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As an Automation QA Engineer at our company, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of our software products through comprehensive automation testing. Your responsibilities will include: - Designing, developing, and maintaining scalable, robust, and efficient automated test scripts and frameworks for both UI and API layers. - Collaborating with product owners, developers, and other QA engineers to define and implement test scenarios using Gherkin syntax (Given/When/Then) within Cucumber. - Developing and executing automated tests for RESTful APIs to ensure data integrity, functionality, and performance, using appropriate tools and frameworks. - Creating and maintaining automated UI test suites using Selenium WebDriver and other Java/UI-based automation tools to validate user interfaces and end-to-end user flows. - Contributing to the continuous improvement of automation frameworks, tools, and processes, ensuring reusability, maintainability, and efficiency. - Integrating automated tests into continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines to enable rapid feedback and early defect detection. - Executing automated test suites, analyzing results, identifying defects, and reporting on test coverage and quality metrics. - Working closely with development, product management, and DevOps teams to understand requirements, define test strategies, and ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle. - Sharing knowledge and promoting best practices in automation testing, including test-driven development (TDD) and behavior-driven development (BDD). - Assisting in troubleshooting production issues by leveraging testing expertise and collaborating with development teams. Qualifications required for this role include: - Proven experience (4+ years) as an Automation QA Engineer or similar role, with a strong focus on automated testing. - In-depth hands-on experience with Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) frameworks, specifically Cucumber and writing feature files using Gherkin syntax. - Strong proficiency in Java for developing automation scripts and frameworks. - Expertise in designing, developing, and maintaining automated UI tests using Selenium WebDriver and other relevant Java/UI based automation tooling (e.g., TestNG, JUnit). - Solid experience in automating RESTful API tests, including understanding of HTTP methods, status codes, and data formats (JSON/XML). - Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, tools, and processes. - Experience with version control systems, preferably Git. - Familiarity with integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps). - Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen eye for detail. - Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in an agile, cross-functional team environment. Education: - Bachelors degree/University degree or equivalent experience Good to have Skills: - Experience with other programming languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript) for automation. - Knowledge of performance testing and security testing principles. - Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes. - Experience with cloud platforms (Openshift, AWS). - Understanding of microservices architecture and testing strategies for distributed systems. - Experience with defect tracking and test management tools (e.g., Jira, Zephyr). Please note that this job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed and other job-related duties may be assigned as required. As an Automation QA Engineer at our company, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of our software products through comprehensive automation testing. Your responsibilities will include: - Designing, developing, and maintaining scalable, robust, and efficient automated test scripts and frameworks for both UI and API layers. - Collaborating with product owners, developers, and other QA engineers to define and implement test scenarios using Gherkin syntax (Given/When/Then) within Cucumber. - Developing and executing automated tests for RESTful APIs to ensure data integrity, functionality, and performance, using appropriate tools and frameworks. - Creating and maintaining automated UI test suites using Selenium WebDriver and other Java/UI-based automation tools to validate user interfaces and end-to-end user flows. - Contributing to the continuous improvement of automation frameworks, tools, and processes, ensuring reusability, maintainability, and efficiency. - Integrating automated tests into continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines to enable rapid feedback and early defect detection. - Executing automated test suites, analyzing results, identifying defects, and reporting on test coverage and quality metrics. - Working closely with developme
