Senior Test Lead

Job Summary

Software test engineer – Contractor
External Description
PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:
SOFTWARE MANUAL & AUTOMATION TEST ENGINEER WITH 5 + YEARS EXP.
Responsibilities & duties:
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Software tester is part of scrum team developing a windows/web-based software application
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Reading, understanding software user stories/Product backlog items and grooming them with scrum team.
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Understanding developer’s planned implementation and give inputs on aspects of functionality, usability, etc.
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Designing test scenarios for user stories based on explicit and implicit requirements which in turn should help to automate the tests.
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Should be capable of creating automation Test bed Framework from scratch using different test frameworks.
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Review test scenarios written for user stories by peers.
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Should be capable of planning testers’ capacity for the sprint during sprint planning if required.
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Identify and update test cases to be added to regression test suite for current sprint features.
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Identify and prioritize tests suitable for automation that add maximum value.
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Identifying and highlighting risks in test execution to scrum team.
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Deploy latest software test practices in the test team
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Coach other testers in the project.
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Logging defects, perform cross browser and application specific device validation
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Analyse requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria to design comprehensive test scenarios Write clear, detailed, reusable manual test cases with defined steps, test data, and expected results.
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Execute manual test cycles: functional, regression, integration, smoke, sanity, and exploratory testing, Maintain traceability between requirements, test cases, and defects

Key Responsibilities

EXPERIENCE & KEY SKILLS
Essentials:
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Understanding and experience of software test methodologies & types of test automation frameworks
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AGILE scrum methodology experience & Safe agile is mandatory.
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Hands-on experience on manual testing & automating web-based or PC based software
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Experience in coaching other testers.
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Understanding and experience of various aspects of software and system testing, Functional, non-functional, integration, system, performance, robustness, compatibility, regression, customer mode testing.
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CANDIDATES WITH WORKING KNOWLEDGE & HANDS ON ANY AUTOMATION TOOL LIKE TEST COMPLETE/PYTHON/SELENIUM WITH ROBOT FRAMEWORK ARE ESSENTIAL
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WORKING KNOWLEDGE ON JAVASCRIPT, TYPE SCRIPT, PYTHON, SELENIUM, HTML, CCS
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DESIGN BUILD AND MAINTAIN TEST AUTOMATION FRAMEWORKS USING TYPESCRIPT/JAVASCRIPT WITH PLAYWRIGHT – MANDATORY
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HANDS-ON TEST AUTOMATION EXPERIENCE WITH JAVASCRIPT AND TYPESCRIPT - MANDATORY
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HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH PLAYWRIGHT FOR BOTH UI AND API AUTOMATION - MANDATORY
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Develop and maintain automated regression and smoke suites; keep them stable, reliable, and low-noise
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Convert high-value manual regression cases into automated coverage
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Integrate automated suites into CI/CD pipelines and report results back to the team
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Automate API tests using Playwright's built-in API testing capabilities (APIRequestContext / request fixture) in TypeScript.
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Perform exploratory and manual API testing using Postman or equivalent tools
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Test REST services and SOAP services where applicable.
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Validate applications against JSON/XML API contracts, including schema validation, error handling, authentication, and negative scenarios.
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Combine UI and API layers in end-to-end scenarios using API calls for test setup, data seeding, and state verification.
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Own quality assurance for assigned applications and features across frontend and backend layers

Identify, log, prioritise, and track defects to closure reproduce issues and partner with developers on root cause.
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Contribute to test strategy, test plans, estimation, and quality gates within the SDLC.
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Participate fully in Agile/Scrum ceremonies sprint planning, standups, reviews, and retrospectives.
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Ensure compliance with web, cloud, browser, and API standards.
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CANDIDATES WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS, LIKE MODBUS, HTTP, SNMP, IEC61850 WORKING KNOWLEDGE ON WIRESHARK FRAME TRACE, MODBUS LOGS ETC WOULD BE PREFERRED.
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KNOWLEDGE ON ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION DEVICES ARE PREFERABLE.

Skill Requirements

Desirable:
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Experience in using Atlassian tools: JIRA, Confluence
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Rapid software testing, session-based testing, exploratory testing, context driven testing.
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DESIGN AND EXECUTE PERFORMANCE, LOAD, AND STRESS TESTS USING GRAFANA K6 WITH A TYPESCRIPT-BASED FRAMEWORK.
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Define performance scenarios and thresholds, analyse results, and report bottlenecks to the development team.
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CYPRESS EXPERIENCE USING TYPESCRIPT, WHO ARE READY TO MOVE TO PLAYWRIGHT, WILL ALSO BE CONSIDERED
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Basic Shell scripting (Bash) for environment and automation tasks
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Understanding of SOAP/XML alongside JSON
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Testing of electrical / energy IoT devices — connected hardware, device telemetry, and device-to-cloud communication
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Experience with Grafana dashboards and observability tooling for interpreting performance results
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Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions
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Additional automation and API tools — Selenium, Cypress, REST Assured, SoapUI, JMeter
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SQL and database validation for backend verification
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ISTQB or equivalent testing certification

Other Requirements

PERSONAL QUALITIES & BEHAVIOURAL TRAITS
Essential:
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Clear and precise communication ability in English, written and verbal
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Ability to challenge and question based on reasoned argument.
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Application of analytical and critical thinking to counter challenges in work environment
Desirable:
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Resourcefulness Find ways of addressing impediments.
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Perfectionist Constantly look for how the software and development / test process can be made better.
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Initiator Capable of taking initiative of launching and trying new practices within the scrum teams.
EXTERNAL QUALIFICATIONS – QUALIFICATIONS
Academic & qualifications
COMPUTER SCIENCE / IT ENGINEERING, EEE, E&C OR EQUIVALENT. MCA OR DIPLOMA HOLDER WITH RELEVANT EXPERIENCE ALSO ACCEPTABLE.