About the role

Infra Test Lead

Active

Very high Priority

Telecom

We are seeking an experienced Test Lead with strong Infrastructure, Operational Readiness, Operations Acceptance Testing (OAT) and Security Assessment background to lead end-to-end testing activities across infrastructure platforms, environments, systems integration, and service readiness. The ideal candidate will oversee testing for environments such as datacenters, virtualized systems & servers, networks, middleware, cloud platforms, end-user computing, monitoring tools, and disaster recovery setups.
This role requires someone capable of ensuring that all infrastructure components and operational processes meet quality, performance, availability, and compliance standards before production deployment. PowerShell skills will be an advantage.
Key Responsibilities
1. Test Leadership & Planning
Lead the test strategy, test planning, and test execution for Infrastructure, OAT, ORT, and Non-Functional Testing.
Define test scope, entry/exit criteria, traceability, and risk mitigation plans
Collaborate with Infra, DevOps, Cloud, Security, and Operations teams to align test objectives
Facilitate test readiness reviews, test cycles, and go/no-go decisions.
Management of the test cycle, including defect reporting, with Jira
2. Infrastructure & OAT Execution
Perform and oversee testing for:
Server builds (Windows/Linux/Unix)
Virtualization platforms (VMware, Nutanix and Hyper-V)
Network components (LAN/WAN/Firewalls/VPN)
Storage, backup, and recovery systems
Cloud infrastructure (Azure/AWS/GCP)
Patching, configuration, and hardening validation
High availability and failover testing
Monitoring, logging, and alert systems (Splunk, Dynatrace, etc.)
Validate operational aspects:
Maintainability
Scalability
Supportability
Logging & monitoring
Runbook readiness
Access & security controls
3. Operations Acceptance Testing (OAT)
Validate operational processes and ensure production-readiness, including:
Backup and restore procedures
User access & identity management
Batch jobs and scheduled tasks
Incident, problem & change management alignment
DR/BCP testing and results validation
Ensure all runbooks, SOPs, and support documentation are complete and accurate
4. Stakeholder Management
Good communications skills are critical
Act as the key point of contact between testing teams, project managers, architects, and operations
Provide clear daily/weekly test status reports, defect metrics, risk registers, and dashboards
Manage test resources (internal/third-party), test environments and dependencies
5. Quality & Continuous Improvement
Drive best practices in test automation for infrastructure (where applicable)
Introduce improvements to testing processes, tooling, and documentation
Ensure compliance with ITIL, ISO, NIS or other appropriate regulatory requirements
Conduct post-implementation reviews and lessons learned sessions.

11K Per day

C2H

Hybrid