Deloitte: Associate Analyst | Automation Testing

Job Description

Deloitte is hiring an Associate Analyst – Automation Testing for its Quality Engineering team in Bengaluru, offering an excellent opportunity for fresh graduates and early-career professionals who want to build a strong career in software testing and test automation. The role focuses on improving application quality through systematic test planning, automated test execution, defect identification, and continuous quality validation. As an Associate Automation Test Engineer, you will work closely with developers, business analysts, senior QA professionals, and project stakeholders to understand functional requirements and translate them into effective test scenarios and automated test cases. The position provides practical exposure to enterprise-level software testing, web application testing, API testing, regression testing, and modern quality engineering practices.

The role also offers an opportunity to develop hands-on expertise with widely used automation testing technologies such as Selenium WebDriver, Java or Python, Postman, REST Assured, SQL, Git, and testing frameworks. You will participate in different stages of the Software Testing Life Cycle and contribute to functional, regression, smoke, and sanity testing activities. Working within an Agile/Scrum environment, you will take part in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives while collaborating with cross-functional teams to resolve software defects efficiently. Your responsibilities will extend beyond test execution to include maintaining automation scripts, preparing quality documentation, tracking defects, reporting test results, and supporting quality metrics. This makes the position particularly suitable for candidates seeking an entry-level automation testing job in Bengaluru.

As part of Deloitte’s Technology & Transformation engineering environment, you can gain exposure to large-scale technology projects and structured quality engineering processes. The organization provides opportunities to learn from experienced QA professionals while working with enterprise automation frameworks and evolving testing technologies. Candidates with internship experience, academic projects, or hands-on exposure to Selenium, TestNG, JUnit, Cucumber, Jenkins, API testing, and Git can strengthen their suitability for the position. The role encourages continuous learning and problem-solving, making it a strong starting point for professionals aiming to progress toward positions such as Automation Test Engineer, QA Engineer, Software Test Engineer, SDET, Quality Analyst, or Senior Automation Engineer.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Understand software requirements and business functionality by reviewing functional specifications and collaborating with business analysts and developers to identify testable requirements, risks, dependencies, and expected application behavior.
• Design detailed test scenarios and test cases covering positive, negative, boundary, and functional conditions to ensure that applications meet business requirements and deliver a reliable user experience.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts for web applications using tools such as Selenium WebDriver, while following reusable and maintainable automation practices suitable for enterprise testing environments.
• Perform API testing and validation using tools such as Postman or REST Assured to verify API responses, request parameters, status codes, data integrity, and expected application behavior.
• Execute functional, regression, smoke, and sanity testing during different stages of application development to identify defects and confirm that new changes have not negatively affected existing functionality.
• Identify, document, and track software defects using appropriate defect management systems, providing clear reproduction steps, supporting evidence, severity information, and technical observations for development teams.
• Collaborate with developers and project stakeholders to investigate application issues, reproduce defects, validate fixes, and ensure that identified problems are resolved before software releases.
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, while communicating testing progress, risks, blockers, and quality concerns.
• Maintain testing documentation and execution reports, including test cases, automation results, defect reports, test summaries, and other quality-related documentation required by the project.
• Use version control and development practices such as Git to manage automation code, collaborate with team members, and maintain organized test automation assets.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by exploring new testing tools, frameworks, automation techniques, and quality engineering practices that can improve test coverage and execution efficiency.
• Monitor and contribute to quality metrics by analyzing test execution results, defect trends, automation coverage, and recurring issues to help teams make informed decisions about application quality.

Requirements & Eligibility

• Educational Qualification: Candidates should have a BE or BTech degree, preferably in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Electronics, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience: The position is suitable for fresh graduates and professionals with 0–2 years of experience in software testing, quality assurance, automation testing, or a closely related technical area.
• Software Testing Fundamentals: Candidates should understand the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), including test planning, test execution, defect management, retesting, and regression testing.
• Automation Testing Knowledge: Basic hands-on knowledge of Selenium WebDriver is expected. Candidates should understand how browser automation works and should be comfortable developing or maintaining basic automated test scripts.
• Programming Skills: Familiarity with Java or Python is important for automation testing. Candidates should understand programming fundamentals such as variables, conditions, loops, functions, collections, and basic object-oriented programming concepts.
• API Testing: Knowledge of API testing using Postman or REST Assured is preferred. Candidates should understand HTTP methods, response codes, request/response structures, and basic API validation concepts.
• Database & SQL Knowledge: A basic understanding of SQL and database concepts is valuable for validating application data, executing queries, checking records, and identifying data-related defects.
• Testing Frameworks & DevOps Exposure: Familiarity with TestNG, JUnit, Cucumber/BDD, Jenkins, and CI/CD concepts can provide an advantage, particularly for candidates interested in building scalable automation frameworks.
• Version Control & Agile: Candidates should preferably understand Git or another version control system and have basic knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies, including sprint-based development and collaborative delivery.
• Professional Skills: Strong analytical thinking, debugging ability, attention to detail, communication skills, teamwork, and willingness to learn new technologies are important for succeeding in a fast-paced Quality Engineering environment. Internship experience or academic projects involving automation testing can also be advantageous.

Expected Salary

For an Associate Analyst / entry-level Automation Testing role in Bengaluru, a realistic market-aligned salary expectation is approximately ₹4 lakh to ₹7.5 lakh per annum, depending on the candidate's technical skills, internship or project experience, and overall profile. Candidates with stronger hands-on knowledge of Selenium, Java/Python, API testing, SQL, and automation frameworks may command compensation toward the upper end of the range.

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