Software Quality Engineering - Senior Professional

Job description

**The Team** Were looking for a **Senior QA Engineer** to join our engineering team in India, with a preference for candidates located in **Hyderabad**. This role will support quality assurance for enterprise software products in a complex, global engineering environment. The Senior QA Engineer will be responsible for validating product functionality, improving test coverage, driving automation, supporting release readiness, and helping ensure high-quality deliverables for customers. This position plays a key role in product quality, regression testing, automation improvement, defect validation, and cross-functional collaboration with development, product management, DevOps, and global engineering teams. **The Role** - Design, develop, and execute test plans, test cases, and test scenarios for enterprise software products. - Perform functional, regression, integration, system, and compatibility testing across supported platforms. - Own QA activities throughout the software development lifecycle, including requirement review, test planning, execution, defect reporting, verification, and release validation. - Develop and maintain automated test scripts to improve test efficiency and regression coverage. - Analyze product requirements, design documents, and user workflows to identify test scope and quality risks. - Work closely with developers and product owners to clarify requirements and validate expected behavior. - Investigate, reproduce, and document software defects with clear steps, logs, screenshots, and supporting evidence. - Validate bug fixes and perform root-cause-oriented testing to prevent regression issues. - Support CI/CD pipeline testing and contribute to automation integration where applicable. - Participate in release readiness reviews and provide QA status, risk assessment, and quality recommendations. - Maintain QA documentation, including test cases, test results, automation status, and known issues. - Collaborate with global teams across different time zones to support development, testing, and customer-driven priorities. - Drive continuous improvement in QA processes, automation coverage, test data management, and overall product quality. **What Youll Bring** - Bachelors degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. - 6+ years of hands-on software QA experience, preferably in enterprise software, infrastructure software, storage, data protection, cloud, or systems management products. - Strong experience in test planning, test case design, test execution, defect tracking, and release validation. - Experience with both manual testing and test automation. - Hands-on experience with automation using Python, Java, Selenium, Robot Framework, pytest, TestNG, or similar tools. - Working knowledge of Linux and Windows environments. - Experience testing REST APIs, CLI tools, web-based applications, or enterprise management software. - Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions, or similar platforms. - Experience with Jira, Confluence, or similar Agile development and defect tracking tools. - Good understanding of software development lifecycle, Agile/Scrum practices, and QA best practices. - Ability to analyze logs, troubleshoot issues, isolate defects, and communicate findings clearly. - Strong written and verbal communication skills. - Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and collaborate effectively with global teams. - Strong ownership mindset and attention to detail. **Preferred Qualifications** - Experience with storage systems, backup/recovery software, virtualization, or cloud platforms. - Experience with VMware, Hyper-V, Kubernetes, Docker, or other infrastructure technologies. - Experience testing enterprise integrations, plug-ins, adapters, or management software. - Experience with performance, scalability, security, or upgrade testing. - Basic scripting knowledge for test setup, log collection, and environment validation. - Experience working in a global engineering organization with distributed teams. #LI-AP1