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Ministry of Defence Engineering - Software & QA Department Reviews

Updated 31 Mar, 2025

Overall Rating

4.0/5

based on 17 reviews

Rating distribution

5

9 (52.9%)

4

1 (5.9%)

3

4 (23.5%)

2

2 (11.8%)

1

1 (5.9%)

Category Ratings

4.5

Work-life balance

4.0

Company culture

3.5

Skill development

3.5

Work satisfaction

3.3

Job security

3.2

Salary

3.2

Promotions

What employees say about Ministry of Defence?

Insights from employee reviews on AmbitionBox

Workplace insights

Monday to Friday

37% employees reported

Strict (9am - 5.30pm)

50% employees reported

Within country

57% employees reported

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Gender based rating

4.4

Rated by Women

2 reviews

3.9

Rated by Men

14 reviews

Ministry of Defence is rated 4.0 out of 5 stars on AmbitionBox, based on 17 company reviews. This rating reflects a generally positive employee experience, indicating satisfaction wi ... Read more

Ministry of Defence is rated 4.0 out of 5 stars on AmbitionBox, based on 17 company reviews. This rating reflects a generally positive employee experience, indicating satisfaction with the company's work culture, benefits, and career growth opportunities. AmbitionBox gathers authentic employee reviews and ratings, making it a trusted platform for job seekers and employees in India.

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Junior Manager in Ambernath

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

2.0

Salary

1.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

2.0

Promotions

2.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 28 Feb 2025

Likes

Job security - Good
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

Salary - Poor
Skill development - Bad
Promotions - Poor
Work satisfaction - Poor

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Saturday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Software Developer (Level 7) (working remotely)

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 27 Dec 2024

Likes

Work culture

Salary - Good
Skill development - Good
Promotions - Good
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

It is very work under pressure

Software QA in New Delhi

Full Time

·

Quality Assurance and Testing Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

3.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 31 Mar 2025

Likes

Skill development - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Good
Work-life balance - Good

Overall Rating

Senior Architect in Riyadh

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

3.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

2.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

3.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 27 Jun 2019

Likes

Working hours and salary day is fixed...no unusual work pressure....shall have always plenty of time to finish the job on time...:)

Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

Growth opportunity is limited aswell as medical health insurance is very very poor ..incase of emergency person it is difficult to manage the situation for expates

Promotions - Poor

Work Details

It is like working in any other gov department..just average.......peaceful environment without any noise

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within Country.

Software Engineer in New Delhi

Software Development Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

2.0

Salary

3.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

3.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 23 Mar 2019

Likes

Challenging work, less peer politics, freedom of work within the gamut of available work, large scope of new innovations, good job security, good work life balance due to fixed working hours except during delivery times

Job security - Good
Work satisfaction - Good
Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

Not much trainings for self development, defense domain hence outside opportunities in same domain are limited, salary scale for higher experience personnel not as much as in private industry, security restrictions

Salary - Poor

Work Details

Work is good and challenging

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Junior Works Manager in Dehradun

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 11 Sep 2018

Likes

FOURTH PILLAR OF INDIAN DEFENCE

Salary - Good
Skill development - Good
Job security - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

Lesser time with relatives ....

Work Details

Exciting....

Work days: Monday to Saturday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within Country.

Senior Software Engineer in New Delhi

Quality Assurance and Testing Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

5.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 13 Aug 2018

Likes

Culture

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

Rules

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

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Architect

Software Development Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

2.0

Salary

2.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

2.0

Promotions

2.0

Work satisfaction

2.0

Company culture

3.0

Work-life balance

posted on 23 Mar 2018

Likes

Job security

Job security - Good

Dislikes

No growth

Salary - Poor
Skill development - Poor
Promotions - Poor
Work satisfaction - Poor
Company culture - Poor

Work Details

Average

Work timings: Flexible Timings

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

Employee Benefits

No benefits

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IT Head

DBA / Data warehousing Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

3.0

Company culture

1.0

Work-life balance

posted on 05 Oct 2017

Likes

planification, discipline, availability

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Good
Work satisfaction - Good

Dislikes

outof technic, it dos not like your mind!!!

Work-life balance - Bad

Work Details

Work timings: Strict Timings

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within Country.

Havildar Clerk in Nashik

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

5.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 19 Feb 2018

Likes

Fine

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

Nothing

Senior Software Engineer in New Delhi

Software Development Department

2.0

Overall Rating

2.0

Category Ratings

1.0

Salary

3.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

1.0

Promotions

2.0

Work satisfaction

2.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 01 Feb 2019

Likes

Strict timing, lots of documentation, no facility, no. Maternity leaves

Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

Strict timing, phones not allowed

Salary - Bad
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Poor
Company culture - Poor

Work Details

Boring

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within Country.

Softwaretest Engineer in Coimbatore

Contractual

·

Software Development Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

2.0

Work satisfaction

1.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 26 Sep 2023

Likes

You will get to work on the entire software development life cycle.

Salary - Good
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Good
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

The quality of the end product and the work culture is very bad.

Work satisfaction - Poor
Company culture - Bad

Software Engineer Developer

Quality Assurance and Testing Department

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

Category Ratings

1.0

Salary

1.0

Skill development

Job security

1.0

Promotions

1.0

Work satisfaction

1.0

Company culture

1.0

Work-life balance

posted on 28 Mar 2019

Likes

Poor Environment

Dislikes

Salary - Bad
Skill development - Bad
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Bad
Company culture - Bad
Work-life balance - Bad

Honorary Captain in NCR

DBA / Data warehousing Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

5.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 13 Apr 2021

Likes

I feel proud to serve the Nation and achieved highest position in my cadre witth perform my duties with dedication, honesty and zeal of hard working.

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent

Work Details

Excellent

Work timings: Strict Timings

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Software Engineer in New Delhi

Contractual

·

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 22 Dec 2023

Likes

Salary - Good
Skill development - Good
Promotions - Good
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Excellent

Overall Rating

QA QC Inspector in Vadodara

Full Time

·

Quality Assurance and Testing Department

2.0

posted on 23 Feb 2024

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Team Lead in Gurdaspur

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Quality Assurance and Testing Department

5.0

posted on 02 Dec 2023

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Ministry of Defence Salaries in Engineering - Software & QA Department in India

Software Engineer 14 salaries	₹3.4 L/yr - ₹7.8 L/yr
Senior Software Engineer 7 salaries	₹7.1 L/yr - ₹14.5 L/yr
Software Development Engineer 5 salaries	₹7.6 L/yr - ₹8.5 L/yr
Software Developer 4 salaries	₹4 L/yr - ₹6 L/yr
Senior Office Assistant 4 salaries	₹2.2 L/yr - ₹2.8 L/yr

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Office cab/shuttle

2 total responses

Free meal

2 total responses

Child care facility

2 total responses

Health insurance

2 total responses

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