Senior Automation Engineer

As a Senior Test Automation Engineer at CIMET, your role involves leading the test automation initiatives with expertise in Cypress/Selenium. You will be responsible for defining and implementing the overall test automation strategy, mentoring team members, and ensuring alignment of quality goals with business objectives. Your contribution will be crucial in driving the quality assurance strategy and collaborating across teams to deliver high-quality software solutions. **Key Responsibilities:** - **Leadership and Strategy:** - Define and implement the test automation strategy and roadmap, focusing on scalability and efficiency. - Mentor and guide junior and mid-level automation engineers, fostering a culture of excellence. - Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure quality goals align with business objectives. - **Automation Framework Ownership:** - Design, develop, and enhance robust and scalable automation frameworks using Cypress/Selenium. - Ensure frameworks are optimized for performance, maintainability, and integration with CI/CD pipelines. - **Test Script Development and Review:** - Write, review, and maintain reusable and high-quality test scripts for functional, regression, and end-to-end testing. - Automate testing for UI, API, and integration layers using Cypress/Selenium and other appropriate tools. - **Test Planning and Execution:** - Lead the creation of detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and strategies. - Oversee test execution, identify areas for improvement, and provide actionable recommendations. - **Defect and Quality Management:** - Analyze automation test results, identify critical defects, and work with development teams to resolve them promptly. - Drive root cause analysis processes to address recurring quality issues. - **Performance and Load Testing:** - Lead efforts to implement performance and load testing strategies using Cypress/Selenium plugins or other tools. - Ensure the application meets scalability and performance requirements. - **Process Optimization and Innovation:** - Stay current with emerging tools, technologies, and best practices in test automation. - Identify opportunities to enhance automation coverage and improve efficiency across teams. - **Collaboration and Communication:** - Work closely with product managers, developers, and QA teams to integrate testing seamlessly into the development lifecycle. - Provide detailed reporting on testing progress, automation coverage, and quality metrics to stakeholders. **Required Qualifications:** - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. - 5+ years of experience in software testing, with a focus on automation. - Proven expertise in Cypress/Selenium, including framework design, maintenance, and optimization. - Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript for test script development. - Solid understanding of testing methodologies (e.g., Agile, BDD, TDD) and best practices. - Hands-on experience integrating test automation with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI). - Strong knowledge of RESTful API testing and tools like Postman or Cypress/Selenium plugins. - Experience with version control tools such as Git.,