Freelancer / Contractor - Kubernetes

Required Skills: QA Process Setup & Strategy, Team Leadership & People Management, Manual Testing Expertise (SaaS Focused), QA Tools & Bug Tracking Proficiency

Review Criteria

1. Must have 8–10 years of QA experience in B2B SaaS.

2. Must have 3–5 years of experience as a QA Lead or QA Manager (leading and managing a QA team).

3. Must have strong hands-on manual testing experience (UI/UX + API testing).

4. Must be able to set up QA processes from scratch for SaaS products.

5. Must be proficient in test planning, writing test cases, and managing full QA cycles.

6. Must have strong knowledge of regression, smoke, and sanity testing.

7. Must have experience using ClickUp, JIRA, or similar tools for test case and bug management.

Profile Overview:

We are looking for a skilled and hands-on QA Team Lead to manage our Quality Assurance team and help improve the overall product quality. This role includes both leadership and practical testing responsibilities. The ideal candidate should be able to set up strong QA processes from scratch, guide the QA team, and ensure smooth and successful product releases. Experience in B2B SaaS, especially in the hospitality industry, will be a plus.

Roles & Responsibilities:

1) Quality Strategy & Process Setup

• Create and follow the best QA practices for our hospitality SaaS products.
• Set up manual and automation testing systems from the ground up.
• Manage the full QA process — from understanding requirements to testing and final sign-off before release.

2) Team Leadership & Management

• Lead and support the QA team members in their day-to-day work.
• Organize training to help the team improve their skills.
• Manage team workload and assign tasks effectively across different projects.

3) Testing & Execution

• Read product and technical documents to plan testing.
• Write detailed test plans, test cases, and checklists.
• Manage all testing stages including regression, smoke, and sanity tests.
• Verify fixes and issues after updates go live.

4) Tool & Workflow Management (ClickUp)

• Use ClickUp or similar tools to manage test cases, bugs, and team tasks.
• Define rules for bug severity and manage the bug tracking process.

5) Automation (Optional but Preferred)

• Automate repetitive tests like regression or smoke tests.
• Use tools such as Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright if possible.

6) Cross-Team Collaboration

• Work closely with Product Managers, Developers, and Support teams.
• Be the final checkpoint for product quality before release.

7) Reporting & Metrics

• Track QA performance — number of bugs, test coverage, and more.
• Share regular updates and reports with leadership.

Key Skills Needed:

• Experience leading QA teams and setting up QA processes.
• Strong knowledge of SaaS products and manual testing.
• Some experience with test automation tools is preferred.
• Comfortable using tools like ClickUp, JIRA, or similar.
• Good at problem-solving and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Requirements:

• 8–10 years of overall QA experience in B2B SaaS companies.
• 3–5 years in a QA lead or manager role.
• Hands-on experience with manual testing, UI/UX testing, and API testing.
• Knowledge of automation tools like Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright (preferred).
• Experience using project management tools like ClickUp or JIRA.
• Good written and spoken communication skills.

Responsibilities:

·       Design, implement, and maintain network infrastructure, including routers, switches, and firewalls

·       Configure and manage BGP, OSPF and EIGRP routing protocols.

·       Maintain and troubleshoot Cisco & Aruba switches

·       Monitor and maintain the performance of the network using SolarWinds & PRTG

·       Implement and maintain Palo Alto, Fortinet firewall

·       Manage WAN transport, including VPN and MPLS connections

·       Support 802.11x wireless networks

·       Ensure high availability and performance of the network

·       Collaborate with other IT teams to provide technical support for network & security related issues

·       Keep up-to-date with new technologies and industry developments

Requirements:

·       Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field

·       Minimum of 7 years of experience in network & security engineering and support

·       Expertise in BGP, OSPF and EIGRP routing protocols

·       Strong knowledge of Cisco switching, SolarWinds, Palo Alto, Fortinet Firewall, WAN Transport, NAT and 802.11x Wireless.

·       CCNP or CCIE certification preferred

·       Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment

·       Excellent written and verbal communication skills

·       Knowledge of STP, RSTP.

·       Knowledge of VLAN, ARP, Trunk ports, VRRP and Ether-Channel.

·       Knowledge of Port-Security.

Role Description

This is a full-time on-site role for a SAP Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) Consultant. The ABAP Consultant will be responsible for day-to-day tasks related to SAP implementation, support, and enhancement. The role will involve working with ALV Reports, User Exits, BAPI, IDoc, and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP). The ABAP Consultant will collaborate with a team of experienced professionals to provide the best solutions for clients' business needs.

Experience:

Relevant Experience of 5 - 8 years in SAP ABAP is required.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with ALV Reports, User Exits, BAPI, IDoc, and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
• Strong understanding of SAP implementation, support, and enhancement processes
• Ability to analyze complex business requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Relevant SAP certifications and additional technical skills (e.g., SAP Fiori development, SAP HANA)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• Prior experience in IT service industry or SAP consulting is a plus

About Talentas Technology:

Founded on the principles of innovation and investing in great ideas, Talentas is a technology services company with a strong focus on delivering applications and products using a multitude of software technologies. The company has been working tirelessly to maintain a smile on our customer’s faces and now is offering a line-up of groundbreaking technology products and services.

With a primary focus on USA Clients, Talentas has been helping businesses from small start-ups to Fortune 500 companies meet their business goals through technology innovation and adoption with an emphasis on Full Stack development coupled with Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, NLP, Analytics on Cloud Infrastructure.

Talentas is governed by a strong board and bright visionaries with 25+ years of IT experience helping to promote & build a first-class technology company. With headquarters in Hyderabad and passionate teams located globally, we are expected to grow organically.     

Role:                Lead Developer – Full Stack Development

Location:       Hyderabad

Your goal will be to create beautiful, consistent user experiences across a diverse range of digital products and delivery platforms. You will be reporting to the Technical Head/Architect and will be working closely with our back-end services and data teams, UX/UI design teams, and Clients, business partners in a challenging, fast-paced, agile environment to deliver web and mobile applications.

Responsibilities:

• You will be an individual contributor programming various application interactions.
• Work with Technical Head/Architect in designing cloud-based web applications.
• Design and develop .NET Applications (Web/Mobile/Windows/API)
• Design and implement RESTful web services in .NET using industry best practices
• Verify and deploy programs and systems
• Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing software
• Join an agile team, participating in stand-ups, iteration planning, design reviews, and other typical agile ceremonies
• Manage and set clear team goals and KPIs.
• Delegate tasks and set project deadlines and conduct code review.
• Oversee day-to-day teams' operation and performance.
• Do regular performance evaluations.
• Create a healthy and motivating work environment and atmosphere.
• Develop a well-designed and motivating evaluation program.
• Communicate with teams about their performance.
• Monitor team performance and report on metrics.
• Discover training needs and provide coaching.
• Listen to team members’ feedback and resolve any issues or conflicts.
• Work with developers to design algorithms and flowcharts.
• Review the code of the team on regular basis.
• Create technical documentation for reference and reporting.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field
• Total 8 years of experience with a minimum of 3 years of Lead Developer experience
• Experience in AWS / Azure Cloud Services.
• Experience with software design and development in a test-driven environment.
• Experience / Knowledge of coding languages (C#, JavaScript, python) and frameworks/systems (e.g. .Net Core AngularJS, Git)
• Good to have experience in developing RESTful APIs using Node.JS
• Experience with databases (SQL and No-SQL) and Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) frameworks (e.g. Entity Framework)
• Knowledge of DevOps and must have implemented in their project.
• Strong experience on the unit testing frameworks, code coverage tools, and Code repositories like GIT Hub, Bit Bucket, etc. and have experience with branching and merging
• Should have worked with Agile methodologies
• Knowledge of best practices and design principles in both object-oriented and functional programming
• In-depth knowledge of performance metrics.
• Good PC skills, especially MS Excel.
• Experience with organizing training programs.
• Sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on the company’s success.
• Critical thinker and problem-solving skills.
• Good time-management skills.
• Great interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to learn new languages and technologies.

Do you want to work in a flexible fast-growing cyber security start up based out of Mumbai? Are you hungry for sales and want to join a vibrant and high-energy cyber security start up?

Assertion is a B2B cloud-based cyber security software company. We secure collaboration applications like Teams, Zoom, etc. – protecting customers from Data leaks, Breaches, Toll frauds and Security holes.

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. You will be a subject matter expert on our products and be responsible in enabling our partner associates to deliver services built around our products.
2. You will work closely with our R&D team and be a customer advocate by evaluating the product for market acceptance and providing your inputs.
3. Your responsibilities will include demonstrating our products, training the partner associates on how to use our products and help them build a services practice.
4. Organizing, Training, planning & delivering compelling proof of our Security Product demonstrations and its Remediation services to our partners in the US and UK markets.
5. Assist the Sales team for meeting their targets by robust Training and hand holding them through the Channel.
6. To be a customer advocate in ensuring that the Channel is equipped completely in meeting our Sales Targets.

Mandatory skills:

• Superb written and spoken English communication skills.
• You need to be a subject matter (domain) expert on Collaboration products like SBCs, Avaya, Cisco and Microsoft products.
• Prior experience as a pre-sales engineer with Avaya, Cisco, Audiocodes, Oracle (ACME), Ribbon or one of its partners.
• To ask the right questions, time bound and attention to detail.
• Skilled at Power point and other Training modules.

Good to have: 

• Cyber security domain knowledge. 
• Needs to be a keen listener and empathetic to the concerns of the Channel Team.

• Should have experience in application architecture and design
• Proficiency with developing APIs in Python
• Proficiency with frontend web development (JavaScript, CSS, HTML)
• Should have 2-4 years’ experience in leading the team
• Experience object oriented programming (OOP) concepts using Python
• Experienced with full software development life-cycle, programming, database design and agile methodologies
• Experience in using Design Patterns such as MVC and frameworks such as Django, Flask
• Ability to successfully multi-task and prioritize work.

• Experience with developing applications with Angular (2+)
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with SQL databases, especially PostgreSQL

• Good Communication Skills
• Behavioural:
• Good Leader
• Adaptable / Flexible

• Candidate will be a part of Product engineering global delivery team working as a Technical Lead, leading a team highly talented engineers.
• Candidate would be required (but not limited) to: 
• Team management, mentoring, prioritization of work
• Work with Architecture group for defining Product Roadmap
• Requirement gathering with stake holder for Product enhancement
• Designing, Developing, and documenting the solution
• Providing support for any application issue like performance, availability
• Contributing to actual development of user stories and features etc.

• Ensuring conformity to corporate security and compliance objectives.
• Identifying and implementing service improvement opportunities.
• Responsible for informing the ‘business impact’ of security within the team
• Promptly report security weakness or incidents to the Practice Managers/Leads