Consultant - Quality Engineer

Talent et au-dela; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,400,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent et au-dela is seeking a Consultant-level Quality Engineer / Test Automation Lead to drive automation strategy across Agile teams and ensure release readiness.

You will design and maintain test frameworks, mentor engineers, and partner with architecture, security, and deployment groups to deliver secure, high-quality software.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience in software testing and test automation.
• Experience with regression, integration, and release testing.
• Ability to lead testing activities for medium to large scale applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality engineering activities across moderate to complex initiatives.
• Serve Quality Engineering Leadership as a technical lead and quality advocate for Agile teams.
• Guide and mentor associates on automation standards, testing practices, and engineering discipline.
• Promote a quality-first mindset across the software development lifecycle.
• Design, develop, maintain, and enhance automated test frameworks and solutions.
• Drive automation across functional, integration, regression, system, and release testing.
• Define release testing strategies across all phases of the release lifecycle.
• Coordinate and oversee release validation activities.
• Ensure test environments support reliable and scalable testing.
• Lead defect identification, tracking, triage, and resolution activities.
• Remove blockers and drive issue resolution across teams.

Skills

Quality Engineering

Test Automation

Regression Testing

Integration Testing

Release Testing

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Automation Framework Design & Development

UI Test Automation

API Testing

Automated Regression Testing

Job description

If you are enthusiastic about delivering secure technology solutions to support a company providing extraordinary care to its customers, then our client is the place for you. our client's industry-leading technology workforce embraces an agile work environment and a collaborative culture to deliver outstanding solutions and results.

As a Quality Engineer, you will plan and conduct a wide range of software quality engineering activities to ensure application products and services meet organizational quality standards and end-user requirements. This role focuses heavily on test automation, quality strategy, release validation, risk-based testing, and continuous quality improvement.

We are seeking a highly skilled Consultant-level Quality Engineer / Test Automation Lead who can combine deep hands-on automation expertise with leadership capabilities to drive quality across Agile delivery teams.

Business Justification

We are seeking a Test Automation Developer for a Consultant-level Quality Engineer Team Lead role. This position is responsible for planning and conducting a broad range of software quality engineering activities to ensure products and services meet organizational standards and end-user needs, with a strong emphasis on:

• Test Automation
• Release Quality
• Delivery Efficiency
• Quality Engineering Best Practices
• Secure Testing
• CI/CD Enablement

The ideal candidate combines deep hands-on automation experience with the ability to lead quality strategy across Agile delivery teams, guide associates, and improve speed to delivery through scalable, risk-based, and secure testing practices.

Key Responsibilities:

Quality Engineering Leadership

• Lead quality engineering activities across moderate to complex initiatives.
• Serve Quality Engineering Leadership as a technical lead and quality advocate for Agile teams.
• Guide and mentor associates on automation standards, testing practices, and engineering discipline.
• Promote a quality-first mindset across the software development lifecycle.

Test Automation

• Design, develop, maintain, and enhance automated test frameworks and solutions.
• Drive automation across functional, integration, regression, system, and release testing.
• Identify automation opportunities through requirements, user stories, and technical design reviews.
• Align automation solutions with company's automated testing reference architecture.
• Develop and manage test strategies, test plans, quality metrics, and reporting.
• Establish risk-based testing approaches that balance quality, speed, and efficiency.
• Define release readiness and quality gates for deployments.

Release & Quality Assurance

• Define release testing strategies across all phases of the release lifecycle.
• Coordinate and oversee release validation activities.
• Ensure compliance with release management processes, governance, and timelines.
• Drive continuous quality improvements throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Partner with Architecture, Infrastructure, and Engineering teams to establish effective test environment and test data management strategies.
• Ensure test environments support reliable and scalable testing.
• Lead defect identification, tracking, triage, and resolution activities.
• Analyze moderate to complex quality issues and recommend corrective actions.
• Remove blockers and drive issue resolution across teams.

Secure Testing

• Apply secure software engineering and testing practices throughout the SDLC.
• Ensure products and solutions are protected against threats and vulnerabilities.
• Support security, compliance, and vulnerability testing initiatives.
• Support CI/CD adoption through automation and continuous testing practices.
• Improve delivery efficiency by integrating quality engineering practices into pipelines and development workflows.

Qualification Criteria

Mandatory Skills (Must Have)

Candidates must demonstrate strong hands-on experience in most of the following areas:

Quality Engineering

• Software Testing
• Test Automation
• Regression Testing
• Integration Testing
• Release Testing

Automation

• Automation Framework Design & Development
• UI Test Automation
• API Testing
• Automated Regression Testing

Delivery Model

• Agile Methodology
• Scrum Delivery Model
• CI/CD Practices

Environment & Quality Management

• Test Data Management
• Quality Metrics & Reporting

Security

• Secure Testing Practices
• Vulnerability Awareness
• Secure Software Development Lifecycle

Leadership

• Technical Leadership
• Mentoring and Guidance of Team Members
• Stakeholder Collaboration

Preferred Skills (Nice to Have)

• TOSCA AS1 / AS2 Certification
• Performance Testing
• Security Testing Tools
• Insurance Domain Experience
• Quality Engineering Transformation Initiatives

Experience Requirements :

• 8+ Years (6+ Relevant) of Quality Engineering and Test Automation experience.
• Experience working with Agile teams throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Demonstrated experience in:
• Test planning
• Automation implementation
• Release validation
• Quality governance
• Experience leading testing activities for medium to large-scale applications.

Education & Certifications :

Bachelor’s in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field preferred.

Soft Skills :

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in fast-paced Agile environments.
• Strong collaboration and teamwork mindset.