Senior Technical Lead

Location: Noida Berger Tower, India

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

Present in India since 1953, Thales is headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, and has operational offices and sites spread across Bengaluru, Delhi, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune among others. Over 1800 employees are working with Thales and its joint ventures in India. Since the beginning, Thales has been playing an essential role in India s growth story by sharing its technologies and expertise in Defence, Transport, Aerospace and Digital Identity and Security markets.

We areseeking a Senior Technical Lead - System Test with 10+ years of experience in validating enterprise-grade software solutions. This role is pivotal in leading system testing efforts to ensure the production-quality release of our data encryption and security products across hybrid and cloud environments including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

As a technical lead, you will guide a team of test engineers, contribute to test strategy and framework development, and ensure high-quality deliverables across the encryption portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead system testing efforts across multiple product lines and features, ensuring high-quality engineering outputs.
• Define and implement comprehensive test strategies for both on-premises and cloud-based deployments.
• Mentor junior engineers and drive automation best practices.
• Build and maintain test automation frameworks using Python and related technologies.
• Collaborate with developers, DevOps, product managers, and support teams to validate functionality, performance, and scalability.
• Execute and manage functional and non-functional testing (performance, security, usability).
• Actively participate in defect triage, root cause analysis, and release readiness.
• Stay current with evolving technologies, tools, and frameworks to continuously improve testing efficiency.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor s or Master s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of professional experience in system testing and automation.
• Strong programming experience in Python for test development.
• Proven experience working with and validating REST APIs.
• Solid understanding of test frameworks, CI/CD, and software development life cycle.
• Hands-on exposure to cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience in testing enterprise-grade applications in both physical and virtualized environments.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical thinking, and communication skills.

Experience or familiarity with Golang for backend or test automation

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