Job Title:Technical Test Lead - Specialist - ACS Song

Management Level:Level 9 - Specialist

Location:Kochi

Must Have Skills:Web & API Automation, Java and/or JavaScript/TypeScript

Good to have skills:CI/CD (Azure DevOps / GitLab CI / Jenkins), AI-assisted testing tools

Experience:5-8 years of experience is required

Educational Qualification:Graduation (Accurate educational details should capture)

Job Summary

At Accenture Song, delivering high-quality software solutions is a core value. As a Technical Test Lead, you will be responsible for overseeing end-to-end testing strategies, driving test automation initiatives, and mentoring the QA team. Your leadership will help ensure quality standards across all aspects of the SDLC-from planning to delivery. You will work closely with development, DevOps, and business teams to align QA efforts with overall project goals.

Roles & Responsibilities

- Define and own the overall automation testing strategy, ensuring alignment with project and product goals.
- Identify areas suitable for automation, perform ROI analysis, and prioritize test cases for automation.
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, reusable automation frameworks for both UI and API testing using industry best practices (e.g., Hybrid, BDD, POM).
- Lead the creation of comprehensive automation test plans outlining objectives, scope, tools, timelines, risks, and mitigation strategies aligned with business goals.
- Develop, execute, and maintain automated test suites for web applications, REST APIs, and backend services.
- Review automation code, test scripts, and execution results to ensure quality, maintainability, and adherence to automation standards and best practices.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into effective test scenarios and automation solutions.




- Integrate automation suites into CI/CD pipelines and ensure reliable execution as part of the continuous delivery process.
- Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve automation framework, environment, configuration, and test data issues to improve execution stability and reliability.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to QA engineers by establishing automation standards, coding practices, and testing best practices.
- Monitor automation coverage, execution trends, defect metrics, and overall quality KPIs, providing regular status updates to stakeholders.
- Drive continuous improvement in testing processes, automation frameworks, tooling, and overall quality engineering practices.
- Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives as part of Agile teams.
- Evaluate and recommend new testing tools, frameworks, AI-assisted solutions, and engineering practices to continuously enhance the QA automation capability.
- Leverage AI-assisted tools and workflows to improve requirement analysis, test design, automation development, defect analysis, and overall QA productivity.

Qualification

Professional & Technical Skills

- 5-8 years of experience in software testing, with at least 2-3 years in a lead role.
- Strong experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable UI automation frameworks using Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or equivalent.
- Solid hands-on experience in API testing and API automation, including framework design and implementation using Playwright API, Karate, Rest Assured, Postman, or equivalent.




- Proficient in Java and JavaScript/TypeScript; experience with Python is an added advantage.
- Expertise in automation frameworks such as Cucumber, JUnit, or TestNG.
- Hands-on experience integrating automation suites with CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or equivalent.
- Experience working with Git-based version control systems such as GitHub, Bitbucket, or GitLab.
- Good understanding of the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban), and DevOps practices.
- Positive understanding of AI-assisted Software Testing and the effective use of AI tools to improve requirement analysis, test design, automation, and overall QA productivity.
- Hands-on experience with AI-powered engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Cursor, Windsurf, or equivalent is preferred.
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to lead QA teams and drive quality initiatives.

Additional Skills

- Experience in performance testing using k6, JMeter, Gatling, or equivalent tools will be an added advantage
- Exposure to mobile automation frameworks such as Appium.
- Experience with Component Testing and modern frontend testing practices.
- Good to have experience with cross-browser and cross-device testing using platforms such as BrowserStack or Sauce Labs.
- Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized testing environments.
- Understanding of application security testing practices and tools such as OWASP ZAP.
- Good to have experience generating automation reports using tools such as Allure Reports, Extent Reports, or equivalent.
- Exposure to accessibility testing using tools such as Axe, Lighthouse, Accessibility Insights, or equivalent.
- Knowledge of cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP is an added advantage.

Additional Information

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📌 Technical Test Lead 2 (Kochi)
🏢 Accenture
📍 Kochi