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    Synechron

    Financial Services

    Automation Test Lead - PEGA

    Bengaluru - BCIT, IndiaOn-SiteFull-timePosted 5d ago
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    Job description

    Job Description:

    • Lead the automation testing strategy and implementation for enterprise Pega applications.
    • Design and maintain scalable automation frameworks for UI, API and end-to-end testing.
    • Identify suitable candidates for automation and maximise regression coverage.
    • Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and establish automated quality gates.
    • Lead and develop the automation and quality engineering team.

    Key Responsibilities:

    • Define automation strategy, roadmap, tooling selection and ROI model.
    • Design and maintain reusable automation frameworks - hybrid, data-driven, keyword-driven, BDD/Cucumber, Page Object Model.
    • Develop automated UI/API test scripts, handling Pega's dynamic DOM in Constellation and traditional UI.
    • Lead automation of Pega-specific layers - Pega Scenario Testing, Pega Automated Unit Testing (AUT) and rule-level coverage.
    • Automate and optimise regression test suites; drive regression cycle time down and coverage up.
    • Integrate automation with CI/CD - Deployment Manager, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
    • Own test data management strategy, synthetic data generation, masking and environment refresh coordination.
    • Manage test data and environments.
    • Lead performance and load test strategy (JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling) and interpret Pega PAL, DB Trace and PDC output.
    • Analyse automation results and investigate automation failures and flakiness.
    • Lead defect triage, root-cause analysis and prevention actions.
    • Track and report automation coverage, pass rate, execution time and quality metrics.
    • Establish testing standards, code review practice and version control discipline for test assets.
    • Mentor automation engineers and allocate work across the team.
    • Collaborate with Pega developers and architects on testability and shift-left practice.
    • Provide quality sign-off and go/no-go recommendations at release gates.
    • Evaluate emerging tooling, including AI-assisted test generation and self-healing automation.

    Technical Qualification: Minimum knowledge, skills, abilities needed:

    • Strong automation-testing experience, including framework design from scratch.
    • Experience testing Pega applications.
    • Experience with Pega Scenario Testing and Pega Automated Unit Testing (AUT).
    • Strong API testing experience.
    • UI automation experience.
    • Knowledge of Selenium/Playwright/Cypress or equivalent.
    • Experience with REST API automation (RestAssured, Karate, Postman/Newman, SoapUI).
    • Programming experience in Java, Python, JavaScript or equivalent.
    • CI/CD experience and pipeline ownership.
    • SQL/database testing knowledge.
    • Git and version control discipline for test assets.
    • Agile/Scrum experience.
    • Team leadership and mentoring experience.

    Educational Qualification:

    • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related technical discipline.
    • Master's degree (M.Tech / MCA) is an advantage.

    Preferred Qualification:

    • 7+ years testing experience.
    • 5+ years automation experience.
    • 3+ years Pega testing experience.
    • 2+ years leading QA/automation teams.
    • ISTQB Foundation certification.
    • ISTQB Advanced Test Automation Engineer or Test Manager certification.
    • Certified Pega System Architect (CPSA / CSA) is strongly recommended.
    • Experience with Pega Constellation testing.
    • Experience integrating automation into DevOps pipelines.
    • DevOps or cloud certification (Docker, Kubernetes/CKAD, Azure DevOps Engineer, AWS/Azure Associate).
    • Performance testing experience is advantageous.

    S​YNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

    Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.

    All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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    About the company

    Synechron

    At Synechron , we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. Synechron’s progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end  Consulting, Design, Cloud, Data, and Engineering , servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization, from Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence to Data Science models, Digital Underwriting, mobile-first applications and more. Over the last 20+ years, our company has been honored with multiple employer awards, recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about, Synechron has a global workforce of  14,500+, and has 58 offices in 21 countries within key global markets. For more information on the company, please visit our  website  or  LinkedIn  community. Why join Synechron ? We are in constant search for talented and enthusiastic people who are passionate about working with our clients and being the best ambassadors for our company.

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