Come work at a place where innovation and teamwork come together to support the most exciting missions in the world!Job Description:
Lead QA Automation Engineer
Qualys, Inc is a pioneer and leading provider of disruptive cloud-based IT, security, and compliance solutions with over 10,000 active customers in more than 130 countries, including a majority of each of the Forbes Global 100 and Fortune 100. Qualys helps organizations streamline and consolidate their security and compliance solutions in a single platform and build security into digital transformation initiatives for greater agility, better business outcomes, and substantial cost savings.The Qualys Cloud Platform and its integrated Cloud Apps deliver businesses critical security intelligence continuously, enabling them to automate the full spectrum of auditing, compliance, and protection for IT systems and web applications across on premises, endpoints, cloud, containers, and mobile environments.As a
Lead Test Automation Engineer
, you will play a pivotal role in designing, enhancing, and maintaining robust automated testing frameworks for enterprise SaaS platforms such as
Salesforce, NetSuite, Workday, and Dell Boomi
.You will be responsible for analyzing complex business problems and automation challenges across enterprise applications, conducting
proofs of concept (POCs)
, and identifying the most effective
UI and API automation frameworks
to meet organizational needs.The ideal candidate will be adept at evaluating automation opportunities, presenting
cost–benefit analyses
to leadership, and ensuring
visibility and traceability
through integration with
CI/CD pipelines
.Additionally, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to:
- Understand diverse application architectures and testing requirements.
- Demonstrate and evangelize automation frameworks to stakeholders.
- Mentor and train team members in adopting and extending automation solutions.
This role demands a strong blend of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and leadership to drive quality and efficiency across enterprise systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead Salesforce Test Automation initiatives by designing, developing, and maintaining scalable UI and API automation frameworks tailored for Salesforce applications (Lightning, Apex, Flows, and integrations).
- Collaborate with Salesforce developers, admins, and QA teams to identify high-impact automation candidates and ensure optimal test coverage across business-critical processes.
- Develop and maintain robust automation suites using tools such as Playwright, TestNG, RestAssured, Postman and Jenkins, integrated with Salesforce CI/CD pipelines (using Jenkins).
- Conduct POCs to evaluate and recommend the best-fit automation strategies and tools for Salesforce and other SaaS platforms like NetSuite, Workday, and Dell Boomi.
- Build and manage test data strategies, including data seeding, masking, and synthetic test data generation for automation use cases.
- Define and enforce automation standards, code reviews, and best practices to ensure maintainability and scalability of test frameworks.
- Integrate automated tests with CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous validation and reporting of build quality.
- Analyze automation results, provide cost-benefit insights, and communicate ROI and quality metrics to management and stakeholders.
- Partner with others to demonstrate automation solutions, drive adoption, and provide hands-on training to QA and development teams.
- Continuously enhance framework capabilities to support new Salesforce features, APIs, and enterprise integrations.
This position is based in our
Pune, India office
, and the candidate should be open to working from the office as per company policy.
Primary Skills:
- 8+ years of experience in Test Automation across UI, API, and backend layers for enterprise-scale applications.
- Strong hands-on experience in Salesforce automation, including testing Lightning components, Flows, and Apex logic.
- Expertise in designing and developing automation frameworks using Java, Playwright, Selenium, TestNG/JUnit, and RestAssured.
- Proficiency in API testing (REST), including test design, schema validation, and integration testing.
- Experience integrating automated tests with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Bitbucket Pipelines).
- Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, Agile, and DevOps principles.
- Experience with source control systems such as Git/Bitbucket.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to evaluate automation ROI and optimize test coverage.
- Experience in building and maintaining test data management strategies (data creation, masking, and cleanup).
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across QA, Dev, and Business teams.
Nice to Have:
- Experience with Salesforce APIs.
- Knowledge of API testing tools such as Postman, Newman, or Karate.
- Familiarity with performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, Gatling).
- Experience with Service Virtualization and mocking tools.
- Exposure to NetSuite, Workday, or Dell Boomi automation frameworks.
- Hands-on experience with containerization tools (Docker) and cloud environments (AWS, Azure).
- Prior experience mentoring QA teams and contributing to test automation strategy and governance.
Soft Skills & Non-Technical Qualities
- Passion for quality, accuracy, efficiency
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good time management skills
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize
- Strong problem-solving abilities
Soft Skills & Non-Technical Qualities
- Passion for quality, accuracy, efficiency
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good time management skills
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize
- Strong problem-solving abilities
