Senior QA & Reliability Engineer

Senior QA Reliability Engineer. Are you passionate about building systems that are not only functional but truly dependable? Do you thrive at the intersection of quality, reliability, and cloud innovation? If you're energized by solving complex technical challenges with real business impact, this is your moment. Join Swiss Re's Public Cloud Platform Delivery Team in Hyderabad and help shape the future of secure, scalable, and resilient cloud platforms. About the Role. As a Senior QA Reliability Engineer, you will be at the heart of Swiss Re's cloud transformation journey embedding quality and reliability into every layer of our Azure cloud platform. This is not a siloed QA role. You will think holistically, connecting testing, monitoring, and observability as interconnected disciplines that drive real engineering excellence. You will work in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment, partnering with platform, product, and delivery teams to ensure our cloud solutions are secure, compliant, and built to last.

Key Responsibilities

- Define and execute comprehensive test strategies including integration, performance, chaos, and resilience testing tailored for cloud-native environments
- Build and maintain automated test frameworks
- Embed quality gates across CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous compliance and consistent delivery standards
- Ensure end-to-end functional and non-functional validation (NFRs) across platform services and application workloads
- Drive test coverage, defect analysis, and root cause resolution to continuously improve platform reliability
- Establish quality metrics and reporting frameworks that provide actionable insights to engineering and leadership teams
- Design and maintain logging frameworks, metrics pipelines, distributed tracing, and alerting systems at scale using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics
- Implement and maintain unit testing for PowerShell using Pester, ensuring high test coverage and reliability across platform automation
- Enforce coding and configuration standards through linting tools across PowerShell, YAML, Bicep, and JSON
- Embed quality and reliability practices into the SDLC and DevOps/DevSecOps pipelines, championing a shift-left approach to quality




- Apply chaos engineering principles using tools such as Azure Chaos Studio or Gremlin to proactively identify and address reliability risks
- Mentor engineers and uplift QA and SRE practices across teams, fostering a culture of engineering excellence
- Partner with Product Owners, Security Leads, Architects, and delivery teams to align quality outcomes with business goals and platform strategy

About the Team

The Public Cloud Platform Delivery Team is a core unit within Swiss Re's Public Cloud Transformation department. The team is responsible for managing the overall Azure platform setup, security policies, and service operations, enabling application teams to deliver secure, compliant, and creative solutions that drive business value. Working closely with application delivery teams, the team partners to innovate, deliver, and operate solutions in a fast, secure, and compliant way. The team's mission is to design, build, and operate secure and compliant cloud platforms, shared services, and tools that enhance value-driven adoption. Provide an efficient engineering experience via platforms and services aligned with Cloud Technology Management steering and guidance. This is a team of curious, driven, and collaborative engineers who take pride in building platforms that others can rely on, and who are constantly raising the bar on what great cloud engineering looks like.

About You

You are a holistic thinker who sees quality, monitoring, and testing as deeply interconnected - not isolated disciplines. You bring clarity and confidence when communicating across technical and non-technical stakeholders, and you are energized by complexity, not intimidated by it. You take ownership, mentor those around you, and are committed to building systems that are not just functional, but truly dependable. We are looking for candidates who meet these requirements:





- Deep hands-on expertise with Microsoft Azure including Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, Azure Chaos Studio, and related observability, reliability, and platform services
- Strong background in reliability or quality engineering with proven experience designing and executing testing strategies (integration, performance, chaos/resilience testing) in cloud-native environments, including unit testing for PowerShell using Pester
- Solid expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) particularly Bicep and hands-on experience integrating testing and validation processes into CI/CD Azure DevOps pipelines for automated quality and reliability checks
- Proven experience with DevOps/DevSecOps methodology including continuous deployment, delivery pipelines, test environments, and enforcing coding and configuration standards through linting across PowerShell, YAML, Bicep, and JSON
- Hands-on experience with platform engineering concepts including golden paths, paved road tooling, self-service automation, and internal developer platforms IDPs, combined with experience in Azure landing zone design, platform automation, network topology, access management, and security architecture
- Experience with chaos engineering tools such as Gremlin or similar platforms beyond Azure Chaos Studio
- Proficiency in one or more scripting/programming languages: PowerShell, Bash, or Python
- Experience designing application workloads using Cloud Platform Services (IaaS and PaaS)
- Familiarity with privileged identity design, high availability architecture, and security architecture in enterprise cloud environments
- Strong stakeholder communication skills comfortable working with Product Owners, Security Leads, Architects, and cross-functional engineering teams
- Ability to thrive in a transformational, fast-paced, and complex environment and deliver results with pragmatism and focus
- Proficiency in English (required)

Experience Level

Senior Level

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📌 Senior QA & Reliability Engineer (Hyderabad)
🏢 Swiss Re
📍 Hyderabad