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Senior QA Engineer

CHICAGO-60601, IL, US
06/23/2020

Annual Salary($): -

Required Skills

C#, CI tools

Company

Infinity Consulting Solutions, Inc

Experience

6 to 8 Year(s)

Job Description

Senior QA Engineer

Position Purpose: As a key position within the Quality Assurance team, the Sr. Automation QA Engineer will collaborate with the various groups within IT and across business units.

This role should work under minimal supervision, relying on experience and judgment to ensure the appropriate level of quality is designed into automated test scripts.

The Sr. Automation QA Engineer will plan work for the automation, review team's work output, perform training, and be hands-on automation contributor.

S/he will provide test automation leadership as well as continuous improvement within the software testing discipline.

The successful candidate will demonstrate proficiency with a highly collaborative approach, exhibiting excellent analytical, problem solving, organizational and interpersonal skills.

Primary Accountabilities/Responsibilities:

Develops automation roadmap to ensure key applications have appropriate coverage.

Develops or evolves appropriate QA standards, guidelines and procedures as needed.

Provides governance to ensure automated scripts meet coding standards and provide appropriate test coverage.

Trains and mentors team members on automation best practices, as well as effective use of test automation tools.

Works closely with global QA team and assists in resolving issues they may encounter.

Evaluates and recommends new tools, products, upgrades and vendor/multivendor solutions.

Communicates effectively with stakeholders (business, application, architecture and operations) in non-technical terms on issues that are encountered in testing and possible resolutions.

May contribute as a QA project lead, creating project plans/schedules, resolving issues, and ensuring deadlines are met.

Job Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Information Science/ Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering is required.

6+ years of experience in Information Technology field, focusing on Quality Assurance and Automation Testing.

Perform all aspects of quality assurance during the sprint cycles including test strategies, test case documentation, test data and test execution.

Identify, evaluate and recommend QA process and activities supporting software engineering in an agile, scrum team environment, including Story Pointing, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews and Sprint
Retrospectives.

Manage the current test automation architecture, frameworks, coding standards and suggesting improvements in the current Automation Testing Strategies/Practices.

Hands on experience with cutting edge automation tools for Web, Mobile, Desktop, DB and Web-service testing etc. and well versed with current test automation technology trends.

Experience in software testing stateless platforms (SOAP, RESTful web services or message queue systems).

Proficiency with at least one of the following languages: Python, Java, C#.

Strong knowledge of writing relational database queries, procedures, Database Development tools and concepts.

Experience and strong understanding of automation tools such as Selenium Webdriver, SoapUI, Client UFT, JMeter.

Experience with enterprise tools and CI tools such as, Azure pipelines, Git, Jenkins.

Hands on experience in unit test framework like TestNG/ JUnit/ NUnit/ MS Test.

Working with tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Test Rails to log any bugs and test results.

Comfortable with supporting team with manual testing as and when needed.

Technical depth to create and run test scripts that cover a wide variety of scenarios such as smoke, functional, regression, integration, usability and performance testing.

Detail-oriented, demonstrated ability to show initiative, good judgment, and resourcefulness.

Demonstrated ability to collaborate and foster a team-oriented, results driven culture.

Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills; ability to interact across all levels of the organization.

Exposure within the Financial services sector is preferred.

Physical requirements/Working conditions:

Climate controlled office environment

Minimal physical requirements other than occasional light lifting of boxed materials

Dynamic, time-sensitive environment