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As the industry's only end-to-end, cloud-native network software provider, Mavenir is transforming the way the world connects, accelerating software network transformation for 250+ Communications Service Providers in over 120 countries, which serve more than 50% of the world’s subscribers.\nRole Summary\nDevelops, implements and maintains technical quality assurance and control systems and activities. Defines and specifies the implementation of standards, methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision, accuracy and reliability of company products. Participates in the reviewing of engineering designs to contribute quality requirements and considerations.Key Responsibilities\n5G SMF QA Architect - Key Responsibilities\nDefine end-to-end QA strategy and architecture for the 5G Session Management Function (SMF)\nDesign test coverage for PDU session lifecycle: creation, modification, release, and error handling\nValidate SMF interfaces and interactions with AMF, UPF, PCF, UDM using SBA (HTTP/2, REST)\nEnsure compliance with 3GPP specifications (SMF, QoS, charging, policy control)\nDrive automation-first testing (functional, API, regression) integrated with CI/CD pipelines\nArchitect performance, scalability, and latency testing for CPS, session scale, QoS flows\nLead resiliency, failover, and chaos testing for cloud-native SMF deployments\nDefine network slicing and QoS flow validation scenarios\nEnsure security testing for signaling, APIs, and data protection\nStandardize test environments using Kubernetes, containers, and cloud platforms\nDefine quality gates, KPIs, and release exit criteria for SMF deliveries\nMentor QA engineers and review test designs and automation frameworks\nCollaborate with Product, Development, DevOps, and Architecture teams to embed quality early\nJob Requirements\n5G SMF QA Architect - Key Responsibilities\nDefine end-to-end QA strategy and architecture for the 5G Session Management Function (SMF)\nDesign test coverage for PDU session lifecycle: creation, modification, release, and error handling\nValidate SMF interfaces and interactions with AMF, UPF, PCF, UDM using SBA (HTTP/2, REST)\nEnsure compliance with 3GPP specifications (SMF, QoS, charging, policy control)\nDrive automation-first testing (functional, API, regression) integrated with CI/CD pipelines\nArchitect performance, scalability, and latency testing for CPS, session scale, QoS flows\nLead resiliency, failover, and chaos testing for cloud-native SMF deployments\nDefine network slicing and QoS flow validation scenarios\nEnsure security testing for signaling, APIs, and data protection\nStandardize test environments using Kubernetes, containers, and cloud platforms\nDefine quality gates, KPIs, and release exit criteria for SMF deliveries\nMentor QA engineers and review test designs and automation frameworks\nCollaborate with Product, Development, DevOps, and Architecture teams to embed quality early\n Accessibility\nMavenir is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. 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