At NTT DATA, we know that with the right people on board, anything is possible. The quality, integrity, and commitment of our employees are key factors in our company’s growth, market presence and our ability to help our clients stay a step ahead of the competition. By hiring, the best people and helping them grow both professionally and personally, we ensure a bright future for NTT DATA and for the people who work here. NTT DATA, Inc. currently seeks an “Automation Test Lead ” to join our team in “Pune/BLR/Chennai”. Client's business problem to solve? Our client is one of the leading American multinational investment bank and financial services corporation headquartered in New York City. NTT has partnered with the client to responsibly provide financial services that enable growth and economic progress.  NTT enables customer in their day-to-day business operations, Clientele support, and achieve engineering excellence. Our end-to-end services help client streamline operations, improve productivity and strengthen cash flow to help our customers stay competitive and improve member satisfaction. Position's General Duties and Tasks Experience – 6+ years Strong expertise in identifying the scope of automation, driving the automation test development Programming Languages:- Java Tools:- TestNG, Selenium, Maven, Cucumber, and Jenkins and any DB experience Experience with SQL queries to review and update test data Experience with functional and API test automation, Test script creation and modification required using test automation frameworks based on BDD, Selenium, Appium Experience with SOAPUI, Rest Assured API Testing Familiar with CI-CD pipeline using tools like Jenkins Mentor as a technical lead for the project Good Requirement analysis, Team coordination capabilities · Proficient in Test case creation, Test Execution, Defect Tracking and root cause analysis Ability to build productive relationships with teams, clients and business users Excellent problem solving skills with good interpersonal skills Setting up, maintaining, and performing test automation frameworks on multiple application platforms, such as Mobile, Desktop, and Web, and building test scenarios and acceptance tests Quality Engineering or Development experience in Agile working environment, time-to-market driven environment preferred Investigating customer problems referred to you by the technical support team, testing bugs, and creating and managing bug reports Nice to have/Preferred: Working knowledge of Playwright as Testing tool is highly preferred and is big plus  Exposure in GenAI tools like Copilots, LLMs and related ecosystem Understanding of LLMs at broader level i.e. how to generate test data, test cases using LLMs e.g. Open AI or Google Vertex AI Having Python working knowledge is preferred Certification (Good to have): Selenium WebDriver, Core Java Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent required