qa engineer (manual) in data protection

Veeam Software, Inc.; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 38,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 Annual vacation days, plus 4 extra

24 Volunteer hours annually

Private medical, dental, and optical

Life and disability insurance

Meal allowance (€10.46 per day)

Learning and growth opportunities

Job summary

Veeam is seeking a performance engineer to design and run performance, load, and scalability tests for major product components. You will build realistic test environments, identify bottlenecks, and work closely with developers, QA, and product managers to resolve issues.

Ideal candidates have 1–2 years in performance testing, strong Windows/Linux skills, and hands-on cloud experience (Azure/AWS/GCP). A proactive, analytical mindset and English communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Technical education or strong hands-on passion for systems and performance.
• 1–2 years in performance/load testing or strong background in system performance.
• Ability to analyze test results and identify bottlenecks and risks.
• Advanced Windows and/or Linux administration knowledge.
• Familiarity with virtualization, networks, CPU and memory aspects.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute performance, load, and scalability tests for core components.
• Build and maintain enterprise-grade test environments and labs.
• Identify bottlenecks and coordinate with devs and product teams to fix issues.
• Participate in root cause analysis of performance incidents.
• Evolve performance test labs through environment setup and monitoring.

Skills

Performance testing

Load testing

Test result analysis

Windows/Linux admin

Python scripting

Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP)

Education

Technical education

Tools

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Azure

AWS

GCP

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Job description

Описание

Veeam is a data and AI trust company specializing in data resilience and data security posture management. It helps organizations understand, secure, and maintain the resilience of their data and AI, serving more than 550,000 customers worldwide.

Задачи

• Design and execute performance, load, and scalability testing for major components of Veeam products, from requirement analysis and lab design to test execution and results analysis;


• Build and maintain realistic enterprise-grade test environments, including large infrastructures and complex topologies;


• Identify performance bottlenecks and system limits, and work with developers, functional QA, and product managers to resolve them;


• Participate in root cause analysis of performance issues reported by Technical Support and customers;


• Own and evolve performance test labs through environment creation, configuration, monitoring, and collaboration with IT teams.

Требования

• Technical education or a strong hands-on passion for systems and performance;


• 1–2 Years of experience in performance and/or load testing, or a strong practical background in system performance;


• Ability to analyze test results and identify bottlenecks, limits, and performance risks;


• Advanced user or system administration-level knowledge of Windows and/or Linux;


• Good understanding of CPU, memory, storage, and networking;


• Strong analytical mindset, attention to detail, and structured thinking;


• Motivation to grow as a performance and scalability engineer;


• English proficiency for daily communication within international teams;


• Nice to have: Experience with Microsoft SQL Server or PostgreSQL, including profiling and performance analysis;


• scripting, test automation, or infrastructure deployment experience;


• understanding of virtualization platforms and large virtual environments;


• hands‑on experience with Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud;


• experience with Python;


• familiarity with Ansible, Terraform, or similar infrastructure-as-code tools.

Условия

• 24 Annual vacation days, plus 4 extra global VeeaMe Days;


• 24 Paid volunteer hours annually through Veeam Cares;


• Private medical, dental, and optical insurance for employees and dependents;


• Life and disability insurance worth 2x gross annual salary;


• Monthly meal allowance of €10.46 per working day;


• Opportunities for learning and professional growth through LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly, mentoring, workshops, and learning events.