Senior Test Automation Engineer

Key Role Responsibilities

TEST AUTOMATION AND SCRIPTING

• A key part of your role will require the ability to automate the testing on the various product lines that you will work on. This automation could be in a variety of methods including but not limited to: scripting using a common scripting language (Java, Selenium), sql scripting, shell scripting, etc...
• Ensure that you follow the coding standards set out in the automation framework
• Conduct peer code reviews
• Help debug code problems with the development team as required

TEST CASE DEVELOPMENT

• Design and implement test procedures, test scripts, test cases in collaboration with other team members

TEST EXECUTION AND RESULTS ANALYSIS

• Run manual tests
• Create, run, and enhance automated test suites
• Create reports on test results, track results, and identify (performance) trends, outliers, errors outside of given bounds, etc.

TEST REPORTING

• Ensure the documentation and communication of test results and issues (bugs/improvement) through an issue tracking system
• Document work-around solutions when a release requires it

Collaboration

• Participate in daily Scrum meeting
• Work closely with Product Owners to understand the user stories and their acceptance criteria
• Document and track software defects found during testing
• Help create and refine test infrastructure

 Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Computer Science or related field
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Software Quality Engineering working in testing software in a large-scale software development environment
• Quick learner of new software applications
• Experience using a framework for automating tests for front-end, API’s and backend such as Selenium, Jmeter
• Knowledge of Java
• Experience with VM technology, different Operating Systems (Windows, OSX, Linux) and deployment of software
• Knowledge of Test Harnesses
• Ability to use manual, automated, or partly automated testing approaches to implementing test cases
• Experience with load, stress and performance testing

 Soft Skills and Competencies

• A passion for software Quality Assurance
• Team player who is detail oriented and has superb organizational skills
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Ability of working in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to plan and prioritize multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities
• Clear verbal and written communication skills (terse, clear and complete)
• Good technical writing skills and ability to describe clearly, complex processes and tasks
• High level of attention to detail and creative problem solving
• Ability to recommend several different possible approaches to solving any assigned testing activities including the use of different combinations of testing tools and techniques