Sr Performance cum Automation Tester

Roles and Responsibilities
Senior Quality engineer to participate in requirements discussion, test planning, testscenarios, test cases and test data creation, and execution of testing Plan in adherencestandards, processes and best practices.Work with project team to meet scheduled due dates, while identifying emerging issues andrecommending solutions for problems and independently perform assigned tasks.Design and develop test automation scenarios to validate system to system interfaces andcomplete software solutions (for API, UI, performance, compatibility and security tests)Identify and implement complex automation efforts, including refactoring of automationcode where neededDevelop test scripts and perform automated and manual exploratory testing to ensuresoftware meets business and security requirements and established practices.Generate test data for defined test cases, recognize test environment preparation needs,and execute existing test plans and report resultsOwn responsibility for defect management and oversight and escalation of issuesdiscovered during the testing phaseTranslate complex system requirements into test requirements and testing methodsWrite clean, high-quality scripts that test product functionality automatically.Ensure adoption of best quality testing practices for cloud native applications with principlesof 12 factor applications.Understands automated test suites, service layer automation testing.Comprehends user stories to understand task items per story in the context of all levels oftesting (unit, functional, integration, smoke and regression).This position will be responsible for driving best practices around Quality, Functionaltesting, Exploratory testing, and adoption of Development services (DevelopmentCollaboration, Continuous Integration and Delivery, etc.), acceptance test automation,quality gating reviews for promotion of software, and continuous integration.Collaborate with cross-functional teams (developers, product) to find ways on howautomation can improve the workflow.Participate in scrum activities with dev team, discussions with Product/BusinessstakeholdersRequirementsProgramming Languages: Strong proficiency in Java and Python for writing automatedtests and APIs.Tools Expertise:Performance Test tool - JMeter, GatlingTest automation frameworks such as Karate, Rest Assured , Cucumber.DEVOPS - CI/CD tools such as Jenkins to integrate automated tests into the pipeline.Performance Testing: Proven experience gathering and analyzing performance metrics,generating reports, and recommending performance improvements.API Testing: Strong knowledge of RESTful APIs, SOAP, and web services testing usingtools like Postman, SoapUI, and custom Java/Python scripts.Bug Tracking & Reporting: Experience using issue tracking systems (e.g., Jira) andcreating clear, actionable test reports.