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Job Description
We are seeking a highly motivated and talented Senior QA Engineer to work on Qualys’ next-generation data platform and middleware. You will work closely with a team of engineers and architects to design, automate, and execute tests for highly distributed, large-scale systems that power a highly scalable SaaS-based cloud security data platform. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to Qualys’ next-generation microservices-based technology platform, which processes over 100 million transactions and terabytes of data per day. You will have the chance to leverage open source technologies and work on challenging, business-impacting projects.
This position is based in our Pune office in India and requires close collaboration with QA teams and engineering partners in the Bay Area, California, and North Carolina.
Responsibilities:
Work closely with the Data Platform development team to identify, document, and validate defects, monitor fixes, and ensure high-quality releases.
Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites for distributed, large-scale systems.
Contribute to the implementation of the test automation framework and enhance the existing framework for scalability and efficiency.
Collaborate with engineering, DevOps, SecOps, and product teams to ensure platform reliability, quality, and performance.
Perform system-level debugging, log analysis, and root cause investigation for complex issues.
Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and provide input on testability and quality improvements.
Ensure test cases and results are well-documented, traceable, and integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 4 to 8 years of professional experience in Automation Testing using Java with TestNG.
- Strong hands-on experience in automation framework design, implementation, and maintenance.
- Solid experience testing distributed systems, data pipelines, or data platforms.
- Good knowledge of Linux and Shell Scripting.
- Proficiency in test automation using Python and Java.
- Experience with tools such as JUnit, TestNG, Maven, Jenkins, or Pytest.
- Familiarity with containerized environments and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar.
- Solid understanding of system-level debugging, log analysis, and performance monitoring.
- Knowledge of relational databases and ability to integrate SQL queries into test automation.
- Familiarity with distributed databases such as Cassandra, Kafka, or Redis is a plus.
- Experience with tools like JIRA, GIT, Zephyr.
- Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
- 4 to 8 years of professional experience in automation testing using Java with TestNG
- Hands-on experience designing, implementing, and maintaining automation frameworks
- Experience testing distributed systems, data pipelines, or data platforms
- Knowledge of Linux and shell scripting
- Proficiency in test automation using Python and Java
- Experience with JUnit, TestNG, Maven, Jenkins, or Pytest
- Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or GitLab CI
- Understanding of system-level debugging, log analysis, and performance monitoring
- Knowledge of relational databases and integrating SQL queries into test automation
- Familiarity with distributed databases such as Cassandra, Kafka, or Redis
- Experience with JIRA, Git, and Zephyr
- Strong problem-solving, attention to detail, and collaborative communication skills
Qualys Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Qualys and has not been reviewed or approved by Qualys.
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Affordable Benefits — Benefits costs are widely viewed as low for employees and dependents, with healthcare often described as almost fully paid for. Feedback suggests this affordability helps offset perceptions of lower base pay in some roles.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare offerings are broad, including multiple medical plan options, dental and vision coverage, mental health support, and disability insurance. Benefits are described as “pretty amazing” or “great,” reinforcing perceived quality and coverage depth.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity participation is accessible through company stock plans and an employee stock purchase plan. Compensation packages commonly include equity alongside salary and bonus, which some consider a meaningful part of total rewards.
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What We Do
Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS) is a pioneer and leading provider of disruptive cloud-based security, compliance and IT solutions with more than 10,000 subscription customers worldwide, including a majority of the Forbes Global 100 and Fortune 100. Qualys helps organizations streamline and automate their security and compliance solutions onto a single platform for greater agility, better business outcomes, and substantial cost savings. The Qualys Cloud Platform leverages a single agent to continuously deliver critical security intelligence while enabling enterprises to automate the full spectrum of vulnerability detection, compliance, and protection for IT systems, workloads and web applications across on premises, endpoints, servers, public and private clouds, containers, and mobile devices. Founded in 1999 as one of the first SaaS security companies, Qualys has strategic partnerships and seamlessly integrates its vulnerability management capabilities into security offerings from cloud service providers, including Amazon Web Services, the Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure, along with a number of leading managed service providers and global consulting organizations. For more information, please visit http://www.qualys.com
