Techno Functional Test Engineer

**Responsibilities**:

- Responsible for initiatives related to User Acceptance Testing (UAT) process and product rollout into production, making recommendations of solutions and improvements. Responsibilities may also include software quality assurance testing.
- Conducts complex process monitoring, product evaluation and audit assignments; reports issues and makes recommendations for solutions.
- Ensures project standards and procedures exist, are fully / clearly documented and followed throughout the software development life cycle; makes recommendations for enhanced documentation.
- ** Test Automation**: Design, develop, and maintain automated tests to verify product functionality and performance across various platforms.
- ** Gherkin & BDD**: Work with Gherkin syntax to write clear, concise behavior-driven tests (BDD) and collaborate with product owners and developers to ensure accurate and useful feature specifications.
- ** Agile Collaboration**: Actively participate in **Agile ceremonies** (Sprint planning, standups, retrospectives, etc.) and collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Development, and QA) to ensure test automation is integrated into the SDLC.
- ** Test Strategy**: Develop and implement test strategies, test cases, and automated testing frameworks to ensure a comprehensive testing approach, covering functional, integration, and regression testing.
- ** CI/CD Integration**: Integrate automated tests into continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to improve development speed and consistency.
- ** Bug Identification & Reporting**: Proactively identify defects early in the development lifecycle and collaborate with development teams to ensure timely resolution.
- ** Documentation**: Maintain and update documentation for test cases, test scripts, and results.
- ** Test Environment Management**: Ensure test environments are properly set up and maintained to support test automation efforts.
- ** Quality Advocacy**: Promote quality best practices, methodologies, and automation across the team to ensure high-quality releases.

**Qualifications**:
**Experience**
- 8+ years experience in an IT Quality role.
- Proven experience as a **Software Engineer in Test (SET)** or **QA Engineer** with a focus on **test automation**.
- Solid experience working in an **Agile environment** (Scrum, Kanban, etc.).
- Experience in **Behavior Driven Development (BDD)** and writing tests using **Gherkin** syntax.

**Technical Skills**:

- Strong programming skills in **Java or JavaScript**:

- ** Experience in Testing API and Good Understand of API automation.**:

- ** Proficiency** with SCM (like GIT or Bitbucket)**:

- Familiarity with **test automation tools** like **Selenium**, **Cucumber**, **JUnit** or **TestNG**:

- Experience with **CI/CD tools** like **LightSpeed, K8**:

- ** SQL Proficiency is a must.**:

- ** Knowledge of Testing Frameworks**:

- Experience with **BDD tools** (e.g., **Cucumber)** and frameworks for writing Gherkin syntax-based test cases.
- Ability to create, maintain, and improve automated testing frameworks.
- ** Soft Skills**:

- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Problem-solving attitude and an ability to debug issues in automation pipelines.
- Detail-oriented with a focus on delivering high-quality results.
- ** Bonus Skills** (Optional):

- Experience with **cloud testing environments** (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Familiarity with **performance testing** tools (e.g., JMeter, LoadRunner).
- Knowledge of **containerization** (Docker) and container orchestration (Kubernetes) for test environments.

**Education**:

- Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience**Job Family Group**:
Technology
- **Job Family**:
Technology Quality
- **Time Type**:
Full time
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