QA Testing Analyst

MUST HAVE:

• Big thing is strong Pytest, Python, and APIs with Postman!

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We are looking for an experienced QA Automation Engineer with strong hands-on experience in Python, Pytest, and API automation testing.

The candidate will be responsible for analyzing requirements, developing, and maintaining automation test scripts, executing functional and integration tests, analyzing failures, managing defects, and supporting software releases.

The candidate should have experience across the complete automation-testing lifecycle and should be capable of working independently with development, business, and testing teams.

Job Description and Responsibilities

• Analyze business, functional, and technical requirements and create appropriate test scenarios and test cases.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using Python and Pytest.
• Develop and maintain reusable automation-framework components, fixtures, utilities, and test data.
• Perform REST API testing and automate API test cases.
• Validate API requests, responses, status codes, headers, JSON/XML payloads, and error scenarios.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, system, and end-to-end testing.
• Test APIs routed through an API gateway and validate integrations with downstream systems.
• Validate authentication and authorization scenarios, including OAuth, JWT, bearer tokens, and 401/403 responses.
• Use Postman or SoapUI for API testing and troubleshooting.
• Execute automated test suites through Jenkins or another CI/CD platform.
• Generate and review automation reports using Allure, Pytest HTML, or a similar reporting tool.
• Perform database validation using SQL queries.
• Create and maintain test cases, test data, execution results, and supporting documentation.
• Identify, document, track, and retest defects.
• Analyze test failures and determine whether they are related to application code, automation scripts, test data, environment, API gateway, or downstream systems.
• Participate in requirement reviews, project meetings, defect-management meetings, and release activities.
• Support software releases, production validation, and post-deployment testing.
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, product owners, and other testing-team members.
• Maintain automation code using Git or another source-control system.
• Analyze test metrics and identify opportunities to improve automation coverage, quality, and execution efficiency.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum Five years of hands-on automation-testing experience.
• Strong programming experience in Python.
• Strong hands-on experience with Pytest.
• Experience developing and maintaining automation frameworks.
• Strong REST API testing and API automation experience.
• Experience using Python API-testing libraries such as requests.
• Hands-on experience with Postman or SoapUI.
• Experience with JSON and XML validation.
• Experience with Jenkins or another CI/CD platform.
• Experience with Allure, Pytest HTML, or another test-reporting tool.
• Experience with API gateway and downstream-system integration testing.
• Knowledge of authentication and authorization testing.
• Experience with SQL and database validation.
• Experience with Git or another source-control system.
• Experience with functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and root-cause-analysis skills.
• Good understanding of object-oriented programming concepts.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a collaborative Agile environment.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with JMeter or another performance-testing tool.
• Knowledge of TDD or ATDD practices.
• Experience testing cloud-based or containerized applications.
• Experience with microservices and complex system integrations.
• Relevant testing certifications are an added advantage.
• Please prioritize candidates with strong and recent experience in Python, Pytest, REST API automation, Postman/SoapUI, Jenkins, Allure/HTML reporting, SQL, API gateway testing, downstream integration testing, and authentication and authorization testing.