Quality Automation Engineer (SDET)

Equifax is where you can power your possible. If you want to achieve your true potential, chart new paths, develop new skills, collaborate with bright minds, and make a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you.

You are passionate about quality and how customers experience the products you test. You have the ability to create, maintain and execute test plans in order to verify requirements.

As a Quality Engineer at Equifax, you will be a catalyst in both the development and the testing of high priority initiatives. You will develop and test new products to support technology operations while maintaining exemplary standards. As a collaborative member of the team, you will deliver Quality Engineering services (code quality, testing services, performance engineering, development collaboration and continuous integration). You will conduct quality control tests in order to ensure full compliance with specified standards and end user requirements. You will execute tests using established plans and scripts; document problems in an issues log and retest to ensure problems are resolved. You will create test files to thoroughly test program logic and verify system flow. You will identify, recommend and implement changes to enhance effectiveness of QE strategies.
What you will do

• Responsible for functioning as a lead in the development, implementation, and maintenance of automation frameworks, and tools development to support overall test architecture for hybrid environment (Cloud, on-premise) in order to achieve a continuous testing objective that facilitates quality delivery, reduces manual test efforts, increased efficiency and execution time and cost reduction.

• Develop and implement comprehensive quality assurance strategies and processes and establish and maintain a culture of quality of continuous improvement within the team.

• Ensure enforcement of testing policies, standards and guidelines to drive a consistent testing framework across the business.

• Collaborate with development teams to integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipeline.

• Demonstrate an understanding of test methodologies, writing test plans, creating test cases and debugging.

• Participate as a global team player and lead, pro-actively and collaboratively take part in all testing related activities and establish partnerships with key stakeholders in the Product Management, Development, and the Technology Operations teams to drive overall Quality Engineering from inception to production.

• Be viewed as a lead across the team, engaging and energizing teams to achieve aggressive goals. 

• Eagerly automate and apply advanced engineering to the quality assurance discipline by continually identifying new technologies and disciplines as they emerge and sharing best practices that may be adopted across the enterprise.

• Responsible for conducting Non-Functional Testing ,,analyzing performance metrics and identifying bottlenecks to optimize system performance.

• Participate in security testing activities to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities.

• Provide reporting data and dashboards to ensure visibility of quality across products, builds and environments.

• Actively involve in root cause analysis and problem -solving activities to prevent defects and improve product quality.Propose and implement process improvements to enhance the overall quality assurance process.

What experience you need

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science or Business or equivalent job experience required

• 3+ years of software testing and automation experience

• Expertise and skilled in programming languages like python,Java or Javascript.

• Understanding of SQL and experience working with databases like MYSQL,POSTgreSQL, or Oracle.

• Good understanding of software development methodologies(preferably Agile) & testing methodologies.

• Proficiency in Test Automation Frameworks(WEB & API Automation) -Selenium,Appium,TestNG,Rest Assured,Karate,Gauge,Cucumber,Bruno

• Experience with performance testing tools -Jmeter , Gatling

• Knowledge of security testing concepts .

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to lead and motivate teams.

• Self-starter that identifies/responds to priority shifts with minimal supervision.

• Software build management tools like Maven or Gradle

• Testing technologies: JIRA, Confluence, Office products

• Knowledge in Test Management tool : Zephyr

What could set you apart

• Experience with cloud based testing environments(AWS,GCP)

• Hands-on experience working in Agile environments.

• Knowledge of API testing tools(Bruno,Swagger)

• Certification in ISTQB or similar or Google cloud certification.

• Experience with cutting-edge tools & technologies :Familiarity with the latest tools and technologies such as AI, machine learning and cloud computing.

• Expertise with cross device testing strategies and automation via device clouds

• Experience monitoring and developing resources

• Excellent coding and analytical skills

• Experience with performance engineering and profiling (e.g. Java JVM, Databases) and tools such as Load Runner, JMeter,Gatling

• Exposure to Application performance monitoring tools like Grafana & Datadog

• Ability to create good acceptance and integration test automation scripts and integrate with Continuous integration (Jenkins) and code coverage tools (Sonar) to ensure 80% or higher code coverage

• Experience working in a TDD/BDD environment and can utilize technologies such as JUnit, Rest Assured, Appium, Gauge/Cucumber frameworks, APIs (REST/SOAP)

• Understanding of Continuous Delivery concepts and can use tools including Jenkins and vulnerability tools such as Sonar,Fortify, etc.

• Experience in Lamba Testing for Cross browser testing 

• A deep understanding of Git version control,including branching strategies , merging and conflict resolution.

We offer a hybrid work setting, comprehensive compensation and healthcare packages, attractive paid time off, and organizational growth potential through our online learning platform with guided career tracks.

Are you ready to power your possible? Apply today, and get started on a path toward an exciting new career at Equifax, where you can make a difference!

Primary Location:

IND-Trivandrum-Equifax Analytics-PEC

Function:

Function - Tech Dev and Client Services

Schedule:

Full time