Job Description

QA / Validation Engineer — VCF9 Migration (India – Remote) Experience: 3 to 6 years Job Profile Summary The QA / Validation Engineer is a member of the VCF9 Migration Factory Delivery Pod's Enablement & Control tier, owning pre- and post-migration checks, rollback rehearsal, and backup validation (e.g., Cohesity). Ensures workloads are proven correct in the target VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environment before a wave is declared complete, acting as the quality gate that keeps execution honest and repeatable. Career Level Summary - Requires in-depth conceptual and practical knowledge in own job discipline and basic knowledge of related job disciplines - Solves complex problems - Works independently, receives minimal guidance - May lead projects or project steps within a broader project or may have accountability for ongoing activities or objectives - Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience Critical Competencies - Excellence: Exceeds expectations by consistently demonstrating accountability, discipline, high performance, and a proven track record of exceptional results. - Customer-driven: Prioritizes customer needs and satisfaction through collaborative and proactive problem-solving, and an unwavering commitment to customer success. - Expertise: Possesses deep understanding of customer needs and continually grows and enhances skills to provide customer-focused solutions. - Agility: Quickly adapts and responds to dynamic customer needs and expectations through innovative solutions. - Compassion: Cultivates a positive and supportive environment to effectively work together towards a common goal, fostering trust within Rackspace and with external stakeholders. Key Responsibilities - Owns pre-migration validation checks,



confirming source workload readiness against the Migration Architect's approved design before a wave is scheduled to proceed. - Owns post-migration validation checks, confirming migrated workloads are proven correct and functioning as expected in the target VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environment before a wave is declared complete. - Plans and executes rollback rehearsals for each wave, validating that rollback procedures defined by the Migration Architect can be executed successfully within the wave's maintenance window. - Owns backup validation activities (e.g., Cohesity) for migrated workloads, confirming backup jobs, retention policies, and recovery points are correctly re-established in the target environment. - Partners with the Senior Migration Engineer and Migration Engineer (Mid) to define pre/post-check criteria and acceptance thresholds for each migration wave. - Documents validation results, defects, and rollback rehearsal outcomes, and escalates any workload that fails to meet wave completion criteria to the Senior Technical Consultant. - Coordinates with the Network/NSX Engineer to validate network connectivity, routing, and segmentation for migrated workloads post-cutover. - Works with the Documentation/Runbook Specialist to ensure validation checklists and rollback rehearsal procedures are captured in reusable runbooks.



- Maintains a wave-level quality dashboard/tracker, reporting validation status to the Migration Coordinator/PMO and Technical Project Manager. - Continuously improves validation test scripts and automates repetitive checks in partnership with the Automation Engineer to reduce manual validation effort per wave. - Proposes and implements enhancements to validation processes that improve the accuracy, speed, and repeatability of wave sign-off. Knowledge - Intermediate to advanced knowledge of VMware vSphere, vSAN, and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) workload validation practices - Intermediate knowledge of backup and recovery platforms such as Cohesity, including backup job configuration and recovery point validation - Intermediate knowledge of rollback design principles and migration rehearsal methodologies - Intermediate knowledge of network fundamentals sufficient to validate post-cutover connectivity in coordination with the Network/NSX Engineer Skills - Migration Quality Assurance & Validation - Rollback Rehearsal - Backup & Recovery Validation (Cohesity) - AI/Machine Learning - Cloud Computing - Cybersecurity - DevOps Coding Skills - Network/Systems Skills - Technical Writing Skills - Process Improvement Education - Bachelor's Degree required, preferably in a field related to role. Certifications - VMware Certified Qualified – Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV) preferred - Cohesity certification (e.g., Cohesity Certified Administrator) preferred - ISTQB or equivalent QA/testing certification preferred Experience - 3 – 6 years of experience in the field of role required, including experience validating VMware migrations and backup/recovery platforms

📌 QA Validation Engineer- VMware/vSphere (Hyderabad)
🏢 HGS
📍 Hyderabad