Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Accops; Pune District; Hybrid; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Accops is seeking an experienced QA lead to manage manual testing efforts for releases. You will mentor the QA team, coordinate external testers, and perform root-cause analysis on networking/virtualization issues.

The role requires strong test design skills and effective communication to ensure high-quality builds. Ideal candidates will have 4+ years of manual testing experience, proficiency across OS platforms, and familiarity with test automation evolution.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in manual testing.
• Experience designing test plans and strategies.
• Defect management and test case management expertise.
• Hands-on with Windows/Linux/Mac/mobile OS environments.
• Knowledge of browser compatibility testing.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as QA lead for releases, coordinating QA resources.
• Mentor QA team and manage external testers.
• Perform root-cause analysis on networking/virtualization issues.
• Guide requirements understanding and test design for boundary cases.
• Improve automation structure and testing processes.
• Coordinate with development to align releases with customer needs.
• Establish QA metrics and best practices for quality.

Skills

Manual testing

Test planning

Defect management

Test case management

QA processes

Team leadership

Communication

Analytical thinking

Documentation

Multi-tasking

Education

BCA/MCA/BE/BTech (CS/IT)

Tools

VMware/Hyper-V

Job description

Location: Pune/Hybrid

Qualification: BCA/ MCA/ BE/ BTech (Preferably in Comp Sc/IT)

Years of Experience: 4+ years

Technical Skills Required:

Manual Testing (4+ years in manual testing)

• i. Good knowledge of manual testing methodologies, techniques
• ii. Good understanding of QA processes and management
• iii. Hands on experience of designing test plans, test strategies
• iv. Proven ability to manage team and assigning tasks
• v. Defect Management, Defect Prioritization, Test Case Management
• vi. Good knowledge of test management and defect management tools
• vii. Should have hands on experience on different platform : Windows OS / Linux OS / MAC/ Mobile OS.
• viii. Experience on browser compatibility testing.

Domain:

• I. Working knowledge of either the OSI layers, Routing/Switching, DNS, DHCP, and Firewalls OR any of the virtualization platform like VMware Workstation/ESXi or Microsoft Hyper-V etc including its Expert-level configuration
• II. Strong understanding of PKI (Public Key Infrastructure), Ciphers, Digital certificates and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) principles

Reporting and communication:

• a. Understanding the test metrices, prepare and share with stake holders
• b. Ability to communicate effectively with team and management
• c. Hands on experience in releasing products/builds to customers with supporting documents
• d. Hands on experience in documentations of product communication flows and product guides

System:

• a. Good understanding of server configurations
• b. Good networking concepts and analytical skills

Good to have:

• Automation Testing
  • a. Hands on experience in automation
  • b. Hands on experience in framework designing and reporting
• Knowledge of performance testing tools like JMeter or any other
• Knowledge of Web Services testing
• Hands on experience of client server model-based products and desktop clients.
• Exposure to mobile applications testing
• Kubernetes and Container technologies
• Having domain experience of virtualization especially Nutanix, VMware, Microsoft

Soft Skills Required:

• Strong communication skills (verbal and written both)
• Proactive
• Self-motivated
• Logical bent of mind (Analytical)
• Team player & quick learner
• Flexible/adaptable
• Multi-Tasking
• Excellent team player

Role and Responsibilities:

• Act as key point of contact for all QA aspects of releases, providing QA services and coordinating QA resources internally and externally.
• Lead and mentor QA team members, as well as manage outside contract testers.
• Perform root-cause analysis on complex issues related to networking or virtualization
• Lead and mentor QA team members, as well as manage outside contract testers.
• Guide teams for understand requirements and provide pointers for designing boundary cases and efficient test model
• Understand automation structure in place, help team to make it better
• Understand customer requirements, coordinate with development team and get it implemented with general availability in mind
• Establish and evolve QA processes for efficiently delivering products to market with best of quality Good domain knowledge or at-least end user expectations
• Oversee all aspects of quality assurance including establishing metrics, applying industry best practices, and developing new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met.