Sr. QE

Job Description Req ID: 337123 NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization, apply now. We are currently seeking a Sr. QE to join our team in Chennai, Tamil Ndu (IN-TN), India (IN). Roles & Responsibilities: - Maintain an automation-first mindset and approach. - Primary point of contact for the QE team and responsible for all QE deliverables - Enforce testing best practices and guide the team to follow those standards. - Finds opportunities for automation in lieu of manual testing and enforces the Automation First, Contract First approach. - Design & develop test automation frameworks and customize test automation framework on project needs. - Understand and follow business requirements, identify gaps in the business requirements, advice the client accordingly and helps the team in covering all business use cases. - Able to define test strategy and leads the team in implementing it. - Guide QEs on test plan, approach, tools, and test automation scripting needs. - Identify, define, and manage tools and processes for the team. - Mentor team members on Scrum and Agile framework. - Effectively use and guide the team on test management tool (test design, execution, reporting, traceability matrix) - Assist in implementation of the test management tool within the team. - Establish, generate, and publish test execution & bug reports, testing metrics, trends etc. - Effectively use and guide the team on defect management process (Create, set priority/severity, retest, close, root cause analysis, defect prevention) - Guide team members on identifying the root cause of bugs (e.g. API/BE, data, UI, logs, or environment issues etc.) - Generate and guide team members on bug metrics and reports. - Coordinate bug triage between business, dev, and test teams across all kinds of bugs. - Drive and train team members to execute automated test cases (happy path, edge cases, negative, complex business scenarios) for browser-based or mobile applications. - Drive and train team members to create and execute test cases (happy path, edge cases, negative, complex business scenarios) for REST or SOAP APIs. - Train team members to write and execute complex SQL queries and commands. - Lead internal team meetings and drive communication with clients. - Actively participate in client meetings, project-wide reviews of requirements, system architecture and detailed design documents - Manage and perform load and stress tests using enterprise level test automation tools. - Manage, lead, and maintain physical, virtualized, and simulated test environments. Basic Qualifications: - 8+ years of experience in designing and developing a new test automation framework from scratch using a test automation tool like Playwright/JavaScript/TypeScript or /Selenium/Cucumber/Java or Selenium/C#.net/Spec Flow or similar frameworks. - 4+ years of hands-on experience in software testing and writing test automation code in at least one programming or scripting language (JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, C# and/or Python) and guide team members on technical front. - 4+ years of hands-on experience in developing and executing test scripts for REST or SOAP based APIs. - 4+ years of experience in intercepting and mocking complex HTTP API calls in UI and API tests. - 2+ years of experience in messaging systems (AMQ, WMQ or Kafka). - 4+ years of experience in writing and guiding teams on complex end-to-end tests automation. - 4+ years of experience on test management and defect tracking tools like Jira, Azure DevOps, HP ALM, etc. - 4+ years of experience in driving defect management strategy (create, set priority/severity, retest, close, traceability, reporting etc.) - 2+ years of experience in driving the team to implement automated test suites for all testing types (unit, component, API, UI, UAT, E2E, etc.) - 3+ years of hands-on experience in writing and executing complex SQL queries and understands concepts like indexing, schemas, views, etc. - 2+ years of experience in training team members to understand version control concepts. - 2+ years of experience in guiding the team on version control concepts, tools and hands-on experience on commands and operations (like commit, fetch, push, pull, squash, resolve merge conflicts etc.) - 3+ years of hands-on experience on at least one of the performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, K6, LoadRunner, NeoLoad, etc.). - 1+ years of experience in analyzing performance testing requirements and implementation of load, stress, endurance, volume testing etc. - 2+ years of experience in leading the team on CI/CD pipeline implementation for automated tests suites. (in coordination with DevSecOps team) - 2+ years of experience in creating test plan for accessibility and security testing. - 2+ years of hands-on experience on cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP) - 1 year of understanding of Gen AI, Gen AI tools (e.g., GitHub CoPilot) and experience in leveraging Gen AI in quality engineering space. - Language requirement: English Preferred Skills: - Mobile test automation development is a big plus. - Experience leading and working with cross-functional teams in fast-growing environment. - Strong organizational skills and eager to tackle new challenges. - Experience planning, designing, and implementing testing strategies and automation infrastructure for large scale system software. Ideal Mindset: - Lifelong Learner. You are always seeking to improve your technical and nontechnical skills. - Team Player. You are someone who wants to see everyone on the team succeed and is willing to go the extra mile to help a teammate in need. - Communicator. You know how to communicate your design ideas to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders, prioritizing critical information and leaving out extraneous Include if in India: Please note Shift Timing Requirement: 1:30pm IST -10:30 pm IST About NTT DATA NTT DATA is a $30 billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long term success. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure and connectivity. We are one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. 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