Work as part of cross functional, passionate agile project teams to ensure quality is driven into the heart of the development process from requirements definition through to delivery
Designing, developing and supporting frameworks for our test infrastructure and providing automation expertise to our development teams
Contributing toward predictable delivery of quality releases
Research, recommend and implement tools as needed with the goal of increasing automation
Mentor team members on automation
Proactively bringing issues and problems to the attention of the team; generating, proposing and implementing innovative solutions to solve them
Be meticulous about documentation and maintaining a robust log of all test cases and test results
Ensure that all tests are executed and give regular feedback to the team lead on the status of quality
Use appropriate measures and KPIs to validate and report on software quality Work closely with the software engineering team, Product Management and Technical Operations as well as business users and Senior Management, as required
Be a creative thinker who can quickly identify and test for functional 'edge cases' outside of expected functionality workflow
Have the drive to become an expert in:
Unit testing o UX Testing
UI Testing o Integration testing of APIs
Performance and scalability testing
Security Penetration Testing
API testing of REST APIs
Good to Have:
Building test infrastructures using containerization technologies such as Docker and working within continuous delivery / continuous release pipeline processes
Testing enterprise applications deployed to cloud environments such as AWS
Experience mentoring QA staff and end users on quality objectives and testing processes
Understanding of coding enterprise applications within Java, PHP, Python and other languages
Understanding of NoSQL database technologies such as MongoDB or DynamoDB CTFL, ISTQB, CSQA or CSTE certified Degree level qualifications in a technical related subject
Qualifications
Strong background in, and at working in tooling or QA automation
Thorough understanding of SDLC, specifically automated QA processes in agile development environments
Experience in writing, executing and monitoring automated test suites using a variety of technologies including, but not limited to, Cucumber, Concordion, Selenium, Fit/FitNesse, SoapUI
Proficient with bug tracking and test management toolsets to support development processes
Strong working knowledge of testing fundamentals such as TDD & BDD
Proficient working with relational databases such as MySQL & PostreSQL
