Job Description:

•       Work with Project team, business and product management to design, develop, review and execute test plan & strategy.
•       Create and design reusable automation framework, identify the impact for various products (software applications) and communicate across the teams
•       Create, execute, maintain & optimize automated test scripts.
•       Perform simple to complex test data conditioning, functional, Integration & regression test validations & defect management using various testing tools.
•       Collaborate with Agile team and provide input for product backlog, sprint planning, development, demo and retrospective governing agile principles.
•       Assign testing tasks, review and mentor less experienced QA Analysts.
•       Define strategies, processes, best practices & methodologies using various testing techniques & tools to bring efficiency in testing. 
•       Provide regular reports on status, metrics & ROI values to management.
•       Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Skills:
•       5+ years of experience in Automation testing, with 2+ years of experience in Behavior driven Development(BDD)/ATDD using Cucumber/Specflow/SpecRun, and 2+ years of extensive experience in API/Web Services Testing
•       Strong hands-on experience in Java/C# and Object Oriented programming – class structure, code re-use, abstract thinking/Page object model
•       Strong hands-on experience in creating reusable framework for ATDD/BDD Testing (Gherkin and Cucumber/Specflow) and creating step definitions.
•       Experience working in an Agile environment, Agile Tools and good exposure to Continuous Integration
•       Experience working with multiple software development methodologies and QA automation Tools
•       Technical expert and linear thinking to work at Business/Object layer and exposure to Angular & Cloud 
•       Experience in writing complex SQL queries and writing REST based API requests preferred

Preferred Skills:
-      Development/Coding experience 
-     Technical expert and good team player
-     Self-motivated  and comfortable working with a team or independently
-      Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate through communication skills