Automation Engineer- Project Senior Analyst

In this role, you are expected to:

The Project Sr Analyst is a seasoned professional role within the Global Platform Production Verification Testing team to support organizational success through managing software testing related to the client facing Platforms and Data Services applications. The team’s responsibilities include Production Verification Testing related to end-to-end business scenarios against new functionality, as well as to ensure existing functionality continues to perform as expected.

• Design and develop automation/performance solutions that meet organization standards and build reliable, reusable, and maintainable automated regression suites & test harnesses

• Create tools and frameworks with quality code to simplify testing scenarios.

• Design and develop test plans, and test cases based on functional and design specifications, execute test cases, and analyze and report test results to the teams

• Work in partnership with the development teams to deliver business functionality on time with required quality that meets the acceptance criteria

• Acts as a test lead, planning the work of other testing staff and assigning tasks to meet project deadlines.

• Should have experience with any UI Test Automation tool using Java Programming. Preferred Tool i.e Selenium

• Good to have - working knowledge of Cucumber or any other equivalent Framework

• Should be hands-on with test automation scripting or automation framework development

• Uses strong testing skills to provide guidance and assist project staff

• Reviews and approves the work of project team members in the writing of scripts, expected results, test results, and defect descriptions. Ensures best practices are followed and testing activities stay on schedule.

• Focus on building efficient solutions for Web, Services/APIs, and Database testing requirements.

• Participate in internal/cross-team meetings, project scoping, functional reviews, test specifications, and technical reviews for assigned projects in an Agile environment

• Involved in requirements review and participating in architecture/design reviews with an emphasis on test automation/performance strategy and ensuring best practices

• Participate actively in functional, system, and regression testing activities

• Capture quality assurance data and metrics to provide insights and conclusions

• Estimate and perform risk analysis for quality delivery

• Hands-on experience in Agile methodology

• Should be familiar with version control tools like GIT

As a successful candidate, you would ideally have the following skills and exposure:

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience

• 5-8 years relevant experience

• 6+ years of software testing experience in all phases of testing including test planning, test execution, and test closure

• Excellent understanding of QA and testing methodologies, best practices

• 5+ years of experience as an Automation QA Tester

• 5+ years of experience creating, maintaining, and executing automation tests utilizing tools such as Selenium required

• 5+ Years of experience in Agile processes (Scrum preferred)

• Experience working with SOAP and REST services and understanding of SOA architecture

• Experience creating and maintaining automation frameworks preferred

• Experience using SQL to query databases required

• Exposure to distributed source control systems such as Git

• Experience with test data management techniques

• Experience with change management and defect tracking tools

• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills and written communications

• High standards of confidentiality; ability to handle sensitive information with integrity and trust

• Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements