We are seeking a talented and motivated Principal QA Engineer to join our team. As a Principal QA Engineer, you will play a crucial role in evaluating architecture solutions, designing software solutions, leading technical decisions and maintaining software solutions. Youll collaborate with cross-functional teams, translate high-level requirements into actionable plans, and lead other team members to successful project execution.

What The Role Offers

• Work with stakeholders to understand requirements, develop strategy & test scenarios. Ensure that validated deliverables always meet functional, design specifications and requirements of the software/products, and keeps relevant management informed on the status of testing processes, raising issues when necessary.
• Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities.
• Develop and maintain test strategies and test cases while performing all testing activities including functional, integration and regression testing
• Design/Develop/Maintain the Automation Framework. Also, setup regular execution testbeds for continuous delivery
• Identify, isolate, regress and communicate bugs effectively and efficiently
• Evaluate and communicate test coverage, *red flags- and anomalies to the Scrum team to aid in making the decision to certify releases.
• Work with a diverse set of enterprise applications
• Perform business/requirements analysis and identify requirements traceability
• Good understanding of Virtualization technologies like VMWare, Docker & Kubernetes for product deployments
• Should be good in trouble shooting of product installations and root cause analysis for issues
• Continuous learning to stay up to date with new testing tools and test strategies.
• Be a result-oriented individual, be helpful and consumer-oriented, be procedural and meticulous, be a team-builder and team player, and have an ability to work on multiple projects and meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to relate well with others, forming strong and lasting connections with collaborating personnel, quality assurance leadership, and the businesss consumers.

What You Need To Succeed

• Self-motivated and proactive individual requiring minimal supervision, work comfortably in a cross-functional setting and in a constantly evolving environment, and demonstrate the ability to stay calm in stressful and uncertain times, inspiring the same in the team.
• 16+ years of software testing experience
• Ability to see the big picture and quickly grasp and apply technical concepts. Experience in rendering and reviewing metrics for assessing readiness of product release.
• Demonstrates competence and self-motivation in analyzing problems and performing root cause analysis. Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Proven ability to grasp quickly and keep current on new technologies and understand business needs.
• Proficient in Test case scenario/Test case designing and preparation
• Good knowledge on Defect tracking, Test life cycle and Test methodologies
• Solid knowledge of MSSQL and scripting.
• Experience with SOA, Web Services, REST API and SOAP is desirable
• Experience on automation framework and tools like Selenium
• Experience on product deployments in Windows, Linux, and Cloud environments
• Experience in testing software applications in a cloud-based environments
• Excellent communication and time management skills

Role: Quality Assurance and Testing - Other

Industry Type: IT Services & Consulting

Department: Engineering - Software & QA

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

Role Category: Quality Assurance and Testing

Education

UG: B.Tech/B.E. in Any Specialization

PG: Any Postgraduate