Manual QA Engineer

Ciklum is looking for a Manual QA Engineer to join our team full-time in India.

We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.

About the role:

As a Manual QA Engineer, become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experiences of tomorrow.

We are seeking a skilled Manual QA API Test Engineer with a strong focus on testing cloud-based applications involving AWS API Gateway and EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service). The role requires extensive experience in testing microservices

architectures deployed on AWS, validating API Gateway integrations, and ensuring seamless deployments within EKS environments.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute detailed test plans for validating APIs exposed via AWS API Gateway, ensuring they meet performance, functionality, and security requirements
• Perform end-to-end testing of microservices running in EKS, validating service interactions, scalability, and resilience
• Manually test API requests and responses to validate proper routing, data integrity, and error handling
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to validate infrastructure configurations, CI/CD pipeline deployments, and service orchestration within EKS clusters
• Test integration scenarios between multiple microservices, ensuring proper load balancing, autoscaling, and API Gateway configurations
• Review logs and monitoring data from AWS CloudWatch to identify and troubleshoot issues
• Document defects, track their resolution, and provide feedback on API designs and cloud architectures

Requirements:

• Strong experience with manual API testing using tools like Postman or Curl, focusing on RESTful APIs in AWS environments
• Proficiency in testing API Gateway configurations, including stages, routes, and integration with Lambda functions
• Hands-on experience with AWS services, particularly API Gateway, EKS, and CloudWatch
• Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts and testing containerized applications within EKS clusters
• Understanding of network configurations, security protocols, and IAM roles within AWS for testing and validating API access controls
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with cloud-based applications

Desirable:

• Experience in testing autoscaling features, service mesh integrations, and failover scenarios within EKS
• Exposure to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform for managing EKS and API Gateway configurations
• Knowledge of API security best practices, including OAuth, JWT, and IAM policies
• Familiarity with load and performance testing for APIs using tools like JMeter or Gatling

What`s in it for you?

• Care: your mental and physical health is our priority. We ensure comprehensive company-paid medical insurance, as well as financial and legal consultation
• Tailored education path: boost your skills and knowledge with our regular internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy licence, language courses and company-paid certifications
• Growth environment: share your experience and level up your expertise with a community of skilled professionals, locally and globally
• Flexibility: hybrid work mode at Chennai or Pune
• Opportunities: we value our specialists and always find the best options for them. Our Resourcing Team helps change a project if needed to help you grow, excel professionally and fulfil your potential
• Global impact: work on large-scale projects that redefine industries with international and fast-growing clients
• Welcoming environment: feel empowered with a friendly team, open-door policy, informal atmosphere within the company and regular team-building events

About us:

India is a strategic growth market for Ciklum.

Be a part of a big story created right now. Let’s grow our delivery center in India together! Boost your skills and knowledge: create and innovate with like-minded professionals — all of that within a global company with a local spirit and start-up soul.

Supported by Recognize Partners and expanding globally, we will engineer the experiences of tomorrow!

Be bold, not bored!

Interested already? We would love to get to know you! Submit your application. We can’t wait to see you at Ciklum.