Description
The Quality Automation Engineer will play an integral role on Agile/Scrum product team(s) by developing software automation to aid in the delivery of high-quality products to our customers.
- Maintain company's custom Automation Framework, which is a collection of commonly used automated testing tools, by adding features, implementing enhancements, and fixing issues.
- The Quality Automation Engineer will develop automation tools and UI Scripts using, Selenium, Visual Studio, C#/.NET, and other testing tools to routinely test software deployments and products.
- The candidate will need to log, manage, and re-test issues when found, estimate time for the delivery of tasks, and execute automated tests when required.
- Adheres to automation best-practices' and standards to allow for easier collaboration among automation team members and increase the quality of the automation code.
- Create documentation and training aides to help local team members and off-shore teams develop better automation and tools
Skills and Experience:
Essential
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or related technical degree, plus minimum 2 years of full life cycle software development and automated testing experience
- Experience working on Agile/Scrum teams including participation in the following: Scrum meetings, Task Planning, Team Retrospectives, etc.
- Experience using automated testing tools; ie Selenium Web Driver, WatiN, etc.
- Mid-level to advanced coding skills, preferably in Java.
- Working knowledge of testing RESTful web services and using a corresponding tool-set (SoapUI, JUnit, NUnit, SQL etc.)
- Basic understanding of DB's and queries
- An individual with a track-record of being a self-starter', who is able to effectively decipher assigned tasks, deliver on-time with a high-level of accuracy, and pro-active in solving problems.
- Familiar with Unit Testing Frameworks
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Detail orientated, and ability to multi-task effectively
Highly Desirable
- Mid-level to advanced knowledge of source control tools: SVN, VSS, CVS, etc. including merge and branching concepts
- Basic understanding of Performance Tools: JMeter, LoadRunner, etc.
- Experience of working within a Continuous Integration environment
- Working knowledge of Test Driven Development and Behaviour Driven Design