QA Validation Engineer- VMware/vSphere

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

Work arrangement
No