Quality Engineering Specialist

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Job description

Qualifications Required:

5+ years' experience with the following testing tools: JIRA, qTest and Selenium/Java (or comparable)

Experience with Collaboration Tools: Confluence and SharePoint (or comparable)

Knowledge and Experience in Waterfall, Agile, and Iterative development methodologies

Experience using Dynatrace, Splunk or similar monitoring tools

In-depth knowledge and experience testing Transactional, Message-based, and Web-based applications

Experience with object-oriented programming languages

Experience with relational databases

Experience testing all layers of applications including front-end, service layer, back-end connections; testing applications deployed to cloud environments (AWS)

Experience with Financial or Credit Card-based processing

Experience working in a regulated environment

Bachelor's degree in a STEM-related field (Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, etc.), or equivalent experience (6+ years)

Passionate about software quality and test architecture; must be able to review specifications and design thorough test coverage

6+ years of experience in creation and execution of automated test scripting for software applications and/or systems

Demonstrated experience in test planning and execution activities, test strategy, test data definition, data setup, test execution, defect reporting & communication of status/metrics

Proven ability to define, design, develop and maintain test automation frameworks and test cases for software applications and/or systems

Firm understanding and knowledge of databases

Ability to recognize risks and errors in an application and employ automation testing to reduce them

Deep, practical knowledge of DevOps Testing

Highly proficient in analyzing technical and design documentation to develop test scripts

Understand, analyze, and develop complex automated tests including data sets, positive and negative functional scenarios to ensure product quality

Understand project documents and project objectives including User Stories or Requirements to create and execute test cases; ability to work with stakeholders to provide input on testability of functional elements

Demonstrated experience building automated tools/utilities that minimize or eliminate inefficiencies in the testing process

Investigation of production problems, creation and management of defect reports, creation of project status reports

Experience working with Release Management teams; experienced in investigation and testing of deployment or production issues

Ability to work with minimal supervision while remaining on-task and deadline oriented

Proven skills in data analysis, data/design verification, and problem-solving

Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Experience in the following environments: Linux, AIX and Windows

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

Lead planning, estimation, development, and implementation of test automation frameworks and strategies

Design and develop automated testing including creation, execution, and maintenance of automated scripts using industry best practices and standards

Execute translation of manual testing scenarios to test automation coverage across multiple products

Automate testing for use in a DevOps architecture

Participate either as the sole QE resource on projects, or in an Agile scrum team

Use of strong problem-solving skills to investigate and document defects and their respective resolutions

Lead larger test automation efforts independently and act as a subject matter expert to team members on smaller efforts

Effectively communicate status to stakeholders and proactively locate and address concerns

Champion Agile best-practices, processes, and tools in support of DevOps processes with respect to developing testing automation

Conform to department standards to comply with audit and regulatory policies

Adhere to department documentation standards

Assist team members through cross-training on applications and systems, perform peer reviews, training and mentoring manual and junior QE members on automation testing

Participate in the transformation of testing into a continuous and efficient end-to-end quality engineering function

Aid in the evolution of more predictive and intelligent testing approaches based on automation

Collaborate with other test engineers across products and projects to solve problems and deploy them, and mature automation testing practices

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