Role: Senior QA Automation Analyst

Experience: 5+ Years

Location: Chennai

Notice period: Only early joiners are preferred

Domain: Financial Services / Banking / BFSI domain exposure

Role Overview This role is responsible for end-to-end quality assurance, test case creation, and test automation for enterprise software applications. The team needs a seasoned QA Analyst to improve overall test coverage, catch defects early, and support rapid release cycles within an Agile/DevOps workplace. Its core purpose is to drive both functional and automated testing standards while safeguarding software quality and business continuity.

Key Responsibilities
Define end-to-end (E2E) testing scope, write test cases, and manage test execution.
Build, maintain, and execute robust test automation suites and scripts to support rapid software releases.
Manage defect lifecycles in JIRA and create daily/weekly testing status and blocker reports.
Analyze business, functional, technical, and UI requirements across the SDLC.
Perform API testing (Postman, RestAssured)



and investigate production issues by recreating them in test settings.
Collaborate across development, testing, and support teams to clarify specifications and mitigate risks.

Core Requirements & Eligibility
Experience: 5+ years of experience in a QA Automation role. (Hands on QA experience in the Financial Services/BFSI industry is highly preferred).
Education: Bachelor's/University degree or equivalent.

Skillset Breakdown
Primary (Must-Have): Automation Framework Development (Selenium / Cucumber / TestNG / Cypress), Programming (Java / Python), API Testing (Postman, RestAssured), CI/CD & Build Tools (Jenkins, Maven/Gradle, Git), SQL Database querying, Agile/Scrum/DevOps, BDD/TDD frameworks, Defect Management (JIRA).
Secondary (Nice-to-Have): Performance Testing (JMeter, LoadRunner), AI-driven testing (self-healing locators, visual comparison), Basic AI prompt engineering for test artifact generation, Non-functional testing (Recovery testing).

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