QA SDET Automation Engineer

3M HEALTHCARE; Kolkata District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Vantara is seeking a QA SDET Automation Engineer to join the Global Quality Assurance team. You will design, implement, maintain, and execute automated testing solutions across the product ecosystem, ensuring high-quality software delivery.

You will build and enhance automated test suites for UI, API, and storage components, integrate tests into CI/CD, and collaborate with global teams to improve coverage and reliability.

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years of hands-on test automation engineering experience.
• Proficiency in UI test automation with Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium.
• Strong knowledge of storage technologies (block/object/NFS).
• RESTful API testing and automation proficiency.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Linux/UNIX environment proficiency and Docker-based test setups.
• OO programming in Java or Python and JavaScript/TypeScript scripting.

Responsibilities

• Build, enhance, and maintain automated test suites for UI, API, and storage components.
• Contribute to existing automation frameworks to improve scalability and performance.
• Execute automated tests, analyze failures, and collaborate with developers on root causes.
• Integrate automation within CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Advocate quality practices across QA, development, and product teams.
• Configure automation tools, manage test environments, and work with Docker containers.
• Document test cases, scripts, and framework usage clearly.
• Identify opportunities to improve automation efficiency, reliability, and coverage.
• Collaborate with global teams across India, Japan, and the US.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Cross-team collaboration

Time zone coordination

QA methodologies

Linux/UNIX proficiency

Programming in Java or Python

JavaScript/TypeScript scripting

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Docker

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

About the Role

Hitachi Vantara is seeking a QA SDET Automation Engineer to join the Global Quality Assurance team. The role focuses on designing, implementing, maintaining, and executing automated testing solutions across the product ecosystem, ensuring high‑quality software delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, enhance, and maintain automated test suites for UI, API, and storage‑related components.
• Contribute to existing automation frameworks, improving scalability, maintainability, and performance.
• Execute automated tests, analyze failures, and collaborate with developers to identify root causes and ensure timely resolution.
• Implement and optimize test execution within CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Advocate quality practices, collaborating with QA, development, and product teams to ensure coverage, standards, and best practices.
• Configure automation tools, manage test environments, and work with containerized setups (Docker).
• Document test cases, automation scripts, and framework usage clearly.
• Identify opportunities to improve automation efficiency, reliability, and coverage.
• Collaborate with global teams across India, Japan, and the US to align on testing goals and deliverables.

Required Skills

• 5–8+ years of hands‑on test automation engineering experience.
• Experience with modern UI automation tools such as Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium.
• Solid foundational knowledge of storage technologies (block storage, object storage, NFS, or distributed file systems).
• Proficiency in RESTful API testing and automation.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, SDLC, and agile practices (Scrum, Kanban).
• Proficiency with Linux/UNIX environments and containerized test environments (Docker).
• Competency in at least one object‑oriented programming language (Java or Python) and one scripting language (JavaScript/TypeScript preferred).
• Excellent communication skills for cross‑team collaboration and documentation.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple time zones.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure‑as‑Code tools (Terraform, Ansible) is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

• ISTQB Test Automation Engineer certification.
• Jenkins Engineer Certification.
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD).
• Any agile certification (CSPO, PSPO, ICP‑PO, SAFe POPM) is a plus.

EEO Statement

We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.