Designs comprehensive test plans for a functional area, selecting strategies to address technical unknowns and scalability. Manages test environments, executes validation for critical services, and performs risk-based regression. Investigates and reports defects, participates in post-incident reviews, and tracks quality metrics. Collaborates across teams to align test activities and improve tools and processes. Develops automation scripts, executes tests in Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, and applies quality gate criteria at key checkpoints. Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Test Design and Strategy:
- Designs comprehensive test plans that align with quality goals of the function and product vision.
- Chooses strategies based on behavior to inform architecture and tooling initiatives.
- Evaluates coverage to account for technical unknowns and scalability across systems within own functional test area. Test Execution:
- Manages test environments and ensures adequate data for testing.
- Executes validation tasks for critical service areas by following test plans, identifying defects, and escalating risks to support prioritization and service quality.
- Follows documentation for failures across components, working with others to implement corrections where needed.
- Performs risk-based regression to balance speed, risk, and automation coverage across products or services. Defect Tracking and Management:
- Reproduces, diagnoses, and collaborates on customer-reported issues, ensuring timely resolution.
- Investigates and escalates defects across features.
- Owns reporting on test progress/defects, working with engineering to address root causes.
- Contributes to post-incident (post-mortem) reviews by gathering relevant data, documenting observations, and assisting in the identification of root causes; supports the drafting of findings and preventative actions for leadership review.
- Leads triage for components on root cause analysis to uncover recurring quality issues and drive improvements. Collaboration and Communication:
- Assists with cross-functional quality initiatives by tracking test coverage against feature delivery, surfacing test concerns, and supporting coordination with partner teams on test activities.
- Works with cross-functional development team members to align on areas for testing.
- Influences the design and prioritizes testing and tooling.
- Develops and enhances test management and automation tools to improve automation and test processes. Continuous Improvement:
- Follows and applies established processes to improve consistency and reduce friction in engineering workflows within a defined feature or task area. Automation:
- Participates in quality improvement efforts by sharing observations and documenting test execution gaps within the team.
- Implements automation scripts by following established patterns to support test coverage within a component or feature.
- Identifies and reports automation issues by executing tests and escalating failures or gaps to senior team members.
- Executes automated tests within Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) workflows and raise issues related to test failures or integration breaks. Risk Assessment:
- Identifies quality risks early and collaborates to mitigate them.
- Applies quality gate criteria on checklist at key software development checkpoints by reviewing test results, static analysis outputs, and defect trends, soliciting approval for completion.
- Reviews test plans to ensure potential impact areas are accurately identified and addressed by Scrum teams, coordinating across functions to confirm adequate test coverage and risk mitigation. Test Tooling:
- Develops and enhances test management and automation tools that increase efficiency and scalability. Additional Responsibilities (as needed): Performance Testing:
- Tests non-functional requirements, including single-user performance, scalability, and responsiveness under dynamic workloads.
- Engages performance to support load testing, tooling, and system tuning for high-risk or complex scenarios.
- Incorporates user experience considerations into performance assessments to ensure acceptable response times and system usability. Core Responsibilities Planning & Execution:
- Independently manages work, monitoring timelines and deliverables to ensure projects or initiatives stay on track and meet requirements.
- Proactively prioritizes work and adapts to resource or timeline shifts, suggesting adjustments to maintain project efficiency. Collaboration & Partnership:
- Collaborates across teams to align on expectations and achieve shared objectives.
- Builds and maintains a comprehensive understanding of business, stakeholder,
and/or customer needs to build and support effective partnerships.
- Actively listens to diverse perspectives and asks questions to ensure understanding of others. Problem Solving:
- Independently identifies and addresses standard and non-standard issues in accordance with standard practices, escalating more complex issues as appropriate.
- Analyzes data and/or information from multiple sources to troubleshoot standard and non-standard errors.
- Contributes to knowledge sharing and best practices. Continuous Learning:
- Embraces continuous learning by actively seeking to build knowledge and new skills and/or tools, and staying current with industry trends and best practices.
- Seeks out and leverages feedback and training to improve skills.
- Contributes to a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing with team members. Continuous Improvement:
- Develops ideas and recommends updates to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows within a team.
- Seeks input from team members on alternative approaches and methods for improving work. Only Oracle brings together the data, infrastructure, applications, and expertise to power everything from industry innovations to life-saving care. And with AI embedded across our products and services, we help customers turn that promise into a better future for all. Discover your potential at a company leading the way in AI and cloud solutions that impact billions of lives. True innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That’s why we’re committed to growing a workforce that promotes opportunities for all with competitive benefits that support our people with versatile medical, life insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs. We’re committed to including people with disabilities at all stages of the employment process. If you require accessibility assistance or accommodation for a disability at any point, let us know by emailing
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📌 Senior Quality Engineer (Kolkata)
🏢 Oracle
📍 Kolkata