test coverage for PDU session lifecycle: creation, modification, release, and error handling
• Validate SMF interfaces and interactions with AMF, UPF, PCF, UDM using SBA (HTTP/2, REST)
• Ensure compliance with 3GPP specifications (SMF, QoS, charging, policy control)
• Drive automation-first testing (functional, API, regression) integrated with CI/CD pipelines
• Architect performance, scalability, and latency testing for CPS, session scale, QoS flows
• Lead resiliency, failover, and chaos testing for cloud-native SMF deployments
• Define network slicing and QoS flow validation scenarios
• Ensure security testing for signaling, APIs, and data protection
• Standardize test environments using Kubernetes, containers, and cloud platforms
• Define quality gates, KPIs, and release exit criteria for SMF deliveries
• Mentor QA engineers and review test designs and automation frameworks
• Collaborate with Product, Development, DevOps, and Architecture teams to embed quality early

Job description

Company Overview

Mavenir is building the future of networks and pioneering advanced technology, focusing on the vision of a single, software-based automated network that runs on any cloud. As the industry's only end-to-end, cloud-native network software provider, Mavenir is transforming the way the world connects, accelerating software network transformation for 250+ Communications Service Providers in over 120 countries, which serve more than 50% of the world’s subscribers.

Role Summary

Develops, implements and maintains technical quality assurance and control systems and activities. Defines and specifies the implementation of standards, methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision, accuracy and reliability of company products. Participates in the reviewing of engineering designs to contribute quality requirements and considerations.

Key Responsibilities

• Define end‑to‑end QA strategy and architecture for the 5G Session Management Function (SMF)
• Design test coverage for PDU session lifecycle: creation, modification, release, and error handling
• Validate SMF interfaces and interactions with AMF, UPF, PCF, UDM using SBA (HTTP/2, REST)
• Ensure compliance with 3GPP specifications (SMF, QoS, charging, policy control)
• Drive automation-first testing (functional, API, regression) integrated with CI/CD pipelines
• Architect performance, scalability, and latency testing for CPS, session scale, QoS flows
• Lead resiliency, failover, and chaos testing for cloud-native SMF deployments
• Define network slicing and QoS flow validation scenarios
• Ensure security testing for signaling, APIs, and data protection
• Standardize test environments using Kubernetes, containers, and cloud platforms
• Define quality gates, KPIs, and release exit criteria for SMF deliveries
• Mentor QA engineers and review test designs and automation frameworks
• Collaborate with Product, Development, DevOps, and Architecture teams to embed quality early

Accessibility Statement

Mavenir is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Mavenir is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes qualified applicants from around the world, regardless of their ethnicity, gender, religion, nationality, age, disability, or other legally protected status.

Core Values

• United: One Company; One team; One Unified Vision
• Passionate: Big thinkers with audacious ideas and solutions
• Honorable: Integrity, respect and commitment is in our DNA.
• Fearless: Courageous, bold, determined and challengers of the 'norm'.