Senior QA Engineer Brunel

We are hiring for one of our prestigious clients, a leading international oil and gas service company in Kuwait!!!

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Job location: Ahmadi, Kuwait

Contract Duration: 1 Year with possible extension

Salary & Benefits: Excellent all-inclusive day rate

Domain: Oil & Gas

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Job Description:

• We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Senior QA Engineer with a strong background in both manual and automation testing, and domain expertise in oil and gas or oilfield services. This role plays a critical part in ensuring the quality, performance, and reliability of enterprise-grade applications that support upstream oilfield workflows, data management, and analytics. The ideal candidate will be well-versed in functional, regression, and performance testing, and comfortable working in complex technical and domain environments.

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Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Product Owners, Developers, and DevOps engineers to understand product requirements, architecture, and deployment models.
• Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test plans and test cases covering functional, regression, integration, and performance scenarios.
• Perform manual exploratory testing to uncover edge cases and usability issues, especially in early development cycles.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts using Python and Selenium for UI and API testing.
• Conduct performance and stress testing using tools like JMeter and analyze bottlenecks and scalability issues.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines for continuous quality assurance.
• Create and maintain clear documentation on test coverage, test execution results, and quality metrics.
• Report and track software defects with clear reproduction steps and impact analysis.
• Verify data integrity and accuracy by writing and executing SQL queries against relational databases.
• Contribute to defining quality standards and driving best practices in testing and automation across teams.

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Required Education and Skills:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of professional QA experience in software testing across manual and automated disciplines.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with strong analytical thinking.
• Strong experience in writing test scripts in Python for automation.
• Proficient in using Selenium for UI test automation and JMeter for performance/load testing.
• Solid understanding of QA methodologies, software development lifecycle, and agile practices.
• Familiarity with REST APIs and tools for API testing (e.g., Postman, REST-assured).
• Strong hands-on experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MS SQLServer, including writing SQL queries for validation.
• Experience working in CI/CD environments using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
• Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and drive testing efforts across multiple projects.

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Nice to Have:

• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools to assess test environment health.
• Experience with containerized environments (e.g., Docker) or cloud-based testing setups.
• Exposure to AI-driven testing tools or test optimization through machine learning.

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Domain Knowledge (Oil & Gas):

• Familiarity with oilfield data management, drilling/completion workflows, reservoir modeling, or field operations.
• Experience testing applications related to subsurface data visualization, production monitoring, or energy asset management is highly valued.