Job Description

7 - 9 Years
1 Opening
Trivandrum

Role description

Role Proficiency:



Create and Organise testing process based on project requirement and manage test activities within team



Outcomes:



Test Estimates and Schedules-. Ensure Test Coverage

Produce test results defect reports test logs and reports to evidence for testing

Publish RCA reports and preventive measures

Ensure Quality of Deliverables

Report project metrics and status

Ensure adherence of Engineering practices processes and standards

Understand and contribute to test automation/performance testing

Work with DevOps team when required; to understand testing framework and QA process for implementing continuous testing

Manage team utilization


Measures of Outcomes:



Test Script Creation and Execution Productivity

Defect Leakage Metrics (% of defect leaked % of UAT defects and % of Production defects)

% of Test case reuse

Test execution Coverage

Defect Acceptance Ratio

Test Review efficiency

On-time delivery Effort Variance

Test Automation Coverage


Outputs Expected:



Supporting Organization:



Ensure utilization and quality of deliverables prepared by the team

Co-ordinate Test Environment and Test Data provisioning



Test Design

Development

Execution:



Participate in review
walkthrough

demo and obtain sign off by stakeholder


Prepare Test Summary Report for modules/features



Requirements Management:



Analyse
Prioritize

Identify Gaps; create workflow diagrams based on Requirements/User stories




Manage Project:



Participate in Test management

Preparing
Tracking and Reporting of Test progress based on schedule




Domain relevance:



Identify business processes
conduct risk analysis and ensure test coverage




Estimate:



Prepare Estimate
Schedule

Identify dependencies




Knowledge Management:



Consume
Contribute

Review (Best Practices

Lesson learned

Retrospective)




Test Design

Execution:



Test Plan preparation
Test Case/Script Creation

Test Execution




Risk Identification:



Identification of risk/issues and prepare Mitigation and Contingency plans



Test & Defect Management:



Conduct root cause and trend analysis of the defects



Test Planning:



Identify the test scenarios with understanding of systems
interfaces and application


Identify end-to-end business critical scenarios with less support Create and review the test scenarios and prepare RTM

Prepare estimates (time /effort) based on the requirements/User stories

Identify scope of testing



Client Management:



Define KPIs to the engagement and ensure adherence to these KPIs.



Stakeholder Connect:



Handle monthly/weekly governance calls and represent issues for the team


Skill Examples:



Ability to Create Review and manage a test plan

Ability to prepare schedules based on estimates

Ability to track report progress and take corrective measures on need basis

Ability to identify test scenarios and prepare RTM

Ability to analyze requirement/user stories and prioritize testing

Ability to carry out RCA

Ability to capture and report metrics

Ability to identify Test Data and Test Env. Specifications


Knowledge Examples:


Knowledge of Estimation techniques
+ Knowledge of Testing standards

+ Knowledge of identifying the scope of testing

+ Knowledge of RCA Techniques

+ Knowledge of Test design techniques

+ Knowledge of Test methodologies

+ Knowledge of scope identification and planning

+ Knowledge of Test automation tools and frameworks

Additional Comments:

: Key Responsibilities Build and maintain automation test suites using Java + Selenium, with support for Playwright/Cypress where needed. Implement BDD using Cucumber or similar frameworks for enhanced collaboration and maintainability. Manage and optimize test data, environment setups, and execution configurations. Integrate automation suites into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps/Jenkins/GitHub Actions). Configure automated builds, scheduled runs, and quality gates. Enable real-time reporting, dashboarding, and visibility into automation outcomes. Ensure traceability, maintainability, and continuous improvement of the automation suite. Technical Skills 10 to 12 years of total experience in Quality Engineering with automation-heavy roles. Strong hands-on expertise in Core Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG/JUnit. Experience in BDD frameworks (Cucumber, Serenity). Exposure to Playwright, Cypress is a strong advantage. CI/CD experience with Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions. Retail domain experience is a bonus but not mandatory. Leadership & Soft Skills Ability to establish automation in a greenfield environment and scale it strategically. Skilled in mentoring junior testers and uplifting team capability. Strong stakeholder management and communication with senior customer teams. Proactive, solution-oriented mindset with strong problem-solving skills.

Skills

Java,Selenium,BDD frameworks,Playwright, Cypress,CI/CD

About UST

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