Principal QA Test Engineer

Experience:

• Experience between 8 to 12 yrs.
• Expertise in Automation Testing of Web applications
• Good experience in building and using automation frameworks using technologies: Java/ C#.
• Experience in doing in-sprint automation.
• Strong Automation background with experience in identifying and reviewing test cases and testing results.
• Ability to understand complex requirements and transform those into Test Scenarios, Test cases and Test Scripts.
• Proficient in Version Control tool (ex: GIT )
• Good Knowledge of Manual Testing of Web and Windows-based applications.
• Have an excellent understanding of SDLC and STLC lifecycles.
• Hands-on work experience in preparing Test Strategy, Test plans and Requirement traceability matrix.
• Exposure to different Testing types – Sanity, Functional, Integration, Exploratory and System testing.
• Understanding of Agile/Scrum methodology and working experience in an Agile environment.
• Proficient in creating Test Reports.
• Should know about analyzing the Risks.
• Prior experience in testing LIMS would be an added advantage.

Specific skills required

• Expertise in Automation Testing using Selenium/Specflow/BDD/Protractor.
• Hands-on experience in programming languages (C#, Java, Python).
• Experienced in Creating VM for Automation and setting up the configuration in the test suite and runners.
• Hands-on experience in SQL to write medium complex queries (e.g. Joins/sub-queries etc.).
• Good understanding of JSON, XML, REST and experience in testing web services using POSTMAN, REST Assured, JSON Lint, SOAP UI.
• Experience with any defect tracking tool like Jira, TFS/MTM, Bugzilla, etc.
• Experience on any test management tools like TFS/MTM, ALM, etc

Desirable Experience

• Knowledge of Performance testing.
• Knowledge of Security testing.

Personal Skills:

• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to articulate and present different points-of-views on various topics related to project and otherwise.
• Eager to learn and continuously develop personal and technical capabilities.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.