QA Automation Engineer

Overview Define overall test strategy, coordinate QA engineers, and ensure coverage for functional, performance, chaos, and regression testing. Manage test planning in sprints, produce metrics indicating release readiness.

Key Responsibilities

• Set up test plans and coverage metrics, ensuring traceability to requirements.
• Coordinate with development leads to integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Oversee advanced test scenarios (load, chaos, failover).
• Mentor QA engineers, track and communicate test results to leadership.

Required Skills

• Strong background in QA strategy, risk-based testing, automation frameworks.
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps Test Plans or similar test management tool.
• Performance/chaos testing knowledge (JMeter, Locust, Azure Chaos Studio).
• Skilled at reporting test coverage, bug trends, release gating.

Preferred/Additional Skills

• Experience building new QA automation frameworks from scratch.
• Familiarity with container-based test labs and mocking external services.