Function
Quality
We’re Hitachi Vantara, the data foundation trusted by the world’s innovators. Our resilient, high-performance data infrastructure means that customers – from banks to theme parks – can focus on achieving the incredible with data.
If you’ve seen the Las Vegas Sphere, you’ve seen just one example of how we empower businesses to automate, optimize, innovate – and wow their customers. Right now, we’re laying the foundation for our next wave of growth. We’re looking for people who love being part of a diverse, global team – and who get excited about making a real-world impact with data.
About Us
We’reHitachi Vantara, a global infrastructure business. Our people are the force of meaningful progress. We enable theincredible with data –from taking theme park fans on magical rides, conserving natural resources, protecting rainforests to saving lives. We empower businesses to automate,optimize, and advance innovation. Together, we create a sustainable future for all.
Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to inspire the future. Wedon’texpect you to ‘fit’ every requirement – your life experience, character, perspective, and passion for achievinggreat thingsin the world are equally important to us.
Hitachi Vantara is seeking a QA SDET Automation Engineerto join our Global Quality Assurance team and contribute to the development, maintenance, and execution of automated testing solutions across our product ecosystem.
In this role, you will design and implement automated tests, enhance existing frameworks, and collaborate closely withcross‑functionalteams to ensurehigh‑qualitysoftware delivery. You will bring stronghands‑onengineering skills, a passion for automation, and a commitment to continuous improvement in testing practices.
Experience:5–8+ Years
Job Location:Kolkata, India preferred
Key Responsibilities
Automation Development:Build, enhance, and maintainautomated test suites for UI, API, andstorage‑relatedcomponents.
Framework Contribution:Work within existing automation frameworks and contribute improvements forscalability, maintainability, and performance.
Test Execution & Analysis:Execute automated tests, analyze failures, and work with developers to identifyroot causes and ensuretimelyresolution.
CI/CD Integration:Implement and optimizeautomated test execution within CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI).
Quality Advocacy:Collaborate with QA, development, and product teams to ensure test coverage, quality standards, and best practices are consistently applied.
Tooling & Environment Setup:Configure automation tools, manage test environments, and work with containerized setups (Docker).
Documentation:Create and maintainclear documentation for test cases, automation scripts, and framework usage.
Continuous Improvement:Identifyopportunities to improve automation efficiency, reliability, and coverage.
Cross‑TeamCollaboration:Work with global teams across India, Japan, and the US to align on testing goals and deliverables.
Required Skills
5–8+ yearsof hands‑onexperience in test automation engineering.
Experience with modern UI automation tools such as Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium
Strong foundational knowledge of storage technologies, such as block storage, object storage (S3‑compatible systems), NFS, or distributed file systems.
KnowledgeofHitachi products such as VSP360,Ops Center will be an added advantage.
Solid understanding of RESTful API testingand automation.
Experience working with CI/CD pipelines(GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI).
Strong understanding of QA methodologies, SDLC, and agile practices (Scrum, Kanban).
Proficiencywith Linux/UNIXenvironments andhands‑onexperience with Dockeror containerized test environments.
Familiarity withInfrastructure‑as‑Codetools (Terraform, Ansible) is a plus.
Exposure to storage technologies or virtualization environments is an advantage.
Excellent communication skills forcross‑teamcollaboration and documentation.
Ability to work effectively across multiple time zones.
Strongproficiencyin at least oneobject‑orientedprogramming language (e.g., Java or Python) and one scripting language (JavaScript/TypeScriptpreferred).
Preferred Qualifications
ISTQB Test Automation Engineer certification
Jenkins Engineer Certification
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
Any agile certification (CSPO, PSPO, ICP‑PO,SAFePOPM) is a plus
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We’re a global team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion for insight to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can a make positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can inspire the future, this is the place to fulfil your purpose and achieve your potential.
Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.
We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.
We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.
We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.
Since its founding in 1910, Hitachi has responded to the expectations of society and its customers through technology and innovation. Our mission is to “Contribute to society through the development of superior, original technology and products.” Over the past 100+ years this commitment has led us to work towards creating a more sustainable society through our “Social Innovation Business”. We work to apply our expertise in information technology (IT), operational technology (OT), and a wide variety of products to advance social infrastructure systems and improve quality of life across the world.
Hitachi’s Social Innovation Business is centered around 5 growth sectors: Mobility, Smart Life, Industry, Energy, and IT. Globally, we have nearly 300,000 employees who are working to improve people’s quality of life and our customers’ social, environmental, and economic values to create a sustainable future. The challenges we face as a society are unprecedented, but so are the opportunities. Together, let’s start powering good.
