Straive - Senior Quality Assurance Automation Analyst
Description
Role : Senior QA Automation Analyst
Experience : 5+ Years
Location : Chennai
Notice period : Only early joiners are preferred
Domain : Financial Services / Banking / BFSI domain exposure
Role Overview :
This role is responsible for end-to-end quality assurance, test case creation, and test automation for enterprise software applications.
The team needs a seasoned QA Analyst to improve overall test coverage, catch defects early, and support rapid release cycles within an Agile / DevOps environment.
Its core purpose is to drive both functional and automated testing standards while safeguarding software quality and business continuity.
Key Responsibilities :
- Define end-to-end (E2E) testing scope, write test cases, and manage test execution.
- Build, maintain, and execute robust test automation suites and scripts to support rapid software releases.
- Manage defect lifecycles in JIRA and create daily / weekly testing status and blocker reports.
- Analyze business, functional, technical, and UI requirements across the SDLC.
- Perform API testing (Postman, RestAssured) and investigate production issues by recreating them in test environments.
- Collaborate across development, testing, and support teams to clarify specifications and mitigate risks.
Core Requirements & Eligibility :
- Experience : 5+ years of experience in a QA Automation role. (Hands on QA experience in the Financial Services / BFSI industry is highly preferred).
- Education : Bachelor's / University degree or equivalent.
Skillset Breakdown :
- Primary (Must-Have) : Automation Framework Development (Selenium / Cucumber / TestNG / Cypress), Programming (Java / Python), API Testing (Postman, RestAssured), CI / CD & Build Tools (Jenkins, Maven / Gradle, Git), SQL Database querying, Agile / Scrum / DevOps, BDD / TDD frameworks, Defect Management (JIRA).
- Secondary (Nice-to-Have) : Performance Testing (JMeter, LoadRunner), AI-driven testing (self-healing locators, visual comparison), Basic AI prompt engineering for test artifact generation, Non-functional testing (Recovery testing).