Senior Quality Engineer / Senior QA Automation Engineer

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and test suites for web, API, desktop, and integrated applications
• Build and execute UI automation using Selenium with Java, TestNG, and Cucumber Framework
• Develop and maintain API test automation using Postman and REST Assured
• Validate applications built on .NET Core, WPF, Angular, and TypeScript
• Create and execute functional, integration, regression, smoke, and end-to-end test plans
• Work closely with developers, product owners, DevOps engineers, and business stakeholders to ensure high product quality
• Validate backend data using T-SQL queries and database testing techniques
• Support quality practices within AWS-based infrastructure environments
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines for continuous quality assurance
• Contribute to Terraform IaC validation and deployment quality checks
• Leverage AI coding assistants, especially GitHub Copilot, to improve test development productivity and coverage
• Work with MCP servers and associated test/integration scenarios where applicable
• Support audit readiness, compliance evidence gathering, and quality documentation
• Collaborate with ITSM processes including incident, problem, and change validation where needed
• Contribute to FinOps-aware testing by validating system efficiency, usage visibility, and operational behaviors where relevant
• Identify, log, track, and help resolve defects through to closure
• Participate in code reviews, requirement reviews, and test strategy discussions
• Continuously improve test automation frameworks, quality processes, and release confidence

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in software quality engineering and test automation
• Strong hands-on experience with Selenium, Java, TestNG, and Cucumber Framework
• Strong experience in API testing using Postman and REST Assured
• Experience testing applications built using .NET Core
• Experience validating UI applications built with Angular, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS
• Exposure to WPF application testing
• Strong knowledge of T-SQL for backend/database validation
• Working knowledge of AWS Infrastructure in the context of testing and deployment environments
• Experience integrating automated testing with CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with Terraform IaC and infrastructure validation concepts
• Experience with test automation strategy, framework design, and scalable test suite maintenance
• Familiarity with AI coding assistants, particularly GitHub Copilot
• Exposure to MCP servers
• Knowledge of ITSM processes, audit support activities, and enterprise quality controls
• Understanding of automation best practices, defect lifecycle, and SDLC/STLC methodologies
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery environments

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with enterprise or regulated environments requiring audit and compliance support
• Familiarity with cloud-native testing practices and environment-based validation
• Understanding of release validation across development, UAT, and production-like environments
• Experience with performance, security, or non-functional testing is a plus
• Exposure to financial governance or FinOps practices is advantageous
• Experience with test reporting dashboards and quality metrics

Key Competencies:

• Test automation framework design
• End-to-end quality engineering
• UI, API,