Sr QA Engineer I

The Walt Disney Company • Bangalore, Karnātaka, India • 23h ago

Department Description

At Disney, we’re storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. The Walt Disney Company is a world-class entertainment and technological leader. Walt’s passion was to continuously envision new ways to move audiences around the world—a passion that remains our touchstone in an enterprise that stretches from theme parks, resorts and a cruise line to sports, news, movies and a variety of other businesses. Uniting each endeavor is a commitment to creating and delivering unforgettable experiences — and we’re constantly looking for new ways to enhance these exciting experiences.

The Enterprise Technology mission is to deliver technology solutions that align to business strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and promoting cross-company collaborative innovation. Our group drives competitive advantage by enhancing our consumer experiences, enabling business growth, and advancing operational excellence.

Team Description:

Reporting to the Director of Automation, Tooling, and Observability within Global Network Engineering & Operations (GNEO),theSoftwareQualityEngineer for Network Automation and Toolsplaysa critical role inthe quality of our infrastructure as code solutions. This roleseeksa detail-oriented and motivated Software Quality Engineer to join ourAutomationteam. In this role, you will be responsible for testing and validatingworkflowsdesigned to automate infrastructure management using codecollaboratingclosely with development, DevOps, and operations teams to ensure the reliability, security, and performance of our automation solutions.

Responsibilities of Role:

A day in the life of thisSoftwareQualityEngineer includes the following:

Work alongside our first-classGlobalNetworkEngineeringand Operations teams to understand current manual processes and business requirements

Understand how thereusable software modulesintegrate into end-to-end workflows

Test/validateeach workflowand issue quality reports for the development team

Buildautomated testingpipelinesto validate the continued integrity of the workflow

Create automated regressiontest framework for backend and frontend functionality

Test end-to-end workflows to assure compliance with requirements; issue quality reports

Recommend release candidates for production releases

Conduct demos and training for assigned automations

Integrate AI into testing framework

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test plans and test cases for infrastructure automation applications.

Validate Infrastructure as Code (IaC) scripts and tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible,etc.).

Automate testing processes for continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.

Identify, document, and track defects and inconsistencies; work closely with software engineers to resolve issues.

Conduct performance, scalability, and security testing for automation solutions.

Participate in code reviews and provide feedback on testability and software quality.

Develop and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts.

Monitor and analyze test results to continuously improve quality standards.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure requirements are met and applications function as intended.

Embed AI/ML and predictive analytics intotestingautomation frameworks for proactive issue detection.

Collaboration & Business Partnership:

Collaborate with cross-functional teamsglobally,including network engineers, software developers, and operationsleads.

Supportthetesting ofcommercial,andopen-sourcetools.

Service Reliability & Optimization:

Ensure service reliability, performance, and operational uptime through code-driven solutionsand regression testing.

Conduct root cause analysis.

Implementmonitoring dashboards and KPIs to provide visibility into automation and tooling performance.

Must Haves(Years of Experience, languages, programs, tools, etc.):

5+ years of softwarequalityengineering experience, with strong expertise inautomated test frameworks.

Strong understanding of infrastructure automation tools and concepts (IaC, CI/CD, cloud platforms).

Experience with requirements analysis, test plan design and drafting test cases.

Experience with scripting and automation languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell, etc.).

Familiarity with modern test automation frameworks and tools.

Proficient in analyzing logs, debugging, and troubleshooting complex systems.

Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

Strong communication, collaboration and leadership skills; ability to collaborate globally on various time zones.

Education:

Required:Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience