QA Automation Engineer – JavaScript

Ciena

QA Automation Engineer at Ciena leading product verification and automation initiatives in software solutions. Collaborating across teams and maintaining high-quality standards for competitive market differentiation.

Posted 5/6/2026full-timeGurugram • 🇮🇳 IndiaJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AngularCypressDistributed SystemsJavaScriptJenkinsLinuxMicroservicesTypeScriptUnix

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and execute product verification and test automation initiatives across complex, distributed systems
Translate high‑level product requirements into comprehensive manual test plans that maximise coverage and customer experience
Design, automate, and maintain end‑to‑end (E2E) tests for Angular‑based user interfaces and Representational State Transfer (REST) application programming interface (API) services
Integrate automated test suites into continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using industry best practices
Plan, build, and manage lab or simulation environments to support advanced system‑level testing scenarios
Identify, investigate, and clearly communicate software defects with potential customer impact, collaborating closely with development teams on resolution
Provide clear, actionable test status updates to global stakeholders and continuously evaluate emerging test automation tools and approaches.

Requirements

What you’ll need

2+ years of experience in software quality assurance, including both manual and automated testing
Strong programming skills in JavaScript/TypeScript.
Strong knowledge of system, functional, regression, smoke, integration, and performance testing methodologies
Hands‑on experience with frontend test automation frameworks such as Webdriver.io/Cypress/Playwright, and behaviour‑driven development tools such as Jasmine or Cucumber
Proficiency in backend testing, including REST API and database testing using tools such as Postman or Newman.
Experience configuring and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, TeamCity, or GitLab
Solid operational experience with Unix or Linux operating systems and modern microservices‑based web architectures.

Benefits

Comp & perks

flexible work environment
opportunities for individual growth
well-being and belonging culture
meaningful social, community, and societal impact

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaScriptTypeScriptmanual testingautomated testingsystem testingfunctional testingregression testingsmoke testingintegration testingperformance testing

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationproblem-solvingstakeholder management