Software Engineer - QA & Automation (India)

Alkira Australia; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Alkira, a Lumen Connect Solution, is hiring a Software Engineer - QA & Automation in Bengaluru, India. You will own test automation and the in-house framework built on Python, Terraform, and Jenkins to run large-scale regression suites across major clouds.

You will collaborate with product and engineering teams to define testing strategies and drive quality across releases. Ideal candidates bring strong Python skills, 2+ years in QA/automation, and hands-on experience with cloud deployments,

Qualifications

• 2+ years in QA and automation roles.

Responsibilities

• Work in a fast paced team to solve important customer problems
• Work closely with product development and engineering teams to understand testing requirements
• Develop, execute and automate feature test plans to validate product capabilities
• Design and develop automation framework
• Build and maintain automation scripts to ensure quality via continuous functional regression
• Collaborate with development teams to identify, report, and resolve issues found during testing
• Analyze customer-found defects and ensure gaps are covered in regression
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement
• Participate in product documentation reviews

Skills

Python

QA & Automation experience

Networking testing

TCP/IP protocols

Networking protocols

Cloud deployments

RESTful APIs

SD-WAN / Firewalls

Troubleshooting

Virtualization

Network virtualization

Tools

Terraform

Jenkins

Docker

QEMU

VMware ESXi

KVM

Job description

About the Team

The QA & Automation team is the quality gate for every product release. It owns our in-house automated test framework — a Python, Terraform, and Jenkins-based system that runs large-scale regression suites continuously across all major public clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI). Beyond release validation, the team builds scaling and performance tests that prove the platform keeps up with customer and traffic growth, and develops Terraform-driven deployment automation that makes large customer onboardings fast and repeatable. The team works across multiple geographies, so you'll collaborate with engineers in different time zones.

We are looking for a Software Engineer - QA & Automation to join our growing team in Bengaluru, India.

Responsibilities

• Work in a fast paced team to solve important customer problems
• Work closely with product development and engineering teams to understand testing requirements
• Develop, execute and automate feature test plans to validate product capabilities
• Design and develop automation framework
• Build and maintain automation scripts required to ensure quality via continuous functional regression
• Collaborate with development teams to identify, report, and resolve issues found during testing
• Analyze any customer-found defects, identify the test gaps and ensure they are covered in regression.
• Contribute to a culture of constant innovation and continuous improvement
• Participate in product documentation reviews

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in highly technical roles in QA and automation
• Very strong Python programming skills
• Experience with networking product testing and good understanding of management, control and data plane architecture in networking products
• Hand on experience with standard TCP/IP protocols such as ARP, IP, ICMP, TCP & UDP
• Good knowledge and experience in networking protocolslike BGP, VxLAN, IPSec, L3
• Experience and good domain knowledge with cloud-based deployments (AWS/Azure/GCP experience preferred).
• Experience with RESTful APIs
• Experience with firewalls or SD-WAN devices is a plus
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to quickly grasp new concepts
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills
• Familiarity with Virtualization technologies - QEMU/KVM, VMWare ESXi, Containers like Docker
• Familiarity with Network Virtualization technologies like SDN, Overlay Protocols(VxLAN), DPDK and VNF

ABOUT ALKIRA

Alkira, a Lumen company, is building the future of enterprise networking: one programmable platform to connect, secure, and operate every cloud, site, partner, data center, and AI workload.

Founded by Amir and Atif Khan, the creators of Viptela and pioneers of the SD-WAN market, Alkira was built to radically simplify how enterprises deploy and manage network infrastructure. Today, as part of Lumen, we are bringing that cloud-native operating model to a global network foundation trusted by the world’s largest enterprises.

Our platform helps customers move faster without managing hardware, stitching together providers, or operating fragmented cloud networks. Teams can build and scale connectivity on demand, apply consistent security and segmentation, and gain visibility across distributed environments from one place.

At Alkira, you’ll help shape the next chapter of networking: cloud-like consumption, private-network performance, and total control across the enterprise. We move fast, solve hard problems, and build technology that changes how global businesses connect.

Join us and help build the future of networking.

Life at Alkira, a Lumen Connect Solution

Life at Alkira is human and connected, even in a fast moving, AI- focused organization. We set clear expectations and trust people to meet them. With real support and shared accountability, teams collaborate better, move faster, and deliver meaningful outcomes.

Our Lumen 8 behaviors guide how we interact, make decisions, and work together, shaping a culture built to perform and win. To learn more about Life at Alkira, a Lumen Connect Solution and how we live into the Lumen 8, please visit:
https://jobs.lumen.com/global/en/life-at-lumen

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