& Summary:QA Automation Lead 

Responsibilities:

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  – QA Automation Lead

• Location - Bengaluru

• About the Role

We are looking for an experienced QA Automation Lead to drive automation strategy, enhance test frameworks, and lead a team of automation engineers within our Cloud HCM Analytics group. This role requires strong technicalexpertise, hands-on automation experience, and the ability to guide teams toward high-quality, scalable, and efficient testing practices.

The QA Automation Lead will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the successful delivery ofhigh‑qualityanalytics solutions used by millions of users across global enterprise customers.

Automation Leadership

• Lead all automation initiatives for the Analytics team.

• Drive key automation KPIs:

• 100% automation coverage

• 100% execution rate with 100% pass rate

• Reduce execution time to ≤3 hours

• Achieve 80% code coverage via automation tests

• Guide, mentor, and review test automation engineers to ensure adherence to best practices and coding standards.

Implement AI agents for:

• Self-healing locators

• Autonomous test execution

• Intelligentretryand Recovery

• Support multi-turn test scenarios and dynamic test flows

• Experience using or integrating AI agents / self-healing mechanisms

• Exposure to AI-driven testing tools

Framework & Tooling Development

• Design and build scalable, extensible test automation frameworks.

• Support parameterized test case creation andmulti‑environmenttest execution.

• Research, evaluate, and recommend new tools and technologies to address testing challenges.

• Develop andmaintainscripts to support testing tasks.

Execution & Reporting

• Plan, coordinate, and manage all automated testing activities.

• Develop, execute, andmaintaintest plans, scripts, and test cases.

• Analyze test results,identifydefects, and recommend corrective actions.

• Maintain documentation of test execution and results.

• Provide regular test status updates and manage stakeholder expectations.

• Create andmaintaintraceability matrices to ensure comprehensiverequirement coverage

Quality and Performance

• Drive automated regression, performance, load, and scalability testing.

• Ensure product quality across frontend, backend, data pipelines, and integrations.

• Collaborate closely with development teams in Agile/Scrum environments.

Required Technical Skills

• 8+ years of QA experience testing Java/J2EE andweb‑basedapplications.

• Strong automation background with Selenium, TestNG, JUnit, and otheropen‑sourcetools.

• Experience testing data pipelines usingpytest or equivalent frameworks.

• Understanding ofPySpark and Databricks(optional).

• Strong programming experience in Java or another OOP language.

• Experience with performance testing (optional).

• Proficiencywith QA tools such as JIRA, test management systems, CICD systems.

• Good understanding of HTTP, SSL, HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, and debugging techniques.

• Experience in Agile/Scrum development environments.

Other Required Skills

• Bachelor’s orMaster’s degree in Computer Scienceor equivalent.

• Strongproblem‑solving, analytical, and debugging skills.

• Ability to understandnew technologiesquickly.

• High attention to detail, reliability, and ownership mindset.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across teams.

• Strong communicationskills—written and verbal.

• Excellent organizational andtime‑managementabilities.

• Ability to work in environments with limited standardization and evolving requirements.

Mandatory skill sets:

• QA Automation Lead 

Preferred skill sets(Good to Have)

• QA Automation Lead 

Years of experiencerequired

• 8+years

Education qualification:

BE/B.TechMBAMCA