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Senior Test Engineer

Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India

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Requisition Number: 205501

External Description:

Job Title: Senior Test Engineer 

Job Summary:

The primary responsibilities include but not limited to leading the test efforts with focus on complete system integration test phase, test design, test development for new/existing database and analytical features, validation of product across all supported releases/on-prem and cloud platforms/configurations, etc., isolating and troubleshooting the problems and helping  developers to further investigate and resolve problems encountered in testing. 

The candidate should be able to understand product’s feature specifications and customer use case scenarios to create test specifications, plans and reports with high quality. Testing and/or quality assurance experience is required. Evaluating customer scenarios and incidents and incorporating them into the testing methodology is expected. Providing innovative ways to improve product’s quality and to develop automation tools to support testing and test development is highly desired.

Strong database concepts with SQL knowledge is required. Scripting knowledge in Python and other scripting languages is a must. This is an individual contributor role (with no direct people management responsibilities) but may lead a team of 8 - 10 quality assurance engineers. 

Education, Skills and Experience Requirements:

  • Graduate or Post Graduate in Computer Science with a minimum of 6+ years of experience
  • Strong database knowledge with SQL skills
  • Strong knowledge in Python and other scripting languages and ability to come up with complex scripting for the various testing needs
  • Desired programming skills in C/C++ and Java
  • Knowledge on Jenkins, GitHub
  • Teradata knowledge a plus
  • Experience in Testing and/or Quality Assurance
  • Demonstrates cross boundary collaboration skills
  • Ability to impact and influence without authority
  • Works well in a team environment
  • Ability to learn and adapt to new technology
  • Ability to follow documented specifications and plans
  • Ability to prepare test specifications, plans and reports
  • Good verbal and written communication skills 

Key Areas of Responsibility:

  • Develop system integration test specifications, test plans to validate new/existing product releases
  • Develop test cases for new/existing database/analytical features with focus on stress, load and system integration
  • Execute the tests as per the plan to validate the product
  • Perform triaging, analysis and collaborate with engineering teams for defect resolution
  • Create test execution reports with deep analysis and high quality
  • Participate in Closed Loop Corrective Action (CLCA) analysis to improve product’s quality, reliability, availability and sustainability
  • Identify and develop automation framework for enhanced testing, as needed
  • Explore and identify new testing tools that can be used to improve the quality of the product
  • Collaborate with other engineering teams and stakeholders as needed
  • Lead the test engineers in various test development and execution activities
  • Coach and mentor the team members
  • Able to give and receive feedback on product/process/people 

Scope:

  • Individual Contributor (Team Lead)
  • Team Player
  • Reports to Engineering Manager

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City: Hyderabad

State: Andhra Pradesh

Community / Marketing Title: Senior Test Engineer

Job Category: Engineering

Company Profile:

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