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Role Overview

Hitachi Vantara is seeking aQA SDET Automation Engineerto join our Global Quality Assurance team and contribute to the development, maintenance, and execution of automated testing solutions across our product ecosystem.

In this role, you will design and implement automated tests, enhance existing frameworks, and collaborate closely withcross‑functionalteams to ensurehigh‑qualitysoftware delivery. You will bring stronghands‑onengineering skills, a passion for automation, and a commitment to continuous improvement in testing practices.

Experience:5–8+ Years
Job Location:Kolkata, India preferred

Key Responsibilities

• Automation Development:Build, enhance, andmaintainautomated test suites for UI, API, andstorage‑relatedcomponents.

• Framework Contribution:Work within existing automation frameworks and contribute improvementsforscalability, maintainability, and performance.

• Test Execution & Analysis:Execute automated tests, analyze failures, and work with developers toidentifyroot causes and ensuretimelyresolution.

• CI/CD Integration:Implement andoptimizeautomated test execution within CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI).

• Quality Advocacy:Collaborate with QA, development, and product teams to ensure test coverage, quality standards, and best practices are consistently applied.

• Tooling & Environment Setup:Configure automation tools, manage test environments, and work with containerized setups (Docker).

• Documentation:Create andmaintainclear documentation for test cases, automation scripts, and framework usage.

• Continuous Improvement:Identifyopportunities to improve automation efficiency, reliability, and coverage.

• Cross‑TeamCollaboration:Work with global teams across India, Japan, and the US to align on testing goals and deliverables.

Required Skills

• 5–8+ yearsofhands‑onexperience in test automation engineering.

• Experience with modern UI automation tools such asPlaywright, Cypress, or Selenium.

• Strong foundational knowledge ofstorage technologies, such as block storage, object storage (S3‑compatible systems), NFS, or distributed file systems.

• KnowledgeofHitachi products such as VSP360,Ops Center will be an added advantage.

• Solid understanding ofRESTful API testingand automation.

• Experience working withCI/CD pipelines(GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI).

• Strong understanding ofQA methodologies, SDLC, and agile practices (Scrum, Kanban).

• ProficiencywithLinux/UNIXenvironments andhands‑onexperience withDockeror containerized test environments.

• Familiarity withInfrastructure‑as‑Codetools (Terraform, Ansible) is a plus.

• Exposure to storage technologies or virtualization environments is an advantage.

• Excellent communication skills forcross‑teamcollaboration and documentation.

• Ability to work effectively across multiple time zones.

• Strongproficiencyin at least oneobject‑orientedprogramming language (e.g.,Java or Python) and one scripting language (JavaScript/TypeScriptpreferred).

Preferred Qualifications

• ISTQB Test Automation Engineer certification

• Jenkins Engineer Certification

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)