Lead QA Engineer, Automation

Job Description

DescriptionDescription:We are seeking a talented Lead QA engineer to help build next generation Security Analytics product from ground-up.Working with a team of engineers and architects, you will be responsible for testing and supporting a highly scalable SaaS based Security Analytics product.This is a great opportunity to be an integral part of a team building Qualys next generation Micro-Services based technology platform processing over a 100 million transactions and terabytes of data per day, leverage open-source technologies, and work on challenging and business-impacting projects.We are looking for a talented, self-motivated and passionate engineer who can work and support by working with other teams to excellence and achieve business objectives.Responsibilities:
• Work closely with the engineering team to understand product architecture and functionality.
• Understand end-to-end testing requirements and maintain test plan for functional, non-functional and system testing.
• Strongly contribute to Test Case/Test script writing.
• Contribute in Test Automation Development/Enhancement.
• Participate in the creation and enhancement of the continuous integration platform used to test all our projects.
• Communicate test results to identify risks, dependencies and escalate the same in timely manner.
• Execute functional test cases (At times manually too).
• Produce high quality QA testing following good architecture, design principles and frameworks.
• Testing experience in large scale tera bytes of indexes while giving fast searching.
• Testing microservices end to end.
• Hands-on QA experience including testing automation. Deep knowledge of automation best practices and industry trends.
• Solid experience testing server-less applications.
• Hands-on experience with all test levels, methods and types.
• Experience with software testing metrics.
• Troubleshoot test automation issues and provide resolutions to clients and teams.
• Setup test automation infrastructure across Cloud, Docker etc.
• Configure CI/CD systems such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps and integrate test automation execution.
• Conduct code reviews, set up best practices, mentor/train team on them.
• Analyze Test automation trends in the market, learn new tools as needed and design reusable test automation frameworks.
• Coordinate with the Stakeholders to facilitate the gathering and documenting of test automation objectives and requirements for input into Automation Strategy and Design approach.
• Support functional testing teams as Test automation consultant in Setup, Planning, POC, Delivery, Training, and handover of test automation solutions.
• Coordinate and facilitate test automation delivery and POCs.
• Coordinate with team and deliver Technical White papers, Case studies, and other Sales collaterals on Test automation as needed.
• Create & Propose win-win solutions for Test automation assignments.
• Interface as needed with the Senior Manager to report status.
• Conduct test automation interviews, train the junior/mid-level automation engineers.
• Work with big data technologies KAFKA, SPARK, Elastic Search, HDFS, IMPALA / HIVE / SPARK SQL / Scala.
Qualifications:
• 8-10 years of experience in the full-time testing role and at least 4-6 years in hands-on automation role as lead
• Experience in Java/Python/Perl programming.
• Strong understanding of generic test automation frameworks (data-driven, key-word driven) and tools (TestNG, Eclipse, Maven, Selenium, JMeter, Cucumber).
• Experience with Web application standards (Web services, XML, JSON, HTTP, HTTPs) and API testing.
• Good understanding of JSP/Web Technologies/Web Architecture.
• Strong knowledge of SaaS model / cloud delivered application testing
• Good understanding of Database concepts and good working knowledge with Oracle, PLSQL & JDBC.
• Experience with Test and defect management tools.
• Excellent analytical and program solving skills, excellent written and oral communication, self-starter and highly motivated.
• Work in a dynamic environment and ability to adapt quickly to changes.
• Should have hands-on experience of at least two of the following
• Selenium WebDriver with Java/C#/Python/JS
• Robot
• Protractor
• Appium
• Test complete
• Cypress
• Should have hands-on experience on the following tools
• Git/Bitbucket/Gitlab/SVN
• Selenium grid/Saucelabs/BrowserStack
• Jenkins/Azure DevOps
• Should have involved in managing and delivery test automation projects from the scratch
• Should be familiar with end-end phases of test automation
• Should be familiar with code reviews, design patterns, and implementing best practices in test automation
• Should have excellent communication skills
• Should be a quick learner
Additional Skills Desired:
• Previous experience as developer or exposure to white box testing is desirable.
• Experience in Security domain is an advantage.
• Prior experience of working with a globally distributed team is a plus.
• Comfortable working in an Agile environment.
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Keyskills :
seleniumtest casesframeworkapijavawhite box testingbig datawhite boxqa testingcase studieswhite papersteam buildingelastic searchweb applicationdesign patternstest automation