Senior Test Analyst/Lead Test Analyst (Automation, Playwright, Appium)

Company Description

NEC Software Solutions (India) 

On 1st July 2021, Rave Technologies became NEC Software Solutions India. This change brought us under the global NEC Corporation brand. We are proud to be part of an organisation with 122 years of experience in evolution with technology and innovation.

We have more than 30 years of experience in providing end to end IT services across the globe and have earned a reputation for delighting our customers by consistently surpassing expectations and helping them deliver robust, market-ready software products that meet the highest standards of engineering and user experience. Supported by more than 1300 exceptionally talented manpower, we are a hub for offshore support and technology services.

We work with diverse industry verticals which include publishing, media, financial services, retail, healthcare and technology companies around the world. Our customers range from two-person startups to $bn listed companies.

For more information, visit at www.necsws.com/india.

About NEC Corporation 

NEC Corporation is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics company, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is recognised as a ‘Top 50 Innovative Company’ globally and the NEC Group globally provides “Solutions for Society” that promote the safety, security, fairness and equality of society. Their main goal is to help create a safer society with their innovations in technologies.

NEC Corporation has established itself as a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies while promoting the brand statement of “Orchestrating a brighter world.” NEC enables businesses and communities to adapt to rapid changes taking place in both society and the market as it provides for the social values of safety, security, fairness and efficiency to promote a more sustainable world where everyone has the chance to reach their full potential. 

For more information, visit NEC at https://www.nec.com.  

 

 

Job Description

Job Description – Test Automation 

Designation - Senior Test Analyst (5-8 years) / Lead Test Analyst (9 -12+ years)

Using a suite of modern tools, the Automation Tester will play a pivotal role in helping us to automate our move towards a truly continuous integration and continuous deployment environment. You will work with our product and development teams to ensure that we are constantly analysing the automated tests that we design and execute for each of our products.

You will report to the QA Manager, work alongside the Test Lead, product and development teams to ensure a high standard of quality in our products. You will carry out automated functional testing on our products. You will have the chance to test modern products based on Microsoft .NET technology.

You will design, maintain and execute suites automated tests using modern languages and tools such as C#, Visual Studio, Selenium, Playwright, Appium, Mocha, JavaScript, TypeScript and Microsoft Azure DevOps.

You will be responsible for working through and developing our backlog to make constant improvements and additions to our existing automated tests. You will review and automate existing manual test cases. You will also be responsible for creating and reviewing defects, tracking their progress from their discovery through to their resolution, ensuring that they are adequately documented and tested.

Over time your role will grow and become more varied as you begin to test a larger variety of products across the NEC SWS. We are constantly developing new and cutting edge, scalable solutions and we need a highly skilled QA expert who embraces problem solving on products built with new, well-structured code as well as elements of legacy code.

You will be someone who likes to push boundaries and enjoys rising to a challenge. We are a committed and supportive team with a ‘can do’ mindset.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the implementation of modern test automation frameworks and tools.
• Oversee test architecture, ensuring scalability and maintainability of automation solutions.
• Promote shift-left testing practices and support developers in embedding quality.
• Implementation of automation frameworks for middleware and backend service-based applications in critical infrastructure design.
• Designing and executing automated tests on the latest revisions of the software.
• Participating in the development of our automated testing framework, assisting our move towards automated testing in a CI/CD environment.
• Interpreting requirements from existing manual test cases and specification documents.
  Liaising with Manual Testers and / or Business Analysts to understand the requirements.
• Liaising with the product and development teams to ensure that our backlog is up to date
• Providing estimates regarding the test effort required to complete work.
• Raising bugs and liaising with the development team from discovery through to resolution
• Setting up and configuring the testing environment and associated database(s)
• Preparing the test execution report and sharing it with stakeholders.

Required technical skills and experience

• Experience with C# / Java Script/ Type Script
• 6 to 10 years of experience in Test Automation using various tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Appium, Mocha etc
• Experience developing and executing automated test cases for User Interfaces
• Knowledge of software development in a web and desktop environment

Required soft skills and experience

• Clear and concise communicator
• Able to prioritise between several tasks at any one time
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• Detailed and effective written communication skills for documenting the features tested and bugs found
• Highly organized, detail oriented, extremely responsive
• Be comfortable discussing technical aspects of projects with other testers, developers & business owners.

Desirable skills and experience

• Experience using Azure DevOps
• Experience using Selenium and Playwright or equivalent tools
• Experience using BrowserStack or equivalent cloud-based tools
• Experience with various reporting libraries such as Extent, Allure etc
• Usage of latest AI tools.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines
• Experience testing User Interfaces and databases
• You'll have ISTQB/ISEB Foundation certifications or equivalent certifications or be working towards achieving them.
• Experience coordinating with external/Offshore QA resources

Qualifications

Graduate

Additional Information

Good Communication Skills required.