Senior IT Software Engineer, Automation

Main Responsibilities and Deliverables:

Defining and execution of Test Plans for covering Functional, Regression, Usability, UI and Performance tests for Web Applications, desktop applications, batches, APIs, 
Monitoring and Tracking Test Plan/Automation Projects 
Reviewing the Projects and ensuring the impact of changes in the scope on test plans, changes in the priority, test schedule and test automation are well handled. 
Ensuring Build Acceptance Tests are executed, and Customer acceptance is achieved within the given time. 
Defining and improving QA Processes/ Best Practices 
Creating/Tracking Test Metrics, Project Metrics and ensuring corrective actions are taken to keep good health of the deliveries. 
Motivating the team to deliver the projects with the desired Quality level and efficiency. 
Applying innovative concepts in testing to enhance the test coverage, improve Quality and Reliability 
Understand Microservices architecture and should have fair understanding how efficiently test them. 
Work closely with Product Teams to drive Quality upstream.

Experience and Qualification:

Should have 5+ years of IT experience. 
Good knowledge of SDLC phases and Testing Life cycle 
Working experience of Automation framework like Selenium preferably with .NET 
Strong Requirements and Business Analysis skills with good focus on attention for details 
Strong Agile Software Project Management 
Test Management Tools: Jira, TFS 
Knowledge of Continuous Integration Tools like GitHub, Jenkins etc. 
Strong Ability to define and execute Test Suites/Test Cases 
Strong Strategic thinking and planning skills 
Good to have experience in API / Web Services Testing and API Automation tools. 
Having knowledge of tools like Rapid7, Veracode will be added advantage.

Education:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, or equivalent.