Quality Assurance & DevOps Senior Specialist

Ensure the quality of software products through meticulous testing and quality assurance activities. Responsible for designing and executing test plans, test cases and test scripts based on project requirements. Perform various types of testing including functional, regression, performance and usability testing to identify and report defects and ensure the software meets quality standards. Collaborate with developers, product managers and stakeholders to understand project requirements, perform risk assessments and validate software functionality.

• Conduct functional, regression, performance, security and usability testing across all in-scope applications to verify functionality and identify defects.
• Design, develop and execute test plans, test cases and test scripts based on project requirements and risk-based testing priorities.
• Identify, track, document and communicate defects using defect tracking tools JIRA, Xray, Zephyr, Test Rail and collaborate with development teams to ensure timely resolution.
• Create and maintain comprehensive test documentation test plans, test cases, scripts and results to ensure coverage, traceability and knowledge transfer.
• Set up and configure test environments and test data to simulate real-world scenarios for accurate and reliable testing.
• Adhere to the QA standards, quality gates and mandatory release deliverables defined by the COE Test Strategy, Test Plan, Execution Report, Defect Summary, Production Readiness Sign-off.
• Develop and execute automated test scripts using QA frameworks and tools Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, TestNG, Cucumber, Postman, REST Assured and contribute to the shared automation framework.
• Embed automated regression suites as mandatory quality gates in CI/CD pipelines supporting the target of 60% automation coverage for critical applications.
• Operate and maintain CI/CD pipelines Jenkins, Azure Dev Ops, Git Lab CI including build, test, deployment and release automation and enforce the Dev Ops compliance framework source control branching environment and release management.
• Monitor and report DORA metrics deployment frequency lead time change failure rate MTTR and contribute to monthly Dev Ops compliance scorecards.
• Execute application security testing SAST DAST dependency scanning within CI/CD pipelines, identify and document vulnerabilities and support remediation tracking with IT Security in line with OWASP Top 10.
• Support the Segregation of Duties (SoD) exercise by validating access controls, role configurations and SoD test cases during release validation in coordination with Internal Audit and IT Security.
• Support audit and compliance readiness e.g. ISO 27001 by maintaining test evidence release documentation and reconciliation records and support the integration reconciliation function between the different applications and third‑party platforms.
• Contribute to the Application Portfolio Register lifecycle dashboard and monthly Application Excellence Scorecard by providing QA, Dev Ops, release and security metrics for assigned applications.
• Collaborate with development teams, product managers, business stakeholders, IT Security, Internal Audit and the COE leadership, participate in Agile ceremonies promote shift-left testing practices and continuously improve QA, Dev Ops and security processes while staying current with emerging methodologies and tools.
• Employee duties are not limited only to the above-mentioned accountabilities. He/she may perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field.
• Education:
  
  5+ years of experience in software quality assurance.
• Solid understanding of web applications and Mobile App testing concepts, methodologies, and best…