Senior Test Engineer
Job Summary
We are seeking a Senior Software Test Engineer to define test strategies, manage end-to-end testing phases, and lead QA teams. The role involves overseeing test case management, defect tracking, automation oversight, and stakeholder coordination. Candidates should possess a degree in IT/Software and 3 to 6 years of relevant experience.
Responsibilities
- Define test strategy and planning
- Manage SIT, UAT, and regression testing
- Lead QA engineers and offshore teams
- Oversee defect management and reporting
Required Skills
- Degree in IT / Software
- 3-6 years of related experience
- Experience in automation testing
Job Details
Duties include:
Test strategy & planning — Define the overall test strategy, scope, approach, test phases, timelines, resources, tools, entry/exit criteria, and deliverables.
Test management — Manage SIT, system testing, integration testing, regression testing, UAT support, performance testing, security testing, and other required test phases.
Team leadership — Lead test leads, QA engineers, testers, vendors, and offshore teams; assign work and monitor progress.
Test case management — Ensure test scenarios, test cases, test scripts, test data, and requirements traceability are complete and properly reviewed.
Defect management — Oversee defect logging, prioritisation, triage, retesting, closure, and escalation of critical defects.
Test execution monitoring — Track execution progress, pass/fail rates, defect trends, coverage, blockers, and overall testing health.
Stakeholder coordination — Work closely with Project Managers, Business Analysts, Developers, System Engineers, Product Owners, business users, vendors, and clients.
Risk management — Identify testing risks, dependencies, resource constraints, environment issues, and quality concerns, and establish mitigation plans.
Test environment & data — Coordinate availability of test environments, interfaces, accounts, configurations, and appropriate test data.
Automation oversight — Identify suitable areas for automated testing and oversee automation frameworks/tools for regression and repetitive testing.
Quality assurance — Ensure testing follows organizational QA standards, processes, security requirements, and relevant regulatory/compliance requirements.
Reporting — Prepare test dashboards, status reports, defect reports, test completion reports, and management updates.
Release readiness — Assess whether testing has met exit criteria and provide a quality/risk assessment to support the Go/No-Go decision.
Post-release improvement — Review production defects and testing gaps and recommend improvements to the testing process
Requirements:
Degree in IT / Software
With 3-6 yrs related experience
Experience in automation testing
Working location: AMK
5 day week