Senior QA Analyst

Job highlights

Full time

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Analytics

Job ID

R

Closing date

31/10/2025

Last Updated

09/09/2025

QA Engineer

Department: Finance & Accounting IT (OilHub)

Location -Chennai

Experience - 5+ years

Summary

Founded in 1974, Glencore is a public company, listed in London and Hong Kong, registered in Jersey, and headquartered in Baar, Switzerland. Glencore UK Ltd. is based in London and specializes in the commodity trading of various products, including oil, gas, and sugar. As a subsidiary of Glencore International AG, the London office currently has over 350 employees working from a single site.

Glencore's Information Technology group develops and supports a range of IT applications and infrastructure to meet the needs of a fast-moving, international commodity trading business. The London-based teams primarily focus on energy trading (oil and gas) and support business users across several global offices. The team covers activities across the IT lifecycle, including architecture, project management, business analysis, software design, development and support, infrastructure design, and vendor management. Glencore uses a wide range of modern IT technologies, providing a diverse set of opportunities and challenges.

Glencore is actively increasing its use of modern technologies within the IT department and is looking for an experienced QA Engineer to join the team. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of agile methodologies, including story definition, sprint planning, continuous integration, and automated testing. The candidate will be delivery-focused while also mentoring colleagues in all areas of the development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

Identify and recommend requirements for STLC through analysis on the impacted area

Hands-on involvement in sprint testing, including test case creation, execution, and defect tracking.

Develop and maintain an up-to-date Regression Pack to ensure ongoing testing of critical functionalities.

Test automation using tools like ReadyAPI, SpecFlow, PlayWright, Selenium or similar.

Maintain heat maps and ensure up-to-date visibility on quality metrics and coverage.

Collaborate with business analysts and developers to ensure test scenarios and requirements are aligned and properly documented.

Work closely with the team to ensure that Test Approach is properly updated in Jira stories.

Keep QMetery updated with test cases, test runs, and results to ensure proper documentation and traceability.

.Ensure all automation and manual testing processes are continuously improved and up-to-date with the latest tools and techniques.

Collaborate with the QA architect/manager to help define test policy and procedures

Collate test result data to support the creation of release readiness reports

Key Competencies and Skills

5+ years of experience in quality assurance, with a balanced focus on both manual and automated testing.

Proficiency in one or more programming languages (Python, JavaScript, C#, TypeScript) to develop effective automation scripts

Expertise with ReadAPI, SpecFlow, and TestComplete for API automation.

Strong experience in maintaining automated regression packs and contributing to sprint testing.

Solid understanding of testing methodologies, test case design, and defect tracking systems (JIRA).

Experience with tools like QMetery for test management and documentation.

Strong collaboration skills to work effectively with BAs and developers on refining requirements and testing strategies.

Hands-on experience in scenario preparation and data preparation for test environments.

Proven ability to design, maintain, and execute complex test cases that ensure comprehensive coverage.

Ability to update and align the Test Approach to Jira stories and project requirements.

Additional Skills:

Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and the integration of automated tests into DevOps processes.

Familiarity with advanced testing frameworks and a passion for exploring new testing tools and technologies..

Education & Experience Requirements

Strong ability to context switch between multiple products and tasks.

Excellent problem-solving skills with keen attention to detail.

Great communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

Knowledge of a commodity or financial trading environment useful but not a pre-requisite

Experience of working in an Agile/Scrum team environment

Educated to Degree-level (or equivalent), as a minimum requirement

Who we are

Glencore is one of the world's largest global diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 60 commodities that advance everyday life. Through a network of assets, customers and suppliers that spans the globe, we produce, process, recycle, source, market and distribute the commodities that support decarbonisation while meeting the energy needs of today.

With over 150,000 employees and contractors and a strong footprint in over 35 countries in both established and emerging regions for natural resources, our marketing and industrial activities are supported by a global network of more than 50 offices.

Glencore's customers are industrial consumers, such as those in the automotive, steel, power generation, battery manufacturing and oil sectors. We also provide financing, logistics and other services to producers and consumers of commodities.

Glencore is proud to be a member of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights and the International Council on Mining and Metals. We are an active participant in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.

We will support the global effort to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement through our efforts to decarbonise our own operational footprint. We believe that we should take a holistic approach and have considered our commitment through the lens of our global industrial emissions. Against a restated 2019 baseline, we are targeting to reduce our Scope 1, 2 and 3 industrial emissions by 15% by the end of 2026, 25% by the end of 2030, 50% by the end of 2035 and we have an ambition to achieve net zero industrial emissions by the end of 2050, subject to a supportive policy environment. For more information see our Climate Action Transition Plan and the About our emissions calculation and reporting section in our 2023 Annual Report, available on our website at

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