India - Quality Engineer (6 Months Contract)

issgh; Chennai District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement savings plan

Life assurance

Holiday

Employee Assistance Programme

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Inchcape Shipping Services in Chennai is seeking an experienced QA Automation Engineer to analyze system applications and execute test plans. You will develop automation scripts spanning frontend, backend, AWS and DevOps, ensuring defect-free quality across the stack.

Required 5-8 years in software testing, proficiency in C#.NET, Selenium, REST APIs, TestRail, and strong communication in English. 6-month fixed-term contract with competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years in Software testing and quality assurance.
• Experience with automation testing and building test frameworks.
• Exposure to Agile methodologies and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Review end-to-end requirements and system design.
• Develop, execute and maintain automation test scripts.
• Create test plans, data sets and report defects.

Skills

SQL

C#.NET

Webservices

REST API

AWS

XUnit

Selenium

TestRail

Postman

SoapUI

Education

Professional degree in computer science

Tools

Selenium

Postman

SoapUI

Jira

Confluence

GitHub

Job description

Who are Inchcape At Inchcape Shipping Services, our vision is to create a connected world where customers can trade successfully and make informed decisions in every port, everywhere. We achieve this by combining our worldwide infrastructure with local expertise, through our global network of more than 250 proprietary offices and a team of over 3,000 dedicated professionals. Our diverse customer base includes owners and charterers in the oil, cruise, container, and bulk commodity sectors, as well as naval, government, and intergovernmental organizations.

We have an ambitious growth model, and a career here is certainly going to be a rewarding one that will allow you to bring your skills & experience. We embrace change and are open to new thinking and pushing for positive change in our industry.

Contract Type

Fixed term contract - 6 months

Main Purpose of Job

To analyze the system application, business requirements and responsible for the development and execution of test plan, test scenarios, test cases and quality control process to improve product quality for delivering defect free high quality software systems exceeding business expectations for ISS.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Review and understand end to end business requirements, System/Application design, Integration, and functionalities/feature.
• Review and understand enterprise & solution architectures, design implementation of new features end-to-end considering both functional & non-functional requirements and the entire tech stack – frontend, backend, database, middleware, AWS, and DevOps
• Effectively contribute to test plan creation, test strategy creation, develop test scenarios, develop test cases, collect test data, create test batches, perform test cases, report defects, track defect.
• Partner with other automation engineers to create a unified approach to automation across the team
• Develop, execute and maintain automation test scripts, utilities, data sets leveraging commercial and/or open-source tools.
• Contribute in meetings, Scrums, and other inter-team interaction
• Research and make recommendations to the group regarding new automation technology available and its proper application.
• Work with support, stakeholders, and developers to aid in replication of software defects.
• Provide guidance in good test design and implementation techniques.
• Automate testing of defects and assist with the maintenance of Regression Test suite.
• Responsible for creation, delivery, and maintenance of automated scripts.
• Prepare effort estimates for testing related tasks / projects.
• Prepare status reports and communicates to stakeholders.
• Propose/follow/develop SOP for all kind of test execution.
• Practice DevOps with automation first mindset, with excellent understanding of branching strategies, version control, best configuration, testing practices, build management, CI/CD pipeline.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Any Professional degree in computer science
• Aability to quickly understand the business processes.
• All type of testing including Accessibility testing, Acceptance testing, Black box testing, End to end testing, Functional and non-functional testing, Feature testing, Interactive testing, Integration testing, load testing, Performance testing, Regression testing, Sanity testing and Security testing
• Technical Knowledge: SQL, C#.NET, Webservices (XML, SOAP, HTTP, REST API), REST SHARP, AWS Cloud.
• Testing tools: TestRail, XUnit, Selenium, Sonar Cloud, Appium, Postman/SoapUI/ Rest-assured
• Test Driven Development methodology
• Agile product management tools: Jira, Confluence
• DevOps tools (desirable): Bitbucket/GitHub, Sonar Cube, Team City, Selenium
• Knowledge of maritime, Finance, Supply chain and logistics (desirable

Skills

• Test Automation, Test Driven Development methodology, C#.NET, XUnit, TestRail, Sonar Cloud, Selenium, Rest Sharp, Shift Left testing principles
• Effective verbal & written communication skills in English
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and trouble shooting skills
• Strong collaborative and partner approach
• Software engineering skills with high tech resilience
• Agile development methodologies
• DevOps mindset and Live site first approach

Experience

• 5 - 8 years in Software testing and quality assurance including both manual and automation testing.
• Creating and executing test plan, test cases, test scenarios, automate testing for software products.
• Experienced at building Object Repositories within test automation environments.
• A minimum of (3) years’ experience in an automated testing environment.
• Exposure to Agile Methodologies.
• Experienced in assessing and developing the test automation framework.
• Exposure to Object Oriented programming language, C#
• Prior experience with automated testing tools (Selenium);
• Experience using defect management tools. Experience in agile methodologies
• Desirable experience: Performance Testing, Security Testing, Test Driven Delivery.

Why Inchcape Shipping Services?

We believe in building a diverse and high-performing workforce that works together to provide our customers with the exceptional service they deserve. To reach the highest standards, we depend on our people, their welfare, training and expertise. We realize the value of our staff and know that your unique experiences, skills and passions will help you to build a rich and rewarding career in our dynamic industry.

Our values are at the cente of everything we do, and the successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate and fully adopt these:

Global Perspective - we connect the world and see the bigger picture.

The Power of People - we rely on the strength of local agent knowledge and relationships.

Progress - we adopt new thinking and push for positive change in our industry.

In return, we will offer you:

• A retirement savings plan
• Life assurance
• Holiday
• Competitive salary
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Career development and progression opportunities
• Values Award celebration events
• Plus, much more!

Appointment to this role will be subject to satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work documentation depending upon your geographical location.

Inchcape is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and equality, diversity and inclusion are at the centre of everything we do. We recognise that our customers, colleagues, contractors and other partners are central to our success and that we work in a diverse society. We acknowledge not only our legal, but also our moral responsibility to ensure all groups have equality of opportunity.