Senior Test Lead
HCLTech
Senior Test Lead
About this role
Job Summary
Testing/Validation and Deployment of Packet core for a tier-1 customer
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
1 Understand customer use cases, deployment topology, acceptance criteria, release scope, and operational constraints.
2 Integrate software builds with dependent network functions, cloud platforms, tools, and external interfaces.
3 Create and execute end-to-end, feature, regression, interoperability, upgrade, scale, and failure-recovery tests.
4 Reproduce customer issues, collect logs and traces, isolate faults, and coordinate corrective actions with engineering teams.
5 Track defects from discovery through triage, fix validation, closure, and customer communication.
6 Support onsite activities such as environment readiness, joint debugging, demonstrations, acceptance testing, and release cutover.
7 Automate repetitive test flows, health checks, data collection, and result reporting.
8 Maintain test plans, topology documents, runbooks, known-issue lists, dashboards, and daily or weekly status.
Skill Requirements
1 Experience in Packet Core telecom integration, system testing, or customer validation.
2 Strong Linux, networking, protocol, log-analysis, and troubleshooting skills.
3 Ability to work across multiple network functions, interfaces, cloud layers, and dependent systems.
4 Experience with test planning, defect management, release validation, and customer-facing technical communication.
5 Automation capability using Python, shell, Robot Framework, or equivalent.
6 Ability to collaborate in an onsite-offshore delivery model and handle priority issues.
Other Requirements
1 Knowledge of mobile core, IMS, packet core, orchestration, or cloud-native network functions.
2 Experience with Kubernetes, OpenShift, public cloud, traffic generators, protocol analyzers, and observability platforms.
3 Prior experience in telecom customer labs, production trials, or acceptance testing.
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This Senior Test Lead position at HCLTech was posted on Oct 14, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
Senior Test Lead
HCLTech
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