VMware Hiring for Member of Technical Staff – II (QE Automation framework, Python preferred) at Bangalore, India Full Time

The Elevator Pitch: Why will you enjoy this new opportunity?

The World is getting ready to adopt 5G. More and more Telco Vendors are rolling out their 5G offerings across the globe. This has been one of the most innovative IT Technical domains for the last few years. Our product TCA ( https://telco.vmware.com/products/telco-cloud-automation.html ) is one of the key enablers for VMware to sell VMware’s 5G Solutions.

Telcos want at most quality in the products they use. With 5G, they are expecting to automate the rollout of the 5G software across thousands of cell/Edge sites and hundreds of Datacenters. With an increasing list of 5G customers, we need to deliver our software in good quality at a quicker pace. Automation is a key aspect of delivering quality software quicker to our customers. Working as an Automation Engineer, you will be engaged in understanding key challenges we are solving for Telcos and simulate and automate the same in our labs and ensure our product fully addresses the customer needs. You will be fully engaged in understanding the customer’s Functional and Non-Functional requirements and automating the same.

Every new job is an opportunity for developing your career. VMware is growing rapidly, and you can be a part of our remarkable story. At VMware, our engineers voice their creative ideas and watch them become initiatives, and participate in exciting short-term and long-term products on the VMware roadmap. Our engineers continue to learn and grow by working with top professionals from around the world and recent graduates of top universities and by taking advantage of our extensive internal training opportunities and generous external education assistance program. VMware has R&D offices around world including Bangalore, India.

Success in the Role: What are the performance outcomes over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing?

Within your first 6 months:

• Understanding existing product features.

• Working on different components of the product.

• Understanding Tools and Techniques

• Understanding the existing automation framework

• Contribution towards feature automation

• Contribution toward different topology automation

• Identifying Test Gaps for Assignment Module automation.

• Understand different customer deployment scenarios and current automation solutions.

• Understand current automation models for Scale, Longevity, and Reliability aspects of the product.

Within your first 12 months:

• Own Certain modules of automation framework.

• Own some deployment customer topologies end-to-end for automation

• Becoming Subject Matter Expect for certain modules in the product

• Controlling /reducing Customer found defects

• Managing Assigned engineer works

• Provide feedback in design and test-plan reviews

The Work: What type of work will you be doing? What assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis?

As part of the Automation Team

• You will be working on simulating and automating different customer topology requirements

• Constantly assess and improve the automation based on customer defects and feedback

• Extend the automation to cater to the new needs of customers. For example, extend automation support for deploying the Network Functions on an EKS cluster.

• Working on test gap analysis for assigned modules based on Customer Found defects.

• Following with Dev/PM to enhance coverage and closing the test gaps.

• Participation in test plan reviews, test case reviews

Our requirements from you as a part of the Automation Team are

Must Have.

• Technical Skills: – Python is preferred but proficiency in other languages will be considered

• 2 to 5 years of experience in Product Feature Automation

• Good Knowledge of Automation Frameworks, Tools, and Design principles.

• Install, maintain, and monitor systems running on physical hardware and virtualized environments.

• Deploy, automate, troubleshoot, and enhance the K8s-based system

• Exposure to 5G Products/standards is added advantage.

• Exposure to VMware products is added advantage.

• Soft Skills

o Ownership of assigned work

o Ability to Clearly Communication

o Curiosity to learn new things

Good to Have

• Understanding of Atlassian Suites like Jira. Confluence

• Worked on Spirent and Ixia tools

What is the leadership like for this role? What is the structure and culture of the team like?

This position reports to the Manager of the Engineering Team, The team consists of highly competent junior and senior engineers across India. This role is dedicated to India. We focus on Automation.

You will be initially part of the established team that has a wide range of core responsibilities, but the expectation is that you will grow to a specialist or subject matter expert, lead projects by becoming module owner/lead later. This is a great opportunity for someone who is eager to start new things and put their mark on a team and company. 

Where is this role located?

Flexible: The role is considered flexible and will be a mix of working from a local VMware office. You will be expected to live within a reasonable non-daily commute of the office.

What are the benefits and perks of working at VMware?

You and your loved ones will be supported with a competitive and comprehensive benefits package. Below are some highlights, or you can view the complete benefits package by visiting  benefits.vmware.com

• Medical Coverage, Retirement, and Parental Leave Plans for All Family Types

• Generous Time Off Programs

• 40 hours of paid time to volunteer in your community

• Financial contributions to your ongoing development (conference participation, training, course work, etc.)

• Wellbeing annual program

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

VMware is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, age, physical, mental or sensory disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, HIV status, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status including pregnancy, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. VMware will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

You and your loved ones will be supported with a competitive and comprehensive benefits package. Below are some highlights, or you can view the complete benefits package by visiting www.benefits.vmware.com.

• Medical Coverage, Retirement, and Parental Leave Plans for All Family Types

• Generous Time Off Programs

• 40 hours of paid time to volunteer in your community

• Rethink’s Neurodiversity program to support parents raising children with learning or behavior challenges, or developmental disabilities

• Financial contributions to your ongoing development (conference participation, trainings, course work, etc.)

• Wellness reimbursement and online fitness and wellbeing classes

Category : Engineering and Technology

Subcategory: Software Engineering

Experience: Manager and Professional

Full Time/ Part Time: Full Time

Posted Date: 2023-06-13

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Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: VMware is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: VMware is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at VMware are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. VMware will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. VMware encourages applicants of all ages. Vmware will provide reasonable accommodation to employees who have protected disabilities consistent with local law.