QA Automation Engineer

Aon plc; Gurugram District; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Aon plc in India is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to design and maintain automated test frameworks for medium to high complexity systems, ensuring quality as part of CI/CD pipelines. The role requires collaborating with developers, Business Analysts, Product Owners, and DevOps teams.

The candidate will mentor junior engineers, contribute to non-functional testing, and help improve QA practices in an agile environment. Hybrid work location includes Bangalore, Noida, and Gurgaon.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on web/UI test automation (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright).
• Strong REST API automation experience.
• Automation programming in Java, C#, JS/TS, or Python.
• CI/CD integration of automated tests (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• SQL skills for data setup and validation.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve test automation strategy and frameworks for assigned applications and platforms, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and reusability.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites (UI, API, integration, and regression).
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing and quality gates.
• Work with BAs, Product Owners, and Developers to review requirements and designs, identify test conditions early, and ensure testable requirements.
• Lead efforts to maintain regression test packs, ensuring coverage of critical business flows and reducing flakiness.
• Analyze test results, troubleshoot failures, and drive timely defect resolution with DevOps.
• Contribute to non-functional testing (performance, reliability, basic security checks) using approved tools.
• Mentor junior QA engineers on test design and coding standards.
• Influence QA and engineering processes, tooling, and standards.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and provide input on test effort and readiness for release.
• Document test frameworks, automation approaches, and test execution reports.

Skills

Test automation frameworks

REST API automation

Automation programming

CI/CD integration

Software testing fundamentals

SQL / Database queries

Git / version control

Performance testing tools

BDD/TDD

Agile/Scrum collaboration

Education

BTech in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Postman

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Job description

Job Title- Sr Automation QA Engineer

Position type- Full Time

Work Location- Bangalore , Noida, Gurgaon

Working style- Hybrid

Shift Time- 12PM to 9PM

People Manager role: No

Required education and certifications critical for the role- BTech in computer science or related quantitative field, or equivalent experience

Required years of experience – 7-10 years of work experience in relevant field

AON IS IN THE BUSINESS OF BETTER DECISIONS

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world. As an organization, we are committed to our purpose as one firm, united through trust as one inclusive, diverse team and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.
Job Summary

Senior QA Automation Engineer – works with limited guidance to design, develop, and maintain robust automated test frameworks and suites for medium to high complexity systems, ensuring high quality and reliability of deliverables. Partners closely with Developers, Business Analysts, Product Owners, and DevOps/Infra teams to drive test strategy, automation coverage, and continuous testing as part of CI/CD pipelines. Provides technical leadership within the QA function, mentors junior team members, contributes to estimation and risk identification, and influences improvements in quality engineering practices, tools, and processes.

Job Responsibilities

• Own and evolve test automation strategy and frameworks for assigned applications and platforms, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and reusability.


• Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites (UI, API, integration, and regression) for medium to high complexity features and systems.


• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, enabling continuous testing, fast feedback, and quality gates as part of build and release processes.


• Work closely with BAs, Product Owners, and Developers to review requirements and designs, identify test conditions early, and ensure functional and non‑functional requirements are testable.


• Lead efforts to maintain and optimize regression test packs, ensuring appropriate coverage of critical business flows and minimizing flakiness.


• Analyze test results, troubleshoot failures, and collaborate with development and DevOps teams to identify root causes and drive timely defect resolution.


• Contribute to and sometimes lead non‑functional testing activities (e.g., performance, reliability, basic security checks) using approved tools and practices.


• Mentor and support junior QA engineers, providing guidance on test design, automation practices, coding standards, and quality mindset.


• Influence and improve QA and engineering processes, standards, and tooling (e.g., coding guidelines for test automation, code review practices for test assets).


• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies (planning, refinement, reviews, retrospectives), providing input on test effort, quality risks, and readiness for release.


• Produce and maintain clear documentation of test frameworks, automation approaches, test plans, and test execution reports for stakeholders.

Skills and Experience

• 6+ years of strong hands‑on experience with modern test automation frameworks for web/UI testing (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, WebDriverIO, or equivalent).


• Solid experience testing and automating REST APIs (e.g., Postman with Newman, REST Assured, Karate, or similar).


• Proficiency in at least one programming language used for automation (e.g., Java, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Python), including good coding practices and refactoring skills.


• Practical experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI) with build, test, and deployment pipelines.


• Strong understanding of software testing principles and techniques (functional, integration, regression, exploratory, boundary, negative testing, etc.).


• Working knowledge of relational databases (e.g., SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle) and ability to write moderate‑complexity SQL for data setup and validation.


• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and collaborative development workflows (branches, pull requests, code reviews).


• Exposure to or experience with performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, Gatling, k6) and analysis of performance results is a plus.


• Familiarity with BDD/TDD approaches and tools (e.g., Cucumber, SpecFlow, Behave) is desirable.


• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments and collaborating with cross‑functional teams (Dev, QA, DevOps, Product, BA).

#LI-SN1