Mission Statement: Identification, exploration and implementation of technology / product development and growth strategies to enhance and secure global positioning. Ensure project execution, foster innovation and develop and secure R&D capabilities in the business for profitability. Devising research methods, focus on future technical direction, future scenarios in transforming technology landscape. Preparing technical specifications and specifying laboratory test equipment and processes. Making recommendations concerning acquisition and use of new technological equipment and materials within budgets and targets set. May participate in intellectual property evaluations and development of patent applications. Coordinating pilot-plant or initial production runs on new products or processes. A Specialist Professional (P4) is a recognized subject matter expert in job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience. Responsibilities typically include: Managing large projects or processes with limited oversight from manager. Coaching, reviewing and delegating work to lower level professionals. Problems faced are difficult and often complex . Your responsibilities: Define test objectives, write and execute test cases and test scenarios and perform planning activities Create automatic tests and support their maintenance Effectively document identified defects. Cooperate with developers to resolve any product issues Continuous expansion of skills in the field of testing and knowledge of the project's business domain Being a member of a cross discipline team, active participation in all team’s activities, focusing on a common goal Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business. Your background: Candidate should have a Bachelor / Master’s degree with more than 5 years of professional experience in quality assurance Comprehensive knowledge and experience with QA best practices and methodologies Experience in low level (API, integration) testing in microservices architecture Knowledge of Python, Robot Framework, Azure DevOps and Postgres is a plus Good understanding of the microservices architecture and testing related topics (i.a. message queues, Kubernetes, Docker) Effective team player with excellent communication skills who is eager to learn new things Experience in Azure DevOps / Jira / Helm Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.