Lead Automation Engineer at Qualys ,Pune

As a Lead QA Automation Engineer you will be part of a motivated engineering team that is responsible for ensuring the quality of the on-demand cloud-based security solutions. This opening is your chance to work in the rapidly expanding field of computer security, in a public company with excellent customer ratings and outstanding growth rates.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the engineering team to understand product architecture and functionality.
• Understand end-to-end testing requirements, and create and maintain test plans for functionality and system testing.
• Strongly contribute to Test Case/Test script writing.
• Contribute to Test Automation Development/Enhancement.
• Participate in the creation and enhancement of the continuous integration platform used to test all our projects.
• Communicate test results to identify risks, and dependencies and escalate the same in a timely manner.

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in QA/ QA Automation role in a product company.
• Experience in managing the QA engineers and mentoring new team members.
• Experience in automation framework design, development, and maintenance.
• Experience in writing automation tests in any high-level language.
• Should be able to write clean code.
• Experience in shell/bash scripting is a plus but not mandatory.
• Strong debugging and analysis skills.
• Strong understanding of generic test automation frameworks (data-driven, keyword-driven) and tools (Cypress, Selenium, JMeter, Cucumber).
• Experience with Test and defect management tools.

Soft skills:

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication.
• Must be a good listener.
• Self-starter, and highly motivated.
• Should be a team player.
• Should be able to work in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to adapt quickly to changes.

Additional skills desired:

• Previous experience as a developer.
• Experience in the Security domain is an advantage.
• Prior experience of working with a globally distributed team is a plus