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Location: All EXL Location

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled Kafka Tester with strong experience in quality assurance, event-driven systems, and API/message streaming validation. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Kafka, JSON, Postman, MongoDB, Oracle, and QA tools such as X-Ray, Jira, and Confluence. This role involves planning, executing, and maintaining comprehensive test strategies to ensure high-quality deliverables across distributed systems and microservices integrations.

Key Responsibilities

Participate fully in the software quality assurance process, following organizational procedures and ensuring all software components meet company and client standards. Review, analyze, and validate software and project documentation for completeness, accuracy, and adherence to standards. Conduct code inspections, walkthroughs, design reviews, and test readiness reviews to ensure proper implementation and release readiness. Plan, design, execute, and summarize reliability, functional, integration, and validation test cases for Kafka-based and related systems. Develop and execute detailed test plans, test scenarios, and test cases, specifically targeting Kafka message streams, JSON payloads, schemas, and transformations. Interface closely with development teams to discuss test results, raise defects, track resolutions, and provide improvement recommendations. Assist in internal and external audits, reviews, and compliance activities related to QA processes. Ensure robust quality control and corporate governance practices throughout project lifecycle. Provide quality support and guidance to cross-functional teams; contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes and tools. Lead and mentor QA activities within assigned projects/programs.

Required Skills & Competencies

Strong experience in Test Case Development, Software Testing, Controls Testing, and Quality Assurance. Proficient in Kafka testing including validation of producers/consumers, topics, partitions, offsets, and message flow. Strong understanding of JSON message structures, schema validation, and data integrity testing. Hands-on experience with MongoDB and Oracle for data validation. Working knowledge of Postman, Git, and related tooling for API and repository management. Strong experience with Agile methodologies and active participation in Agile ceremonies (scrum, standups, retrospectives, etc.). Proficiency with X-Ray, Jira, and Confluence for test management and documentation. Solid analytical thinking, problem-solving, and usability testing abilities. Good understanding of Corporate Governance and Quality Support frameworks.