Selenium Automation Test Lead

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills


Required Qualifications
• 8-10+ years of experience in test automation with Java and Selenium WebDriver.
• Strong knowledge of TestNG (annotations, suites, data providers, parallelism) and ExtentReports configuration/customization.
• Proficiency with Page Object Model, data driven testing, and robust locator strategies (CSS/XPath).
• Experience integrating automation with CI/CD (Jenkins) and Git.
• Hands on with Maven/Gradle, build pipelines, and dependency management.
• Working knowledge of REST API testing and JSON parsing (e.g., RestAssured, Jackson/Gson).
• Solid understanding of OOP, design patterns, and clean code practices in test automation.
• Familiarity with cross browser and cross platform testing; execution via Selenium Grid or cloud (e.g., BrowserStack/Sauce Labs).
• Experience with defect tracking and test management tools (e.g., JIRA, Zephyr, Azure Test Plans).
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to troubleshoot flaky tests and environment issues.
• Excellent communication and collaboration in Agile/Scrum environments.


Preferred Qualifications
• Performance testing exposure (e.g., JMeter) or accessibility testing familiarity.
• Knowledge of SQL and test data provisioning.
• Containerization awareness (Docker) for test execution.
• Security testing basics (OWASP) and shift left testing practices.
• Experience setting up quality gates and dashboards (e.g., SonarQube, custom reporting).