Automation Test Engineer
Summary
Test engineer (6-9 yrs) at IT services firm Virtusa in Hyderabad/Chennai doing manual and automated QA of web, API, database and data-migration work using Playwright/Selenium/TestNG, Java/Python/C#, SQL, CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps), GCP/AWS, and AI tools like Copilot and ChatGPT.
Role & responsibilities
Experience in manual testing across web, API, database and enterprise applications.
Experience in data migration testing, including source-to-target validation, data mapping, transformation and reconciliation, record-count verification, data integrity checks, and identifying data loss or duplication across migrated datasets.
Experience in test automation using Playwright, Selenium, Testng, Robot Framework or similar tools.
Experience integrating automated test frameworks into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI/CD or similar platforms.
Understanding of continuous integration, continuous delivery, quality gates, automated test reporting and release validation processes.
Proficiency in Java, Python or C# for test automation and scripting.
Strong knowledge of API testing using Postman, REST Assured or equivalent tools.
Experience in SQL and database validation, including complex queries and joins.
Hands-on experience working with cloud platforms, including Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and/or Amazon Web Services (AWS), with exposure to cloud-based data processing, storage, integration, monitoring and testing.
Experience designing and executing functional, integration, system, regression and UAT testing.
Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
Strong defect management, root-cause analysis and troubleshooting skills.
Experience with JIRA, Zephyr, Azure DevOps or similar test management tools.
AI tools adoption: Demonstrated experience using Copilot, Cursor, Gemini, ChatGPT or Claude for test case generation, test automation, defect analysis, requirements review, CI/CD pipeline optimization and QA productivity improvements.
Excellent analytical, written and verbal communication, cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools.