Cloud & Hosting - Principal Platform Engineer – QA

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Key Responsibilities

- Define and own QA strategy for cloud and hosting platform services across public and private cloud environments. - Design, build and run automated test suites for functional, integration,

Requirements Summary

- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information technology, or equivalent practical experience. - Minimum 8 years’ experience in software testing, quality engineering,

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Business Introduction GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centred on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems.
Our diverse portfolio consists of vaccines, specialty medicines, and general medicines.
Through continuous innovation and a dedicated focus on scientific and technical excellence, we strive to develop and launch new, groundbreaking treatments that address critical health challenges. Position Summary You will lead quality engineering for cloud and hosting platform services in India. You will design and run practical, repeatable test strategies that make platforms more secure, resilient, and reliable. You will work closely with platform engineers, product owners, security, and operations teams. We value clear communication, practical problem solving, and a collaborative mindset. This role offers strong technical growth, visible impact across many teams, and the chance to help GSK unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following: - Define and own QA strategy for cloud and hosting platform services across public and private cloud environments. - Design, build and run automated test suites for functional, integration, performance, reliability and security testing. - Integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code workflows to catch issues early. - Lead test planning for platform releases, migrations, and architecture changes; coordinate cross-team test activities. - Create clear quality metrics, dashboards and reports to inform product, operations, and finance stakeholders. - Coach engineers and product teams on test-driven practices, risk-based testing and building testable platform designs. Why You? Working pattern This role is based in India and follows a hybrid working model. You will be expected to be onsite for team and stakeholder collaboration as agreed with your manager. Basic Qualification We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals: - Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information technology, or equivalent practical experience. - Minimum 8 years’ experience in software testing, quality engineering, or platform QA roles. - Hands-on experience testing cloud platforms or large-scale hosting environments such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. - Strong automation skills with test frameworks and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps. - Practical experience testing Infrastructure as Code and validating deployments using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation. - Proven ability to work with stakeholders and coordinate cross-functional test plans and incident responses. Preferred Qualification If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus: - Experience with performance testing and chaos engineering to validate resilience. - Familiarity with security testing practices for cloud platforms and common vulnerability concepts. - Programming or scripting skills for automation and tooling such as Python, Go, or Bash. - Experience using observability and monitoring tools to validate platform reliability and test outcomes. - Knowledge of FinOps concepts or experience assessing cloud cost impact during testing. - Experience working in large, multi-product organisations or regulated environments. What success looks like - Platform releases meet quality and reliability targets with fewer production incidents. - Automated test coverage grows and runs reliably in CI/CD pipelines. - Teams adopt test-driven and risk-aware approaches for platform changes. - Clear, timely quality insights guide product and business decisions. How to apply If this role excites you, please apply. Share your CV and a short note describing a recent platform testing challenge you led, the approach you used, and the outcome. We welcome applicants from varied backgrounds and experiences and encourage people who bring different perspectives to apply.

API Management, Automation Technology, Cloud Architectures, Cloud Financial Operations, Containerization, Database Management, DevOps, Disaster Recovery (DR), Edge Computing, Infrastructure As Code (IaC), Networking Concepts, Performance Optimizations, Serverless Computing, System Monitors, Virtualization

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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