Automation Engineer

Automation Engineer at Wipro

The Automation Engineer at Wipro plays a pivotal role in designing, programming, simulating, and testing automation products and processes. This position focuses on enhancing efficiency and effectiveness within various technology stacks and business lines.

Role Responsibilities

• Instrumental in understanding software requirements and designing the product, including analyzing current technology architecture, system interdependencies, and application stacks.
• Formulate project plans, working with project management to outline development steps and submit plans for approval.
• Understand current operating procedures by consulting with users/partners/clients and reviewing project objectives regularly.
• Contribute to automation roadmap design and testing process improvements by researching automation architectures and developing new automation solutions.
• Improve and maintain the automation framework for horizontal use across technology stacks and build reusable libraries across business line verticals.
• Design and execute software development and reporting, ensuring the environment is ready for execution, designing test plans, developing test cases/scenarios/usage cases, and executing them.
• Develop technical specifications and plans, and resolve complex technical design issues.
• Participate in and conduct design activities with the development team related to testing automation processes for both functional and non-functional requirements.
• Implement, track, and report key metrics to assure full coverage of functional and non-functional requirements through automation.
• Eliminate errors by owning the testing and validations of codes.
• Track problems, resolutions, and bug fixes throughout the project, creating a comprehensive database of defects and successful mitigation techniques.
• Provide resolutions to problems by taking the initiative to use all available resources for research.
• Design and implement automated testing tools when possible, and update tools as needed to ensure efficiency and accuracy.
• Develop and automate processes for software validation by setting up and designing test cases/scenarios/usage cases and executing these cases.
• Develop programs that run efficiently and adhere to Wipro standards by using similar logic from existing applications, discussing best practices with team members, referencing textbooks and training manuals, documenting the code, and using accepted design patterns.
• Ensure smooth communication flow with customers and internal stakeholders.
• Work with Agile delivery teams to understand product vision and product backlogs; develop robust, scalable, and high-quality test automation for functional, regression, and performance testing.
• Assist in creating acceptance criteria for user stories and generate a test automation backlog.
• Collaborate with the Development team to create/improve continuous deployment practices by developing strategies, formalizing processes, and providing tools.
• Work closely with business Subject Matter Experts to understand requirements for automation, then design, build, and deploy the application using automation tools.
• Ensure long-term maintainability of the system by documenting projects according to Wipro guidelines.
• Ensure quality of communication by being clear and effective with test personnel, users, developers, and clients to facilitate quick resolution of problems and accurate documentation of successes.
• Provide assistance to testers and support personnel as needed to determine system problems.
• Ability to perform backend/database programming for key projects.
• Stay up-to-date on industry standards and incorporate them appropriately.

Experience

This role requires 3-5 years of relevant experience.

Key skills/competency

• Automation Frameworks
• Software Testing
• Continuous Deployment
• Agile Methodologies
• Technical Design
• Problem Resolution
• Programming Languages (e.g., Python, Java)
• Test Case Development
• Documentation Standards
• Performance Testing