Test Lead
India
Job Description
Test Lead
Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Job Summary

Customer is qualifying and expanding its product portfolio across multiple virtualization and cloud platforms as part of its infrastructure modernization strategy. The engagement involves deployment, validation, automation, and regression testing of their products across VMware alternatives and cloud-native environments.

Target platforms include:

  • Proxmox VE
  • Huawei Cloud FusionSphere
  • OpenStack
  • KVM
  • VMware ESXi (baseline/reference platform)
  • Additional private cloud and virtualization platforms as required

Key Responsibilities

Platform Qualification

  • Build greenfield environments on target virtualization and cloud platforms.
  • Deploy customer products and validate end-to-end functionality.
  • Configure compute, networking, storage, and virtualization resources.
  • Validate product interoperability across supported platforms.

Deployment Validation

  • Install and configure customer products on:
    • Proxmox
    • Huawei FusionSphere
    • OpenStack
    • KVM-based environments
  • Validate fresh deployments, upgrades, patches, and rollback scenarios.

Test Planning

  • Develop platform qualification strategies and detailed test plans.
  • Create comprehensive functional and non-functional test cases.
  • Define acceptance criteria for platform certification.

Automation

  • Develop automation suites for:
    • Environment provisioning
    • Product deployment
    • Configuration validation
    • Regression execution
  • Automate repetitive validation activities using Python and automation frameworks.

Regression Testing

  • Execute full regression cycles following platform qualification activities.
  • Validate stability, performance, scalability, and interoperability.
  • Identify platform-specific issues and work with engineering teams for resolution.

Cloud Validation

  • Validate:
    • VM lifecycle operations
    • Networking behavior
    • Storage integration
    • High Availability features
    • Cluster operations
    • Upgrade paths
    • Disaster recovery scenarios
    • Security configurations

Skill Requirements

Virtualization & Cloud

  • Proxmox VE
  • Huawei FusionSphere
  • OpenStack
  • VMware ESXi
  • KVM

Testing

  • Platform Qualification Testing
  • Functional Testing
  • System Testing
  • Integration Testing
  • Regression Testing
  • End-to-End Validation

Automation

  • Python
  • PyTest / Robot Framework
  • Ansible
  • Shell Scripting

Operating Systems

  • Linux Administration
    • Ubuntu
    • Rocky Linux
    • RHEL/CentOS

Containers & Cloud Native

  • Kubernetes
  • Docker

Preferred Experience

  • Validation of networking, observability, security, or appliance-based products.
  • VMware-to-alternative virtualization platform migrations.
  • Huawei FusionSphere deployment and validation.
  • OpenStack cloud validation.
  • Multi-platform certification programs.
  • Infrastructure and platform engineering testing.

Other Requirements

Information at a Glance

Why HCLTech?

At HCLTech, you'll supercharge your potential. You'll find your career. And you'll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 230,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending September 2026 totaled $14.8 billion.