Job Title : Automation Test Lead
Mode of Operation : Hybrid (Work from Office 3 days a week)
Location : Chennai
Shift : UK Shift (12 : 30 PM to 9 : 30 PM)
Role Summary :
The Automation Test Lead role is a senior technical role within the team. With a keen interest in technology, innovation and collaboration they keep their knowledge current, continuously seeking to design, build and deliver better than yesterday. Lead Engineers seek to create industry-leading solutions in a way that moves the products forward. They are keen to explore how advances in technology might support on-going continuous improvement and provide input to the department strategies, practices, toolkits and processes.
Responsibilities :
- Ensure you adhere and supporting your Squad in adhering to the over-arching Software Development Lifecycle and Agile TOM aligned to your Home
- Develop and maintain software development processes, standards, and best practices to ensure consistent delivery of high-quality software products
- Promote engineering excellence and quality through appropriate use of analysis tools, control gates and peer reviews by inculcating news ways of thinking to improve design, productivity, and quality
- Mentor and guide all engineers within your home and assist with technical challenges as needed
- Show a sense of ownership & pride within your squad and the wider home to deliver high quality work and Institute a self-directed and high-performance culture in the team
- Involve yourself in the development of a strong talent pipeline throughout your wider home by helping the Manger Engineer in hiring, internal movements, succession planning, talent reviews etc.
- Take an interest in and where possible show advocacy for the reduction in technical debt across the estate and mission, supporting the Manager Engineer and Product to prioritise the reduction of technical debt appropriately
- Show an interest in articulating the technical roadmap, the overall vitality of the product, architecture overview documentation and the validation of our platforms in the product pipeline
- Select appropriate testing approach, including manual and automated testing.
- Develop and execute test plans and test cases. Implements scalable and reliable automated tests and frameworks.
- Collaborate across parties involved in product, systems or service design and development to enable comprehensive test coverage. Identifies improvements in requirements, design or specification processes to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of testing.
- Analyse and report on test activities, results, issues and risks, including the work of others.
Technical Experience at Advanced Level :
QA MethodologiesRequirement AnalysisTest planning, design and executionTest Data Management (best practice, data privacy, information security, data migration )Defect Analysis & ManagementTest Automation (functional and non-functional)Data access / Database QueryIntegration and System testing using unit and BDD frameworksUI web test automation patterns and practicesObject oriented design and programmingWeb services (SOAP, REST)GitSQL and SQL Server Management StudioXML, XSL, XQuery, XPathHTML, CSSjUnit / TestNGGherkin syntax and Cucubmer / SpecflowSelenium and PlaywrightFluentAssertions, SoftAssertionsWCF, Web services, RestAssured, RestSharpPostmanJava and InteliJ IDEA IDEMavenJenkinsBenefits :
Being a permanent member of the team at EQ you will be rewarded by our company benefits, these are just a few of what is on offer :Business related certification expense reimbursementComprehensive Medical Assurance coverage for dependents & ParentsCab transport for staff working in UK & US shiftAccidental & Life cover 3 times of concerned CTC(ref : hirist.tech)