QA Engineer / Automation Tester

Level Description

Understands business objectives and problems, identifies alternative solutions, performs studies and cost/benefit analysis of alternatives. Analyzes user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate processing or to improve existing computer system: Confers with personnel of organizational units involved to analyze current operational procedures, identify problems, and learn specific input and output requirements, such as forms of data input, how data is to be; summarized, and formats for reports. Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer program. Reviews computer system capabilities, specifications, and scheduling limitations to determine if requested program or program change is possible within existing system.

 

Skilled QA Engineer / Automation Tester with deep expertise in Selenium-based functional automation testing. This role requires a strong foundation in core testing principles, hands-on automation framework development, and the ability to ensure high-quality software delivery through structured, scalable, and reliable test solutions.

 

Key Responsibilities:

Design, develop, and maintain robust automated test scripts using Selenium.

Build and enhance automation frameworks (data-driven, hybrid, or BDD).

Perform functional, regression, integration, and system testing.

Analyze business requirements and create comprehensive test scenarios and test cases.

Collaborate with developers, product owners, and architects to clarify requirements.

Participate in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, grooming, retrospectives).

Perform API testing (manual and automated).

Conduct defect tracking, root cause analysis, and impact assessment.

Ensure CI/CD pipeline integration of automation suites.

Provide test coverage analysis and quality metrics reporting.

 

II. CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Requirements: Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.
Years	Required/Preferred	Experience
7	Required	Experience in Quality Assurance and testing
7	Required	Strong hands-on expertise in Selenium WebDriver and other automation tools
7	Required	Experience with Java (preferred) or C#/Python for automation scripting.
7	Required	Experience building and maintaining automation frameworks from scratch.
7	Required	Strong understanding of functional testing principles.
7	Required	Experience with: TestNG / JUnit / NUnit, Maven / Gradle, Git
7	Required	Experience integrating automation with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).
7	Required	Experience with API testing tools (Postman, RestAssured, etc.).
7	Required	Strong SQL knowledge for backend validation.
6	Required	Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
6	Required	Strong understanding of: Test planning and strategy, Test case design techniques (boundary value, equivalence partitioning), Regression strategy, Risk-based testing
6	Required	Ability to independently own testing for a feature/module.
6	Required	Strong defect lifecycle management experience.
6	Required	Ability to think from an end-user perspective.
7	Preferred	Experience with BDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow).
7	Preferred	Experience with Selenium Grid / parallel execution.
7	Preferred	Experience testing cloud-based applications (Azure/AWS).
7	Preferred	Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter).
5	Preferred	Experience with containerization (Docker).
5	Preferred	Exposure to DevOps practices and shift-left testing.
5	Preferred	Experience in microservices architecture testing.
5	Preferred	Knowledge of security testing basics.