We are looking for an experienced SDET / Test Automation Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in UFT/QTP and VBScript to design, develop, execute, and maintain robust functional automation solutions for enterprise banking applications. The candidate should have strong experience in automation framework development, API and database testing, end-to-end validation, defect analysis, and release certification.

The role requires a hands-on automation professional capable of working independently with business analysts, developers, functional testers, and other stakeholders to ensure high-quality application releases.

Design, develop, execute, and maintain automated test scripts using UFT/QTP and VBScript.Develop and enhance reusable, scalable automation frameworks using keyword-driven, data-driven, modular, or hybrid approaches.Automate functional and regression test scenarios across complex enterprise and banking applications.Create reusable functions, libraries, object repositories, checkpoints, recovery scenarios, and parameterized test components.Perform API testing for REST/SOAP services, including request/response, status code, payload, authentication, and error-handling validation.Perform database testing using SQL to validate data integrity, business rules, reconciliation, and backend transactions.Execute functional, regression, integration, system, and end-to-end testing across multiple applications and interfaces.Analyze automation failures, application defects, logs, and test results and support effective root-cause analysis.Manage defects throughout their lifecycle, including defect logging, triage, retesting, and closure.Support release validation and production-readiness testing, ensuring critical business journeys are successfully validated.Identify suitable test cases for automation and continuously improve regression automation coverage.Maintain test data and automation execution environments.Integrate automated test suites with CI/CD pipelines where applicable.Prepare test execution reports, defect metrics, and automation status for project stakeholders.Collaborate with developers, business analysts, product owners, and functional testing teams throughout the SDLC.

6–12 years of software testing experience, with strong emphasis on functional test automation.Strong hands-on experience with OpenText UFT One / HP UFT / QTP.Strong programming/scripting experience in VBScript.Experience in automation framework design, development, maintenance, and troubleshooting.Good understanding of object repositories, descriptive programming, reusable functions, parameterization, checkpoints, and recovery mechanisms in UFT.Hands-on experience in REST and/or SOAP API testing.Experience with API testing tools such as Postman, SoapUI, or equivalent.Strong experience with SQL and database/backend validation.Good understanding of functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing methodologies.Experience in defect management, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.Good knowledge of SDLC, STLC, Agile/Scrum, and test management processes.Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

Hands-on testing experience in banking or financial-services applications.Understanding of core banking or related processes such as payments, accounts, transactions, lending, cards, customer servicing, or financial workflows.Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into comprehensive functional and automation test scenarios.Experience validating complex transactions and data across multiple integrated banking systems