Senior Quality Engineering Specialist - Test Automation & Manual Testing (Salesforce)

Senior Specialist - Quality Engineering

Senior Test Automation-Manual Engineer (Salesforce Exp mandate)

Location - Pan India (LTM Location)

Shift Time - 12:30 To 8:30 PM IST

75 % Manual & 25 % Automation & Salesforce experience mandate.

Mandatory Skills : Salesforce Sales CPQ/CLM Cloud Testing, Automation Testing, API Testing, CI/CD, WireMock, Functional Regression Testing, Mockito, Spring, Integration Testing, Mocking Stubbing

Good to Have Skills : Salesforce Service Cloud (FSL/SMAX) Testing, 

We are looking for an experienced hands-on external Senior Test Automation Engineer who can bridge the gap between traditional QA and core software engineering

Functional & End-to-End Testing Core (~75% of the role): 

• Test Script Design: Independently draft advanced test scripts in Gherkin within TestRail based on global release notes and local user stories. 
• Hands-on Execution: Execute deep manual functional, configuration, and exploratory tests to validate business-critical flows on Salesforce and iPlan 
• Integration & SIT Validation: Validate complex local connections (such as API-driven endpoints via Boomi or Apigee) to ensure data integrity across the entire local E2E chain. 
• Defect Management: Log and track formal software defects thoroughly inside Jira, acting as a strong sparring partner for developers during re-testing. 
• Acceptance Support: Actively support local business streams and users during Functional Acceptance Testing (FAT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) by preparing test data and helping guide execution. 
• Team Mentorship: Support, train, and coach junior and medior QA testers on-the-job to enhance their testing techniques and functional analysis skills.

Test Automation Support (~25% of the role): 

• Risk-Based Selection: Analyze delivered epics to identify the highest-risk business scenarios and tag them within TestRail for inclusion in the automated regression suite.
• Pipeline Execution: Trigger and run automated smoke tests and API test scripts (using tools like ) immediately following environment deployments to ensure platform stability
• Automation Collaboration: Collaborate closely with dedicated Test Automation Engineers, flagging when existing automated scripts require refactoring due to changes in application UI or workflows. 
• API & Microservice Savvy: Deep experience with automated testing of REST 
  APIs and navigating a microservices/domain services architecture (using libraries such as like RestAssured or similar).  

Who will you collaborate with? 

• Reporting line: You will report directly to the local Test Manager / Domain Manager of the x-one program.
•  The Project Team: Work daily alongside internal QA Testers, dedicated Automation Engineers, Developers, and Product Owners within your agile squad.
• Stakeholders: Connect with local Dutch IT domain experts (RGN IT), global business flow leads, and global QA counterparts to sync on release expectations.

What do you bring? 

Requirements: 

• Experience: A minimum of 10 years of proven experience as a Test Analyst or QA Engineer in large-scale, complex enterprise environments.
• SaaS Ecosystems: Demonstrable experience testing within Salesforce implementations and connected platform tools  
• Analytical Mindset: Strong capability in applying risk-based testing methodologies, such as Product Risk Analysis or Risk Poker frameworks.
• Tool & Method Sync: Strong working knowledge of Jira, TestRail, and Gherkin syntax.
• Automation Context: Practical familiarity with writing, running and analyzing automated API tests
• Languages: Fluent at writing and speaking in English (essential for navigating local integrations and global organizational alignment).