Lead Automation Engineer| Medidata Solutions | Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

Position: Lead Automation Engineer

Location: Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

Role & Responsibilities

Design, develop, and implement test automation frameworks as well as organize the construction and structure of test protocols
Establish test methodologies, documentation, and acceptance criteria for manual testing or test automation frameworks.
Analyse architecture and designs to identify test automation strategies to provide full test coverage for new and / or existing features. Identify and articulate gaps in architecture or design.
Using coding standards, design and develop automated tests at varying levels of scope that implement tests for acceptance, integration, load, system, reliability, etc.
Perform code reviews and follow software development best practices.
Create and maintain documentation as it pertains to the test framework and test related artifacts.
Configure, execute, and monitor results of automated suites within a CI infrastructure.
Generate defect reports and verify correct technical fixes. Investigate / isolate root cause of defects.
Develop and implement dashboards and quality metrics associated with test automation results.

8+ years of experience in a Software Test Automation role.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science (or related field) or equivalent experience
Solid programming experience in one or more Object-Oriented languages.
Strong computer science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures and problem solving
Expertise with scripting languages such as Python, Java, JavaScript, Ruby
Design, develop, and implement test automation frameworks, including Pytest, Robot, WebDriverIO, etc.
Experience with unit test frameworks or other integration test frameworks.
Capability of communicating with cross-functional teams and taking charge of projects independently.
Work closely with the rest of the QE team and provide technical guidance to peer Quality Engineers members as needed
Lead and develop a skilled, motivated team by providing effective direction, coaching and motivation
5+ years of working with GIT revision control and software development methodologies.
Understanding of Test Driven Development, Behavioural Driven Development, and data-driven test practices.
AWS Experience
Experience with CI / CD platforms, such as Jenkins, GoCD, Pipelines, etc.
Knowledge on containerization using Docker
Knowledge on ETL testing and API workflows