**Introduction** A 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. **Your role and responsibilities** As a Quality Engineer: Automation, you specialize in creating and maintaining automated testing solutions for IT systems and applications. You possess in-depth knowledge of various test automation tools and technologies to optimize testing processes. Your primary responsibilities will include: • Develop Automation Solutions: Design and implement automated testing solutions to streamline testing processes, ensuring efficient and reliable software delivery. • Build Optimized Test Scenarios: Create optimized test scenarios using various test automation tools and technologies to improve testing efficiency. • Manage Test Data and Environment: Develop and maintain automation for managing test data and environment-related automation to support seamless testing processes. • Integrate Testing Automation: Collaborate to integrate testing automation into overall delivery automation, aligning with contemporary trends like Agile, DevOps, and Containers. • Execute Tests: Develop automation for executing tests, ensuring thorough testing and minimizing manual intervention. **Required technical and professional expertise** • Test Automation Tools Exposure: Exposure to various test automation tools and technologies, with the ability to apply this knowledge to build optimized test scenarios and develop automation for executing tests. • Automated Testing Solution Development: Experience working with automated testing solutions for IT systems and applications, with a focus on optimizing testing processes. • Delivery Automation Integration: Exposure to integrating testing automation into overall delivery automation, including contemporary trends like Agile, DevOps, and Containers. • Test Data Management: Experience working with automation for managing test data and environment-related automation to support seamless testing processes. • Test Scenario Optimization: Exposure to creating optimized test scenarios using various test automation tools and technologies to improve testing efficiency. **Preferred technical and professional experience** • Agile Methodologies Knowledge: Exposure to Agile development methodologies, with an understanding of how to integrate testing automation into Agile workflows. • Containerization Technologies Familiarity: Familiarity with containerization technologies like Containers, and experience working with them in a testing automation context. • DevOps Practices Understanding: Exposure to DevOps practices, with knowledge of how to align testing automation with DevOps principles. IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.