IntroductionA career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.Your role and responsibilitiesWe are looking for a Quality Engineer with expertise in Automation specializes in creating and maintaining automated testing solutions for IT systems and applications. They possess in-depth knowledge of various test automation tools and technologies, using them to build optimized test scenarios, develop automation for executing tests, and manage test data and environment-related automation. Their expertise spans across all levels of testing, including functional, system integration, and end-to-end testing. They possess deep skills in core testing, technical testing, enabling them to create optimized test scenarios, plan testing activities, and identify test environment and data requirements.Required educationHigh School Diploma/GEDPreferred educationBachelor's DegreeRequired technical and professional expertiseAs a Test Specialist, we are looking for candidates with the following background and skills:- 4+ years of experience as a Test Engineer / QA Engineer.- Skills in core testing, technical testing and business domain/processes. Develop and execute plans, cases, scripts, and reports for various types of tests, including functional, regression, integration, performance, and user acceptance tests; - Automation Scripting Skills: Exposure to scripting languages and automation frameworks that can be leveraged to accelerate test automation- Advanced Analytics Familiarity: Experience working with analytics tools and techniques that support data-driven decision-making in test optimization and quality engineering- Testing experiences at Back-end (API, microservices, Data Testing, DB+SQL, etc…), python, robotframework and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (Jenkins, GitLab)- Knowledge of one or more Test Automation tools: Robot Framework, Selenium, SOAP UI, Postman, Cucumber-Gherkin (BDD)- Intermediate knowledge of English languagePreferred Professional and Technical ExpertisePreferred Professional and Technical Expertise:In particular, are very appreciated:- ISTQB Certified Tester - Foundation Level- Knowledge Tools for Test Automation: Tricentis Tosca, Worksoft, SAP CBTA or robotic (RPA), cognitive and Generative Artificial Intelligence tools.- Availability to travel is an additional mandatory prerequisite.Preferred technical and professional experience- Model-Based Testing Knowledge: Exposure to model-based testing approaches and methodologies, enabling the application of structured testing principles to optimize testing processes.- Advanced Analytics Familiarity: Experience working with analytics tools and techniques that support data-driven decision-making in test optimization and quality engineering.- Automation Scripting Skills: Exposure to scripting languages and automation frameworks that can be leveraged to accelerate test automation using platforms like IGNITE.