Job Description
Job Description We are looking for a highly skilled Automation Specialist with 15 years of experience in software quality engineering and test automation. The ideal candidate should possess strong hands-on experience in Selenium WebDriver with Java and Playwright, along with expertise in automation framework development, CI/CD integration, API testing, and team leadership.
The candidate will be responsible for driving automation strategy, leading a team of automation engineers, designing scalable automation frameworks, and ensuring high-quality software delivery across multiple projects.
The skill expectations are aligned with internal hiring references that emphasize Selenium, Java, Playwright/TestNG, CI/CD, Git, cloud exposure, and leadership of automation programs.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end automation testing activities across web, API, and enterprise applications.
- Design, develop, and maintain robust automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver, Java, and Playwright.
- Define automation strategy, test approach, and automation roadmap for releases and product lines.
- Mentor and lead a team of automation engineers across onsite and offshore locations.
- Review automation code, establish best practices, and improve framework maintainability.
- Integrate automated test suites with CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or similar tools.
- Drive automation coverage for Functional, Regression, Smoke, Sanity, Integration, and End-to-End testing.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Developers, DevOps teams, and QA stakeholders.
- Own test execution, defect triage, root-cause analysis, and release quality reporting.
- Create automation dashboards and metrics for leadership visibility.
- Support estimation, sprint planning, resource planning, and risk management activities.
- Continuously evaluate and implement automation improvements to reduce execution time and maintenance efforts.
Mandatory Skills
Automation
- Selenium WebDriver with Java
- Playwright Automation
- TestNG / JUnit
- Maven / Gradle
- Page Object Model (POM)
- Data-Driven & Hybrid Frameworks
- Cross-browser Automation
Programming
- Core Java
- OOP Concepts
- Collections Framework
- Exception Handling
- Design Patterns
- File Handling
API Testing
- REST Assured
- Postman
- API Validation
- JSON/XML Processing
DevOps & CI/CD
- Azure DevOps
- Jenkins
- GitHub Actions
- Git / Bitbucket / Azure Repos
- Build & Pipeline Management
Test Management
- Jira
- Azure Test Plans
- Zephyr / Xray
- Agile Scrum Methodologies
Preferred Skills
- Playwright with TypeScript/JavaScript
- Cucumber BDD Framework
- Appium Mobile Automation
- Docker
- Selenium Grid
- Azure or AWS Cloud Platforms
- SQL Database Testing
- JMeter Performance Testing
- Healthcare / Medical Device Domain Experience
- AI-assisted Test Automation exposure
Technical Expectations
The candidate should have hands-on experience in:
- Creating automation frameworks from scratch.
- Building reusable libraries and utilities.
- Implementing Playwright-based modern UI automation solutions.
- Developing API automation suites.
- Managing test data and environment configurations.
- Pipeline execution monitoring and troubleshooting.
- Automation reporting using Extent Reports, Allure Reports, or equivalent tools.
- Conducting code reviews and enforcing automation standards