Senior Automation Tester

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain automation frameworks using Selenium, Postman, and custom scripting.
• Proactively

  write scripting solutions (Python, JavaScript, Java or similar)

  to accelerate test creation, data generation, and environment validation.
• Suggest, design, and implement new automation scripts and utilities independently to improve testing efficiency.
• Develop automated suites for microservices, REST APIs, and event-driven workloads.
• Perform performance testing using LoadRunner; analyze metrics and identify bottlenecks.
• Validate Kafka event flows, topic configurations, and message delivery patterns.
• Execute testing within Kubernetes and Docker-based environments.
• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Utilize Dynatrace and Splunk for monitoring and root-cause analysis during functional and performance tests.
• Validate SQL / NoSQL queries, data integrity, and schema changes in Oracle and DynamoDB.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, QA, and DevOps teams to ensure end-to-end quality.
• Mentor junior QA resources and enforce industry-standard QA best practices.

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of QA experience with strong focus on automation.
• Hands-on expertise with

  Selenium WebDriver

  ,

  Postman

  , and building scalable test automation frameworks.
• Working knowledge of scripting languages (Python, JavaScript, Java or similar) and the ability to build scripts independently to aid in automation testing.
• Strong experience testing

  microservices

  , REST APIs, and event-driven systems.
• Solid understanding of

  AWS services

  , cloud deployment models, and distributed application testing.
• Experience with

  Kafka

  topics, producers/consumers, and troubleshooting event flow issues.
• Practical knowledge of

  Kubernetes

  and

  Docker

  for creating test environments.
• Experience with CI/CD tools, particularly

  GitHub Actions

  .
• Proficiency with performance testing using

  LoadRunner

  .
• Experience monitoring and debugging with

  Dynatrace

  and

  Splunk

  .
• Working knowledge of

  Oracle RDBMS

  ,

  DynamoDB

  and validating SQL / NoSQL data operations.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and documentation abilities.