QA Automation Engineer

The QA Automation Engineer executes manual and automated testing by writing scripts and creating automation scenarios for repeated execution. Using different automation tools, the QA Engineer will design, test, and deploy effective test automation solutions.

Requirements

Responsibilities:

• Work with the Agile Program Manager (APM), Digital Product Manager (DPM), QA Automation Lead and/or Business Systems Analyst (BSA) to document and plan test cases for regression, Integration, and automation test plans and test cases.
• Write test automation scripts (i.e. Java, Java script, Python, C# etc.)
• Write documentation for automated processes including test plans, test procedures, and test cases
• Troubleshoot existing automation and optimizes the automation framework
• Support functional validation and sprint activities
• Communicate with development teams, other product teams, and management to ensure proper test coverage of existing and new features and functionality
• Build upon an existing framework or build an automation framework to develop & execute automated test plans against developed features. Identify and report defects, work with team to resolve
• Maximize test coverage for the most critical features of the system
• Set up for Continuous Integration
• Lead scrum test teams by example - encourage collaboration, contribution, and commitment to the teams’ shared goals
• Continuous improvement of automation framework and workflow processes, keep solutions up to date with latest technologies

Guide and mentor junior team members on latest trends in automation

Requirements:

• Hands-on experience with all levels of testing/techniques viz. Functional, Integration, Regression, Smoke, Sanity, UAT, Performance, Security, Exploratory, Usability
• Can write SQL well and understand data models
• Solid understanding of agile quality assurance
• Good understanding of OOP concepts viz. Inheritance, Abstraction, Encapsulation and Polymorphism.
• Must have very good understanding and hands-on automation and manual testing framework experience
• Good debugging, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient in automation tools like Selenium WebDriver with Java, TestNG, JUnit, Maven, Cucumber, Git for testing Client-Side and Web based applications
• Proficient in API testing tools that may require strong coding skills to create tests: SOAP UI/REST Assured, Postman/Swagger, Mocking etc.
• Experience in developing test scripts to implement Features, Test Scenarios and Step-Definition for BDD using Cucumber/Spock Framework.
• Good knowledge of build management (i.e. Maven, Gradle, Ansible, etc.)
• Knowledgeable on how to use Xray for test management and execution in JIRA
• Experience of continuous integration tools (GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps / TeamCity etc.)
• Knowledgeable on how to use JMeter (or other similar tools) to load test functional behavior and measure performance
• Experience in working with teams following Agile methodology (Engineering and Business), to collaborate with team members early and frequently to define test plan/cases, execute and report.
• Good understanding of Testing Life Cycle including Test Designs, Test Cases Development, Functional Testing, Defect Preparation, Test Report Preparation
• More than 2 years of experience with Testing /SDET/ Dev (Mix will be preferred)
• Candidates with prior development experience and knowledge would have an added advantage
• Experience of any cloud repository - **GitHub/**GitLab etc. is desirable

Nice to Haves:

Data Analytics background Insurance background Related QA certification (i.e. ISTQB)