Job Title:  Senior Associate | Engineering Foundry & Managed Services | Hyderabad | Engineering as a Service/ Op

• Job Title: QA Test Automation
• Role: QA Test Engineer 
• Experience: 3-5 Years  
• Location: Hybrid - Hyd 
• Employment Type: Full-time 

Role Overview

We are looking for a skilled Automation Testing QA Consultant who brings a balanced mix of automation expertise and strong functional testing knowledge. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring high-quality software delivery through robust test automation frameworks while also actively contributing to manual and exploratory testing.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automation test frameworks and scripts
• Perform functional, regression, integration, and system testing
• Analyze business requirements and create detailed test scenarios and test cases
• Collaborate with developers, product owners, and business analysts to ensure quality at every stage of SDLC
• Execute automated test suites and analyze results to identify defects
• Perform manual testing where automation is not feasible
• Participate in test planning, estimation, and risk assessment
• Track and report defects using standard tools and ensure timely closure
• Ensure test coverage, traceability, and adherence to QA standards
• Contribute to CI/CD pipeline integration for automated testing
• Leverage and adopt AI-assisted development tools and practices to improve productivity and code quality

Must-Have Skills

Automation Testing

• Strong experience in tools such as: Selenium WebDriver / Cypress / Playwright
• Proficiency in programming languages: Java / Python / JavaScript
• Experience with Test Frameworks: TestNG / JUnit / Mocha / PyTest
• Experience in API Automation: REST Assured / Postman / Karate
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools: Jenkins / GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps

Functional Testing

• Strong understanding of: Test case design techniques (boundary value, equivalence partitioning, etc.)
• Experience in: Smoke, Sanity, Regression, UAT support
• Ability to understand and validate business workflows and user journeys
• Hands-on experience in defect management tools: JIRA / Azure DevOps

Good to Have

• Experience with BDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow)
• Exposure to performance testing tools (JMeter, Gatling)
• Knowledge of mobile testing (Appium)
• Experience in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)
• Understanding of Agile / Scrum methodologies

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Attention to detail and quality-focused mindset

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Key Success Metrics (KPIs)

• Test automation coverage and effectiveness
• Defect leakage and defect detection rate
• Test execution efficiency
• Quality of deliverables and adherence to timelines