Principal QA Engineer - Automation Testing

Job Description

Principal QA Engineer shall be responsible understanding of the domain and using that understanding to enhance work output in terms of functionality of software applications. This Role needs to assess and diagnose issues during the requirement gathering process; Determine preliminary solutions to identified issues and gaps; Plan test schedules and strategies in accordance with project delivery dates. Establishing frameworks guidelines to help teams identify test objectives, success failure criteria and test completion criteria. Supporting creation of thought leadership (POVs, research papers) across the automation testing environment. Must work towards continuously aligning test activities to prioritized requirements stack/product backlogs and JIT (just in time) model storms. Develop execute test cases in alignment to test strategy Competencies: Complete understanding of production infrastructure, the product being tested and its usage interfaces/ other dependencies of the product Gauging the information required and gathering it for writing more complex test cases Guiding teams in the automation test principles and strategies Using various testing techniques like black box/white box/ positive/negative/ boundary values user experience / creating test data etc. to effectively demonstrate testing skills Resolving problems and identifying opportunities for improvement across the automation testing environment Ensuring correctness and completeness of builds by using CM tools and its features (check in, checkout, merge, build, work area, branch, version and release numbering etc.) Understanding the software development lifecycle and having an understanding of the overall application development space Adopting agile framework accurately for a given situation by understanding Agile manifesto and ceremonies Estimating effort for testing; Reviewing test plans/cases/results etc. Assessing and diagnosing issues across the various testing environment Using right datasets/files/tools for independent testing; Understanding of functional and non-functional testing Identify manage risk while facilitating project planning closure through application of metrics Implementing AGILE practices for the team / project and ensuring it is on track Driving CI/CD processes Technical Skills: Testing principles methodologies, testing methods (Regression testing, Usability testing, Acceptance Testing, System testing, Performance testing, Load Testing etc.), automation tools/techniques, software testing infrastructure, Continuous Integration / Deployment processes OOPS concepts, SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle), Choice of Data structures to be used in design, Problem solving techniques, Functional and Technical design documents (MD050/MD070/HLL etc.), Security framework (Assessing vulnerabilities, Secured Code, SSL/Non-SSL, Vulnerability tests) Agile practices, Alternative programming approaches (ADM/Scrum or Xtreme programming, KanBan, Re-factoring), ALM tools (TFS, Stat, Jira, etc.), Continuous Integration/ Deployment processes Scoping, Scheduling, Resourcing, Effort estimation techniques, Software Development methodologies (AGILE, SCRUM, XP etc.), Work breakdown structures, Gantt charts and similar planning tools, Project requirements and goals, Communication/Escalation procedures, Microsoft Tools such as Visio and Microsoft Project Configuration management (CM) concepts/ procedures, Packaging tools such as (MS Build, Installshield etc.), CM tools (TFS, CVS, VSS, Clear Case, Perforce etc.), Power shell scripting, Incident/Problem Management Product Architecture and design Experience on Selenium with C# or Java automation or Cypress or Playwright. Educational Qualification and Experience: Minimum of 15 years of formal education - Graduate / Post Graduate in Computer Science / Information Technology Professional work experience of 6 to 8 years in QA Automation Testing