QA/Validation Engineer
First seen by Alion on Sep 16, 2026.
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.
Skills
Testing, Validation Testing, VMware, Cohesity, Virtualization, System Migration, Cloud, Vmware Vsphere, Cloud Services