Bigdata QA team member in new Data team - L3 India

Ness Digital Engineering; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,900,000 - 2,900,000; Full time

Job summary

Ness Group in Hyderabad, India is hiring a Bigdata QA team member for the new Data team. The role focuses on automation, performance, and data validation across Web, API, and database testing in an Agile environment.

Your responsibilities include designing test plans, creating robust automation, and collaborating with development to ensure on-time delivery of high-quality features. The candidate should bring strong leadership, technical skills, and a drive for quality.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software testing including test planning, execution and closure for API, DB and UI layers.
• Excellent understanding of QA/testing methodologies and best practices.
• 5+ years of experience as an Automation QA Tester with hands-on automation.
• 5+ years of automation testing using Playwright (Python) and related tools.
• 5+ years working in Agile processes (Scrum preferred).
• 3+ years of REST service testing with SOA architecture; Swagger/SOAP knowledge.
• Experience with automation frameworks; exposure to data validation, ETL/ELT testing, and data migration.
• Experience with Hive, Spark, Databricks, Big Data testing; DevOps in cloud/containerized envs.
• Knowledge of AWS/Azure cloud testing of microservices, containers, Docker.
• Familiarity with performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, LoadRunner) and Git workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop automation/performance solutions meeting standards; build reusable regression suites.
• Create tools/frameworks with quality code to simplify tests.
• Design and develop test plans and cases; execute and report results.
• Collaborate with development to deliver quality functionality on time.
• Serve as test lead or strong IC; lead by example and mentor team.
• Provide testing guidance and review scripts, results and defects.
• Ensure best practices and on-schedule testing across team.
• Concentrate on Web, API, DB testing; plan cross-team activities.
• Participate in requirements, architecture reviews, and agile ceremonies.
• Capture QA metrics and perform risk analysis for delivery.

Skills

Automation Testing

Playwright (Python)

Agile/Scrum

REST APIs

Data Validation

Big Data Testing

Docker/Kubernetes

Git

Performance Testing

CI/CD (Azure/Jenkins)

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS

Tools

Swagger

SOAP

Kafka

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Job description

Bigdata QA team member in new Data team - L3 India

Location: Hyderabad, India, India
Date Created: Nov 2, 2026
Requisition ID: 9341

• Design and develop automation/performance solutions that meet organization standards and build reliable, reusable, and maintainable automated regression suites & test harnesses
• Create tools and frameworks with quality code to simplify testing scenarios.
• Design and develop test plans, test cases based upon functional and design specifications, execute test cases and analyze and report test results to the teams
• Work in partnership with the development teams to deliver business functionality on time with required quality that meets the acceptance criteria
• Acts as a test lead, works well as Individual contributor and lead team by example.
• Uses strong testing skills to provide guidance and assist project staff
• Reviews and approves the work of project team members in the writing of scripts, expected results, test results and defect descriptions. Ensure best practices are followed and testing activities stay on schedule.
• Focus on building efficient solutions for Web, Services/APIs, Database testing requirements.
• Participate in internal/cross team meetings, project scoping, functional reviews, test specifications, technical reviews for assigned projects in an Agile environment
• Involved in requirements review and participate in architecture/design reviews with an emphasis on test automation/performance strategy and ensuring best practices
• Participate actively in functional, system and regression testing activities
• Capture quality assurance data and metrics to provide insights and conclusions
• Estimate and perform risk analysis for quality delivery

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software testing experience in all phases of testing including test planning, test execution and test closure for all layer API, DB and UI.
• Excellent understanding of QA and testing methodologies, best practices
• 5+ years of experience as an Automation QA Tester.
• 5+ years of experience creating/maintaining and executing automation tests utilizing tools such as Playwright required (Python essential), Knowledge of agentic AI, LLMs preferred.
• 5+ Years of experience in Agile processes (Scrum preferred)
• 3+ years of experience of working with REST service and understanding of SOA architecture. Knowledge of Swagger and SOAP preferred.
• Experience creating/maintaining automation frameworks preferred.
• Knowledge of file storage in S3, data validation with clob, blob, and messaging system kafka, required.
• Expertise with DB process, data validation, transformation logics, ETL/ELT testing and data migration preferred.
• Experience working with HIVE, SPARK, SCALA, Databricks, Big Data testing preferred.
• Experience of DevOps pipeline in containerized environment using Azure DevOps/Jenkins preferred.
• Knowledge of any performance testing tool such as StomeRunner/LoadRunner, JMeter preferred.
• Exposure to distributed source control systems such as Git.
• Experience with test data management techniques.
• Knowledge of Function as a Service, Container as a service, preferred.
• Experience with change management and defect tracking tools.
• Well versed with Defect Triage process and identification, tracking of corrective actions.
• Zeal to be domain expert and learn new technologies.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and written communications.
• High standards of confidentiality; ability to handle sensitive information with integrity and trust.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies like AWS/Azure and experience of testing micro-services, containers, Dockers is preferred

Minimum and Preferred Education

• Bachelor's or higher qualification in Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent is preferred

Minimum and Preferred Experience/Skills

• 5+ years of relevant experience with bachelor’s degree or higher qualification