Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

About the CompanyPublicis Sapient is looking for automation experts who in addition to the expertise in the tools and techniques also have the knack to understand the business needs, ROI and accordingly create the automation strategy.About the RoleHaving quick turnaround and increased test coverage is the need of the hour; hence the increased emphasis on automation testing across projects.ResponsibilitiesAssures consistent quality of Software Applications production by developing and enforcing robust Automated Software QE strategy, practices, and processes, providing documentation and managing people.They collaborate with the project, business and (QE) teams, to develop detailed automated scripts, test frameworks to make the overall system more effective and efficient for our clients.Responsible for the overall quality of the project through effective QE leadership and management to ensure that all deliverables in terms of time, price and quality are met.This individual must have a proven track record of success building, leading, and managing a functional and technical QE team with a strong sense of quality ownership.This is a hands-on job that requires strategic thinking and planning to provide leadership and expertise throughout the entire QA lifecycle, ensuring the success of the team's manual and automation efforts in an agile working environment.Able to estimate for low and medium complexity applications and have used at least one of the estimation techniques.Able to handle/oversight a small team ranging from 2 -5 people and can guide them during the complete SDLC cycle starting from test case creation till test closure activities.Well-versed with most of the activities in defect management process, can define/enhance the defect documentation and TAR lifecycle process independently.Have expertise to enforce/adhere defect or other processes in the team. Qualifications7-10 years of experience. • Experience with QE for distributed, highly scalable systems • Good understanding of OOPS concepts and strong programming skills in Java, Groovy, or JavaScript • Test Automation Framework Development: Create test automation frameworks from scratch using Java. • Knowledge of API testing, Integration testing, Performance SLA checks for API • Test Planning & Scoping: Plan and scope end-to-end testing by collaborating with multiple development and release management teams. • Java Programming knowledge, Debugging skills, Parsing the response • E2E API testing knowledge • Oops knowledge • Knowledge in Microservices, Cloud • Rest assured framework knowledge • Swagger understanding • CDC Testing and PACT • Knowledge in CI/CD • Proficient in writing SQL queries • Understanding of SOAP and REST principles • Thorough understanding of microservices architecture • In-depth hands-on experience of working with at least one API testing tool like RestAssured, SOAP UI, NodeJS • Hands-on experience working with Postman or similar tool • Hands-on experience in parsing complex JSON & XML and data validation using serialization techniques like POJO classes or similar • Hands-on experience in performing Request and Response Schema validation, Response codes, and exceptions • Experience in defining API E2E testing strategy, designing and developing API automation framework• Working experience on building tools Maven / Gradle, Git, etc.• Expertise in creating test automation frameworks, implementing and maintaining them on a project Experience in the modern agile practices such as BDD/Cucumber, DevOps .• Appium Architecture, Testing of Mobile browser, mobile native apps, Testing using simulators and real devices• Knowledge and experience in service virtualization and tools like CA Lisa • Hands-on knowledge of setting up PACT Broker and writing PACT tests is desirable • Experience in test management tools like Xray & Zephyr and integration of test framework with these tools • Understanding of commonly used software design patterns like Builder, Factory, Singleton and Façade• Possess excellent Communication skills (written, verbal both formal & informal) • Helps to create a positive, collaborative working environment for the team. Required SkillsAble to define Automation Test strategy and test plan for low and medium complexity applications taking into account the business needs, ROI etc.Able to maintain and report test coverage matrix.Able to identify device coverage for the application in question.Can devise regression testing approach.