Test Automation Engineer

One of our client is seeking an Automation Test Engineer to provide testing support as a member of an integrated agile project development and testing Team. He/she will be working with other Developers and Testers to test custom developed software as required.

The Tester will be responsible for providing input to project release plans that cover project inception through delivery and on-going operational maintenance. They will be expected to analyze and solve complex testing related problems; review other developers and tester's work products for correctness, adherence to the project design concept and user standards.

The Tester will play a key role for a highly secured system for a government agency. To be successful in this role, the Tester should be self-motivated and passionate about solving technical problems. The system facilitates high value financial transactions over the Internet. With this in mind, experience with payment systems, trading systems or other highly secure transactional systems would be highly valuable.

Responsibilities:

Analyzing complex requirements and design documents to develop detailed step by step manual test cases

Executing manual test cases; documenting actual results during execution; reviewing the test results and reporting anomalies (if any) into the defect tracking database

Developing new automation scripts and updating existing scripts to meet the newly added functionalities

Executing automated test scripts; reporting execution results and identifying unsuccessful execution (if any)

Executing Load/Performance testing by running the load test scripts and generating the load test execution results reports

Tracking the defects from creation to closure; documenting detail description of defect and working with developers to reproduce

Deploying software to test environments and monitoring server logs during testing and identify errors and/or unexpected log entries

Participating and/or facilitating the test case peer review meetings and providing feedback making sure that developed test cases meet the client requirements and test conditions verifies the requested functionality

Assisting test lead with release test plan, generating RTM, maintaining regression test database, and creating test reports at the end of each testing phase

Assisting the test lead on performing an internal quality assurance check on all deliverables to ensure that all deliverables are complete, accurate, and adhere to the client's standards

Integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline to enable continuous testing and delivery

Collaborate with DevOps to ensure seamless automation within the build and deployment processes.

Ensure comprehensive test coverage through automated test cases.

Providing assistance to business analyst with business/functional requirements and developers with technical requirementsRequired

Bachelor s degree in computer science or related field (4 years experience in lieu of degree)

5 years total IT experience primarily as software test engineer

3+ years of experience as Automation test engineer

Proven experience as an SDET, QA Engineer, or in a similar role with a focus on test automation.

Hands-on experience with Selenium and/or Playwright automation, TestNG, JUnit, Cucumber, Framework creation, JavaScript coding, and API testing experience

Strong knowledge of Software Testing Lifecycle/Testing Methodologies

Ability to analyze complex requirements and design documents to create detailed test cases and scripts

Expertise in executing test cases and documenting actual results, identifying software defects and creating test reports

Experience in Quality Center or similar test management tools

Experience in Unified Functional Testing tool or similar automation scripting tools like Selenium

Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks for functional, regression, and performance testing.

Basic Knowledge of Structured Query Language

Experience with configuration management and version control tools such as Atlassian suite, JIRA and/or Subversion

Excellent organizational, presentation, and business analysis skills.

Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Basic knowledge of LoadRunner

Basic knowledge of VB Scripting

Strong attention to detail and follow-through skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Experience in creating/editing technical documents and User Manuals for new/upgraded software

Ability to work productively in a dynamic, priority shifting, deadline-driven environment.