Role : Senior Lead Automation Engineer QA.

Location: Chennai, India (Hybrid).

Profile Summary :

Senior Lead Automation Engineer is expected to validate product quality by performing automated functional tests.

They will be embedded with development team.

In addition to the functional testing, Senior Lead Automation Engineer will also be responsible for performing necessary non-functional testing.

About HID Global :

HID Global powers the trusted identities of the worlds people, places and things.

We make it possible for people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely.

Our trusted identity solutions give people secure and convenient access to physical and digital places and connect things that can be accurately identified, verified and tracked digitally.

Millions of people around the world use HID products and services to navigate their everyday lives, and over 2 billion things are connected through HID.

We work with governments, educational institutions, hospitals, financial institutions, industrial businesses, and some of the most innovative companies on the planet.

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, HID Global has over 4500 employees worldwide and operates international offices that support more than 100 countries.

HID Global is an ASSA ABLOY Group brand.

HID Global has is the trusted source for secure identity solutions for millions of customers and users around the world.

Qualifications :

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Roles & Responsibilities (Other Duties May Be Assigned) :

- Participate in daily stand-up meetings to assess current status and plan the days activities.

- Provide input on User Story creation from the testing perspective.

- Create Test Plans, Test Scripts, Test Cases and Test Data.

- Record test results (open new tickets, close existing tickets).

- Attend design meetings with Developers, Test Automation Engineers and Architects and provide perspective to improve testability.

- Triage issues reported in the field by attempting to recreate in local test environment.

- Learn test automation strategies from team members.

- Install, configure and operate the product in test and production environments.

Technical Requirements:

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- Ability to write meaningful test cases, execute test cases and record results.

- Knowledge of testing methodologies and how to apply them (white box, equivalence class partitioning, pairwise, state transition, boundary value, decision table).

- Experience with at least one Test Case Management tool (TestRail, Zehpyr, EggPlant, TestLodge, etc).

- Experience testing AWS cloud-based web applications and web services (REST).

- Solid knowledge and understanding of software development life cycle, software concepts, test methodologies and their application.

- Strong backend testing experience is critical.

- Proven Experience in test automation (Cucumber, Selenium).

- Ability to adapt quickly to a complex environment and learn new concepts.

- Experience in Agile software development environment preferred.

- Understanding of Change and Release Management.

Experience and/or Education Qualification:

- Undergraduate degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field required, with graduate degree preferred.

- 10 to 12 years of overall experience in Test/QA.

- REST API testing experience.

- Experience with Docker and Selenium.

- Experience with Atlassian suite : Jira, Confluence, etc.

- Experience with CI (Jenkins or Bamboo).

- Experience with product solutions that include a hardware component.

- Experience with Cloud deployments: AWS, Google, Azure.