Sr QA Architect - Manual Testing,SDLC,Api Testing,Database Testing

Blue Yonder; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 400,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Yonder is seeking a senior Quality Engineering leader to drive the end-to-end QA strategy across customer implementations and product development. You will shape scalable test architectures, automation, performance, and release quality while mentoring teams and partnering with customers.

The role requires 8+ years in QA/automation with solid Java-based automation, API testing, and CI/CD experience, plus strong communication to align quality with business objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher in computer science, engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years in QA, test automation, or quality engineering with enterprise-scale leadership.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile, and QA principles.
• Hands-on automation framework design using Java and modern testing tools.
• Experience with Oracle/SQL databases and enterprise integrations.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive end-to-end Quality Engineering strategy across customer implementations and product development.
• Collaborate with architects and product teams to identify risks, testing scope, and validation strategies.
• Review requirements and designs to ensure testability, reliability, and security.
• Lead test planning, estimation, execution, and quality governance for complex deployments.
• Design strategies for API and data integration testing and cloud-native architectures.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Test Automation

QA Governance

CI/CD

Stakeholder Management

Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

GitHub

Jenkins

Maven

GitHub Actions

Kubernetes

Docker

Oracle

SQL

ReactJS

Job description

Scope

Collaborate closely with Solution Architects, Product Management, Product Development, TechOps, and Production Support to define and implement the overall Quality Engineering strategy across all phases of the software development lifecycle. Lead quality assurance initiatives for customer implementations, ensuring scalable test architecture, automation, performance, and release quality. Partner with customers and cross-functional teams to establish quality standards, mitigate risks, and ensure successful project delivery aligned with business objectives.

Scope

Collaborate closely with Solution Architects, Product Management, Product Development, TechOps, and Production Support to define and implement the overall Quality Engineering strategy across all phases of the software development lifecycle. Lead quality assurance initiatives for customer implementations, ensuring scalable test architecture, automation, performance, and release quality. Partner with customers and cross-functional teams to establish quality standards, mitigate risks, and ensure successful project delivery aligned with business objectives.

Our Current Technical Environment

• Software: Java, SpringBoot, Oracle, My SQL, , GitHub, Jenkins, GitHub Actions
• Application Architecture: Scalable, Resilient, Secure Multi-Tenant Architecture.
• Cloud Architecture: OCI, MS Azure, Oracle, DB, , SFTP
• Frameworks/Others: Kubernetes, RDBMS, Spring Boot, React JS, Snowflake

What You’ll Do

• Define and drive the end-to-end Quality Engineering strategy across customer implementations and product development.
• Collaborate with Solution Architects and Product teams during discovery sessions to identify quality risks, testing scope, and validation strategies.
• Review business and functional requirements to ensure completeness, testability, and alignment with quality objectives.
• Review solution designs and provide recommendations to improve testability, reliability, security, and maintainability.
• Lead test planning, estimation, execution, and quality governance for complex enterprise implementations.
• Design strategies for integration testing across API, and SFTP-based integrations.
• Define test data management and environment strategies for cloud-native and multi-tenant applications.
• Lead performance, scalability, reliability, and resilience testing, identifying bottlenecks and recommending architectural improvements.
• Define quality metrics, dashboards, release readiness criteria, and defect analytics to support informed release decisions.
• Mentor QA engineers on , quality engineering practices, and modern testing methodologies.
• Collaborate with Product Development, TechOps, and Production Support to troubleshoot production issues and implement preventive quality improvements.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by adopting AI-assisted testing, intelligent test selection, and automation optimization.

What We Are Looking For

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, Test Automation, or Quality Engineering, with experience leading enterprise-scale QA initiatives.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, SDLC, Agile methodologies, and Quality Engineering principles.
• Hands‑on expertise in designing automation frameworks using Java and modern testing tools.
• Strong experience testing enterprise applications built on Java, Spring Boot, Oracle, SQL, and React JS.
• Expertise in API testing (REST, SOAP), database testing, integration testing, and end‑to‑end system validation.
• Experience with relational databases (preferably Oracle), including SQL query optimization, stored procedures, triggers, and database validation.
• Experience testing enterprise integrations involving JMS, Kafka, EDI, AS2, SFTP, and messaging systems.
• Strong experience implementing CI/CD quality pipelines using GitHub, Jenkins, Maven, GitHub Actions, and related DevOps tools.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with containerized environments including Kubernetes and Docker.
• Knowledge of performance testing, scalability testing, reliability engineering, and production monitoring.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to identify quality risks early in the development lifecycle.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence technical and business teams.
• Experience defining QA governance, quality metrics, release readiness, and risk management processes.
• Functional knowledge of Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation Management, Order Management, or Enterprise SaaS platforms is highly desirable.
• Experience with AI-driven testing, test optimization, or intelligent automation is a plus.
• Experience working with enterprise software vendors or customer implementation projects is preferred.

Our Values

If you want to know the heart of a company, take a look at their values. Ours unite us. They are what drive our success – and the success of our customers. Does your heart beat like ours? Find out here: Core Values

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.