QA automation​/Devops engineer k0rdent KOF team

QA automation/Devops engineer for k0rdent KOF team

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Mirantis is the Kubernetes-native AI infrastructure company, enabling organizations to build and operate scalable, secure, and sovereign infrastructure for modern AI, machine learning, and data‑intensive applications. By combining open source innovation with deep expertise in Kubernetes orchestration, Mirantis empowers platform engineering teams to deliver composable, production‑ready developer platforms across any environment—on‑premises, in the cloud, at the edge, or in sovereign data centers.

As enterprises navigate the growing complexity of AI‑driven workloads, Mirantis delivers the automation, GPU orchestration, and policy‑driven control needed to manage infrastructure with confidence and agility. Committed to open standards and freedom from lock‑in, Mirantis ensures that customers retain full control of their infrastructure strategy.

We serve global leaders including Adobe, Pay Pal, Liberty Mutual, Splunk, and Volkswagen. Learn more at

• Contribute to driving the overall QA strategy for Kubernetes and cloud‑native environments, aligning quality goals with business objectives and release deadlines.
• Evaluate and champion best‑in‑class testing best practices and frameworks for distributed systems.
• Lead risk analysis and test planning for large‑scale, multi‑cloud infrastructure and container orchestration.

• Architect test frameworks and infrastructure for validating microservices and infrastructure components in multi‑cluster and hybrid‑cloud environments.
• Oversee the design of complex test scenarios simulating production‑like workloads, resource scaling, failure injection, and recovery across distributed clusters.

• Spearhead the development of scalable and maintainable test automation integrated with CI/CD (Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, etc.).
• Leverage Kubernetes APIs, Helm, and service mesh tools to build comprehensive automation coverage, including system health, failover behavior, and network resilience.
• Promote test infrastructure‑as‑code and drive IaC forward on the team, ensuring the infrastructure code is repeatable, extensible, and reliable.

• Serve as the QA authority in design reviews, production readiness assessments, and incident retrospectives (escaped defects).
• Collaborate with Dev Ops engineers to refine monitoring, alerting, and debugging strategies for testing automation being run in CI/CD.

• Establish quality gates, release readiness metrics, and data‑driven feedback loops to ensure released software is production quality.
• Drive initiatives to integrate performance, security, and chaos testing into the development lifecycle.
• Advocate for a culture of quality across teams and influence architecture decisions with testing in mind.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• 1+ years in software testing/Dev Ops or quality engineering roles.

• Basic understanding of Software lifecycle management, Linux, Docker, Networks.
• Scripting and automation capabilities (Python, Pytest, Bash, etc.).
• Familiarity with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger), Kubernetes security (RBAC, secrets management).
• Basic understanding of cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP), infrastructure provisioning, and containerized CI/CD.
• Bash scripting and debugging.

• Problem‑solving and architectural thinking.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for technical and executive‑level audiences.

• Kubernetes or QA tooling projects.
• Certifications such as CKA, CKAD, or AWS Certified Dev Ops Engineer.

• Work with an established Silicon Valley leader in the cloud infrastructure industry;
• Work with exceptionally passionate, talented and engaging colleagues, helping Fortune 500 and Global 2000 customers implement next‑generation cloud technologies;
• Be a part of cutting‑edge, open‑source innovation;
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