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 Professional - 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.