COST Team Manager

Location: Noida, India

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

Present in India since 1953, Thales is headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, and has operational offices and sites spread across Bengaluru, Delhi, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune among others. Over 1800 employees are working with Thales and its joint ventures in India. Since the beginning, Thales has been playing an essential role in India’s growth story by sharing its technologies and expertise in Defence, Transport, Aerospace and Digital Identity and Security markets.

About the Role:

Thales DataSecurity is seeking an experienced Manager to lead our Customer Oriented Scenario Testing (COST) team. This team plays a pivotal role in simulating and validating real-world customer environments to ensure our cybersecurity products meet the highest standards of quality and reliability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a distributed team of test and automation engineers with a strong customer-centric focus.

• Define and drive quality strategies, roadmap execution, and customer scenario validation.

• Build, maintain, and troubleshoot complex virtual, physical, and cloud test setups.

• Serve as a key liaison between product development and customer-facing teams. • Actively engage in integration projects and hands-on testing when needed.

• Foster team growth through mentorship, hiring, and process improvements.

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience managing QA/test or automation teams.

• 3+ years hands-on experience in QA.

• Strong experience in customer simulation labs, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), and virtualization (VMware).

• Proficiency in Linux system administration and scripting (Bash/Python).

• Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and align with customer needs.

• Strong English communication (Upper-intermediate+).

Preferred Skills: • Degree in Computer Science or related field. • Experience with performance/load testing, CI/CD, containers (Docker/Kubernetes). • Knowledge of databases (SQL/NoSQL), cybersecurity, and networking.

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