Validation and Performance automation

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Job Title: Validation and Performance automation

Location: Hyderabad,Bengaluru.

Work Mode: Hybrid Mode

Experience: 8+years (6 years Relevant)

Job Type: Contract to hire (C2H)

Notice Period: - Immediate joiners.

Job Description:

Senior Infrastructure Test & Validation Engineer (Zero-Touch GPU Cloud – GitOps Validation & Certification)

We are seeking a Senior Infrastructure Test & Validation Engineer with 10+ years of experience to lead the Zero-Touch Validation, Upgrade, and Certification automation of our on-prem GPU cloud platform. This role focuses on ensuring the stability, performance, and conformance of the entire stack—from hardware to Kubernetes—using automated, GitOps-based validation pipelines. The ideal candidate has a strong infrastructure background with deep hands-on skills in Sonobuoy, LitmusChaos, k6, and pytest, and is passionate about automated test orchestration, platform resilience, and continuous conformance.

Key Responsibilities

· Design and implement automated, GitOps-compliant pipelines for validation and certification of the GPU cloud stack across hardware, OS, Kubernetes, and platform layers.

· Integrate Sonobuoy for Kubernetes conformance and certification testing.

· Design and orchestrate chaos engineering workflows using LitmusChaos to validate system resilience across failure scenarios.

· Implement performance testing suites using k6 and system-level benchmarks, integrated into CI/CD pipelines.

· Develop and maintain end-to-end test frameworks using pytest and/or Go, focusing on cluster lifecycle events, upgrade paths, and GPU workloads.

· Ensure test coverage and validation across multiple dimensions: conformance, performance, fault injection, and post-upgrade validation.

· Build and maintain dashboards and reporting for automated test results, including traceability, drift detection, and compliance tracking.

· Collaborate with infrastructure, SRE, and platform teams to embed testing and validation early in the deployment lifecycle.

· Own quality assurance gates for all automation-driven deployments.

Required Skills & Experience

· 10+ years of hands-on experience in infrastructure engineering, systems validation, or SRE roles.

· Primary key skills required are pytest, Go, k6 scripting, automation frameworks integration (Sonobuoy, LitmusChaos), CI integration

· Strong experience with:

o Sonobuoy for Kubernetes conformance and diagnostics

o LitmusChaos for fault injection and resilience validation

o k6 for performance/load testing in distributed environments

o pytest or Go-based test frameworks for automation and validation scripting

· Deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture, upgrade patterns, and operational risks.

· Experience validating infrastructure components (GPU drivers, kernel modules, CNI, CRI, etc.) across lifecycle events.

· Proficient in GitOps workflows and integrating tests into declarative, Git-backed pipelines (e.g., with Argo CD, Flux).

· Hands-on experience with CI/CD systems (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins) to automate test orchestration.

· Solid scripting and automation experience (Python, Bash, or Go).

· Familiarity with GPU-based infrastructure and its performance characteristics is a strong plus.

· Strong debugging, root cause analysis, and incident investigation skills.