Sr Performance cum Automation Tester

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities Senior Quality engineer to participate in requirements discussion, test planning, test scenarios, test cases and test data creation, and execution of testing Plan in adherence standards, processes and best practices. Work with project team to meet scheduled due dates, while identifying emerging issues and recommending solutions for problems and independently perform assigned tasks. Design and develop test automation scenarios to validate system to system interfaces and complete software solutions (for API, UI, performance, compatibility and security tests) Identify and implement complex automation efforts, including refactoring of automation code where needed Develop test scripts and perform automated and manual exploratory testing to ensure software meets business and security requirements and established practices. Generate test data for defined test cases, recognize test environment preparation needs, and execute existing test plans and report results Own responsibility for defect management and oversight and escalation of issues discovered during the testing phase Translate complex system requirements into test requirements and testing methods Write clean, high-quality scripts that test product functionality automatically. Ensure adoption of best quality testing practices for cloud native applications with principles of 12 factor applications. Understands automated test suites, service layer automation testing. Comprehends user stories to understand task items per story in the context of all levels of testing (unit, functional, integration, smoke and regression). This position will be responsible for driving best practices around Quality, Functional testing, Exploratory testing, and adoption of Development services (Development Collaboration, Continuous Integration and Delivery, etc.), acceptance test automation, quality gating reviews for promotion of software, and continuous integration. Collaborate with cross-functional teams (developers, product) to find ways on how automation can improve the workflow. Participate in scrum activities with dev team, discussions with Product/Business stakeholders Requirements Programming Languages: Strong proficiency in Java and Python for writing automated tests and APIs. Tools Expertise: Performance Test tool - JMeter, Gatling Test automation frameworks such as Karate, Rest Assured , Cucumber. DEVOPS - CI/CD tools such as Jenkins to integrate automated tests into the pipeline. Performance Testing: Proven experience gathering and analyzing performance metrics, generating reports, and recommending performance improvements. API Testing: Strong knowledge of RESTful APIs, SOAP, and web services testing using tools like Postman, SoapUI, and custom Java/Python scripts. Bug Tracking & Reporting: Experience using issue tracking systems (e.g., Jira) and creating clear, actionable test reports.