Associate QA Specialist - Manual & Automation

Position: Associate QA Specialist

Experience- 6+ Years

Job Location- Pune (Hybrid) / Remote

Project specific work timing:

Person should be flexible to work between 7 PM to 11 PM IST  and in second shift as customer calls happen during this time period.

Once in every 3 months person will need to stay back and attend Planning increment meeting which go beyond 12  midnight for 5 days.

Must Have:

1. 6+ years of Manual testing and QA automation experience using various test automation frameworks and worked on Automation projects

2. Design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable automated test scripts using python and selenium.

3. Experience in testing both UI and web services (APIs)

4. Collaborate with the development team to integrate automated testing seamlessly into the continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline.

5. Good communication, analytical and problem-solving skills 

6. Experience in functional testing, knowledge of QA practices including Agile methodology 

7. Person should be able to work independently and also able to guide people technically

8. Selenium with Python or Java experience

9. Git, SQL experience

10. Generating test data required to execute test cases.

Test Planning and Execution:

1. Develop comprehensive test plans based on project requirements and specifications.

2. Develop test cases and execute automated test suites and analyze results to identify and report defects.

3. Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills

4. Solid understanding of software testing principles, methodologies, and techniques.

Collaboration:

1. Work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers and product managers, to ensure effective communication and collaboration throughout the software development lifecycle.

2. Strong communication and collaboration skills

3. Propose and implement improvements to the existing automated testing processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

Good to have:

1. Candidates having security and load testing knowledge is a plus.

2. Experience in integrating test suites in CICD pipeline.