Senior QA Automation Engineer

Job Summary

Perform automation test activities for a major product platform implementation interacting with client stakeholders, working with cross functional teams, ensuring end-to-end coverage of functional testing, implement test automation frameworks, enabling in sprint test automation for UI as well as backend.

Job Description / Duties and Responsibilities

• Function as the test automation engineer for major product platform implementation, ensuring quality of the application under test.
• Analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, the ability to see the root of the problem and come up with efficient, creative, and cost-effective solutions.
• Perform test planning, team coordination, monitoring and control of the testing activities. Ability to communicate findings in both technical and user-friendly language.
• Participate in customer calls, the requirement gathering exercises, sprint planning / grooming sessions, sprint review etc. as needed.
• Work experience with projects having in sprint test automation.
• Knowledge of different automation testing tools and expertise in Cypress and TestRail.
• Work in close liaison with customer and development teams for co-ordination and communications related to the testing activities.
• Ensure that the stories are verified for accuracy of acceptance criteria and is tested as per the sprint plan to enable early validation and prevent defect leakage to production.
• Monitor the project from process and quality standpoint and alert the project manager about the deviations/risks at the earliest.
• Track the quality metrics and initiate proactive interventions with customer and development teams to improve the metrics.
• Efficient reporting of the test metrics to client stakeholders reflecting the accurate information on the status and quality of the product.
• Should have good working knowledge of agile processes and DevOps processes specifically regarding testing.
• Interact with client stakeholders to understand the testing needs as per product requirements, quality gating criteria, strategies to realize the test outcomes, enable test automation.
• Perform test planning activities for each sprint and ensure the team can complete testing as per the test strategy defined.
• Perform in sprint test automation for feature delivery in alignment with dev cycles by enabling required process modelling and mitigating challenges.
• Ensure that the defined test approach is followed, and the tasks are completed as planned in the sprint. Raise any risks encountered.
• Collaborate with rest of the team to ensure that the stories get tested as soon as the development is complete as per the sprint plan.
• Perform test reporting like test progress report, summary report, quality metrics etc. and keep the project team posted on the testing progress.
• Participate in periodic review of the testing process and the deliverables created. Suggest process improvements needed.
• Identify and implement technical innovations that adds value and improve the engineering processes including AI adoption.
• Ability to quickly adapt and learn new tools and follow best practices in the industry.
• Frequently connect with the testing team and support them in addressing any concerns or issues that they are facing in the project.

Job Specification / Skills and Competencies

• Automation Testing
• Implementation of test automation frameworks
• Functional & Product Testing Experience
• In sprint Test automation experience
• UI & API based test automation
• Experience on Cypress & TestRail
• Test Reporting and KPIs
• Client interfacing skills
• Agile & DevOps

Any Additional Information/Specifics

• The candidate should have excellent communication skills, strong interpersonal skills and be team oriented.
• Good client interfacing skills.
• Knowledge of financial domain specifically payments will be an added advantage.
• Innovative in proposing/Implementing new ideas/processes.
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new testing tools/technology and implement it effectively.
• To adhere to ISMS policies and procedures.

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