Senior Automation Test Engineer

Overview

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Automation Engineer  responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining comprehensive automated testing frameworks, leading a team of automation engineers to develop and execute automated tests, identifying new automation opportunities, and ensuring high quality software delivery by proactively identifying and resolving issues through robust automation strategies, while collaborating closely with development teams and stakeholders to optimize testing processes

Responsibilities:

Lead and manage the automation testing efforts within the team

Design, develop, and maintain scalable and reusable test automation frameworks.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand Business requirements and provide testing support

Create and execute test cases for REST services to validate system functionality

Create and maintain comprehensive test documentation, including checklists and test plan

Contribute to the continuous improvement of testing processes and methodologies

Stay up to date with new testing approaches, tools, and test strategies

Identifying the KPIs for quality and improve it with required strategies.

Provide mentorship and guidance to junior team members in testing best practices

Integrate automation frameworks with CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing

Participate in scrum ceremonies and adhere to Agile principles in testing activities

Evaluate and do Proof Of Concept with latest tools and frameworks

Skills:

5+ Year experience in automation using Java.

Strong on QA methodologies, concepts, and best practices

Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.

Good team player with team leading capabilities and be a strong individual contributor

Expert in API testing using rest-assured frameworks 

Expert in UI automation using tools like Selenium web driver or playwright

Experience in creating and maintaining automation frameworks from scratch

Knowledge of database concepts and data manipulation techniques

Strong expertise in the BDD Framework

Experience with Test Management tool like Xray, Zephyr etc

Exposure to distributed source control systems such as Git

Proficiency on the Integrating Automation tools in CI/CD pipeline like Jenkins / Gitlab.

Basic Knowledge of AWS Cloud and Docker would be a plus

Experience with performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, Gatling) is a plus.