QA Engineer III

Description:

Summary: Results oriented Software QA Engineer lead with minimum 8 years total hands-on experience. Proven liaison and partnership skills to effectively manage client expectations along with accomplished communication, negotiation, and problem resolution skills. Innovative problem solver with hands on testing experience and automating test cases. The candidate should also have the ability to see both the business and technical sides of the problem. Reengineered and facilitated key QA methodologies, processes and metrics standards resulting in increased quality of releases delivered to clients. Strong expertise in automation and backend testing. Strong analytical skills with solid technical background in distributed development environments. Essential Job Functions: Lead QA initiatives for a project with possible coordination of offshore resources while contributing to the testing effort in a hands-on role Work with supervisor to oversee all aspects of quality assurance including establishing metrics, applying industry best practices, and using tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met Act as key point of contact for QA aspects of releases, providing QA services and coordinating QA resources internally and externally Review requirements and/or non-business requirements Develop and execute procedures, plans, test cases and scripts (manual and automated) Build automated test scripts (using Selenium based framework or LoadRunner) Work closely with cross-functional organizations, project teams and clients to develop project schedules, execute test plans and cases and deliver high quality products Track testing risks and develop mitigation action plans Responsibilities will include the creation and execution of detailed test scripts to verify software functionality and/or performance and adherence to business and non-business requirements Other Related Duties: Performs other related duties as assigned. Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no supervisory responsibilities. Qualifications: For Functional/Automation Engineer track To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Proven experience with a variety of different testing techniques such as UI Testing, Automated Testing, Behavior Driven Development Strategies Strong expertise in designing and implementing automation tests using Java and Selenium Proficient in testing and automating REST APIs and Web Services Experience with In-Sprint Automation Experience working in an Agile development and continuous integration environment Experience managing QA teams on initiatives of at least 3 people Proven ability to lead offshore teams Capable of adapting to a rapidly evolving environment Expert at SQA methodologies, tools and approaches (manual and automated testing experience) Knowledge of Java, JavaScript, HTML, SOAP/XML, SQL required Extensive knowledge of QA tools such as ALM, Jira and methodologies Extensive experience with of cross browser testing, compatibility testing, web services and mobile device testing Strong written and verbal communications skills Excellent leadership and coaching skills Strong people management, interpersonal communication and collaboration skills Highly organized, self-motivated, customer oriented and able to work independently as well as within a team and with internal business and technology partner Experience and good understanding with Chrome Dev tools, UNIX command, Shell scripting, Eclipse, HTTP, HTTPS, Test Driven Development a plus 5 years working on SDLC compliant on-shore and off-shore team environment Education and/or Experience: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from a Four (4) year College or University or equivalent education/experience Advanced skills, subject matter expert with 8 years QA experience. Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as policy and procedure manuals, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization. Mathematical Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, and percentages. Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and solve a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardizations exists. Ability to intemperate a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Customer Service Relationships: Assesses and diffuses problem situations and requires influencing others to reach consensus. Requires tact and diplomacy to handle difficult customer relationships. Explores alternatives and creative solutions to meeting the needs of customers. Work Complexity: Tasks are multiple and diverse with some interrelationship across processes. Work requires the direct application of a variety of procedures, policies and/or precedents. Work Environment: Work is normally performed in a typical interior work environment which does not subject the employee to any hazardous or unpleasant elements.

Skills:

Java, Selenium, Test automation, Automated testing, Development, cucumber, postman, Scripting, Agile, AWS, SQL, API

Top Skills Details:

Java,Selenium,Test automation,Automated testing,Development,cucumber,postman

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

Agile Experience

Experience Level:

Entry Level

About TEKsystems:

Were partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. Thats the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.