QA Test Analyst

• QA Test Analyst is a software engineering professional specializing in automation quality engineering and intelligent system validation.
• This role designs develops deploys and maintains scalable automated solutions to ensure the reliability performance security accessibility and resilience of enterprise applications system integrations and automated business workflows.
• QA Test Analyst combines strong programming expertise with modern engineering practices to build automation frameworks validate APIs and distributed systems support CI/CD and cloud-native execution models and test AI-enabled systems and process automation platforms.
• Working closely with Development DevOps Architecture Product teams QA Leads and other stakeholders the QA Test Analyst improves system testability drives shift-left and continuous testing practices and embeds automation throughout the software delivery lifecycle while maintaining enterprise quality and governance standards.

JOB DUTIES

• Design develop and maintain automated solutions for functional regression integration performance security accessibility and end-to-end testing
• Build and enhance automation frameworks for APIs user interfaces backend services and enterprise workflows using tools such as Selenium Playwright Rest Assured Postman Tosca or similar technologies
• Write clean scalable and maintainable automation code using Java Python JavaScript TypeScript or similar languages
• Perform validation across APIs distributed systems databases (relational and NoSQL) and system integrations
• Define and support test data management practices to improve automation reliability and coverage
• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines with quality gates including functional performance and security validations
• Support scalable and containerized test execution across cloud environments (Azure AWS GCP Docker Kubernetes)
• Install configure and maintain automation tools and supporting infrastructure across Windows and Linux platforms
• Develop validation approaches for AI-enabled features distributed systems and automated business workflows (including RPA where applicable)
• Contribute to automation standards governance practices and continuous improvement initiatives
• Support shift-left and continuous testing practices and contribute to test strategy and risk-based validation
• Monitor and improve automation effectiveness by tracking key quality metrics and reducing flaky tests
• Utilize mocking stubbing or service virtualization techniques to enable reliable testing of dependent systems
• Participate in code reviews and advocate for testability in system design and development practices
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and communicate effectively to ensure alignment on quality objectives
• Apply sound engineering judgment and enterprise standards in automation design and execution
• Leverage approved Generative AI tools to enhance automation quality productivity and intelligent test design
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship appropriate to role level while continuously learning and adopting new technologies

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Strong knowledge of software engineering and quality engineering principles
• Experience with UI and/or API automation frameworks
• Programming experience in Java Python JavaScript TypeScript or similar languages
• Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with Git-based version control
• Experience supporting applications on Windows and/or Linux platforms
• Working knowledge of Agile methodologies and SDLC practices
• Senior Level: Requires minimum 5 years job related work experience in excess of degree requirements
• Lead Level: Requires minimum 8 years job related work experience in excess of degree requirements

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure AWS GCP) or multi-cloud environments
• Experience with Docker Kubernetes or distributed test infrastructure
• Experience with performance and/or security testing tools
• Experience with enterprise validation tools (Tosca NeoLoad qTest Invicti etc.)
• Experience implementing or supporting ServiceNow ATF automation
• Experience validating AI-enabled systems or familiarity with AI-assisted testing tools
• Experience influencing system design for testability scalability and resilience
• Experience supporting DevOps or DevSecOps practices
• Familiarity with BDD frameworks (e.g. Cucumber Gherkin)
• Experience testing event-driven architectures or message queue systems (e.g. Kafka RabbitMQ)
• Familiarity with mobile testing tools and frameworks (e.g. Appium)
• Familiarity with resilience testing or chaos engineering principles
• Familiarity with RPA tools and validation of automated business workflows (e.g. UiPath Power Automate)
• Familiarity with observability or monitoring tools (e.g. Prometheus Grafana)