– Senior Test Engineer / QA Lead

Key Responsibilities

- Own and drive test automation strategy across functional, regression, integration, API, end-to-end, and platform testing.
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks using Python, Shell scripting, and Playwright.
- Lead automation initiatives to improve test coverage, execution time, reliability, security validation, and overall product quality.
- Integrate automation suites with Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and establish automated quality gates.
- Drive testing across RHEL, Azure, Docker, and Kubernetes environments, including containerized and cloud-native applications.
- Define and execute automated testing for RHEL platform security, hardening, security configurations, and compliance requirements.
- Validate platform security controls and security compliance requirements through automated and manual test scenarios.
- Analyze automation failures, security/compliance test failures, perform root-cause analysis, and work closely with development, DevOps, platform security, and product teams to resolve quality issues.
- Define test plans, test strategy, automation approach, quality metrics, security validation approach, and release-readiness criteria.
- Identify testing and security validation gaps and proactively introduce process and automation improvements.
- Mentor and guide junior/mid-level QA engineers and conduct code/design reviews.
- Evaluate and adopt AI-assisted engineering tools such as Cursor, Claude, and Gemini to improve productivity, test generation, debugging, code quality, and automation coverage.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure quality, security, and compliance are built into the SDLC and CI/CD lifecycle.
- Provide technical leadership and actively participate in release planning, risk assessment,



security/compliance reviews, and production-quality reviews.

Required Skills

- 8–10 years of experience in Software Testing / Test Automation / SDET / QA.
- Strong hands-on programming experience in Python and Shell scripting.
- Robust expertise in Playwright and modern web test automation.
- Strong experience with Jenkins and CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong working knowledge of RHEL/Linux platforms, including installation, configuration, troubleshooting, patching, and system-level validation.
- Good understanding of RHEL platform security, security hardening, secure configurations, access controls, and vulnerability remediation.
- Understanding of security compliance requirements and compliance validation/testing for enterprise platforms.
- Working knowledge of Azure, Docker, and Kubernetes.
- Strong understanding of test automation frameworks, test strategy, test design, debugging, and defect management.
- Experience with API/REST automation and validation.
- Hands-on experience with Git/GitHub/GitLab.
- Practical experience using AI tools such as Cursor, Claude, and Gemini for software/test automation development.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and leadership skills.

Leadership & Ownership

- Ability to independently own QA for a product/module and drive quality, security validation, and compliance from requirement through release.
- Ability to define priorities, estimate QA effort,



identify quality/security risks, and communicate status to stakeholders.
- Mentor engineers and promote automation best practices, coding standards, and quality engineering practices.
- Drive continuous improvement in automation maturity, security validation, CI/CD integration, compliance testing, and testing efficiency.
- Collaborate with platform/security teams to identify and address security and compliance gaps.

Preferred Skills

- Experience building automation frameworks from scratch.
- Hands-on experience with RHEL security hardening and compliance validation.
- Experience automating platform security checks and compliance test cases.
- Familiarity with security compliance frameworks, policies, and enterprise security requirements.
- Experience with microservices and cloud-native applications.
- Experience with Kubernetes-based deployments and troubleshooting.
- Experience with performance, security, or reliability testing.
- Experience implementing automated quality gates and reporting in CI/CD.
- Experience leading a small QA/automation team.
- Experience working with vulnerability/security scanning tools and interpreting security findings.

Role Summary The ideal candidate is a hands-on Senior Test Engineer / QA Lead who can provide technical leadership while remaining deeply involved in automation development. The candidate should be capable of designing automation frameworks, driving CI/CD-based testing, validating RHEL platform security and security compliance, troubleshooting cloud-native environments, mentoring engineers, and leveraging AI tools to accelerate and improve QA engineering practices.

Qualifications

BE BTECH MCA

Range Of Year Experience-Min Year

6

Range Of Year Experience-Max Year

12

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