Sr. level QA Test Engineer

Job Title: Sr. level QA Test Engineer

Duration: 9 Months+ (Good possibility of extension)

Location: Plano, TX - must be local or near by

Client – AT&T

Rate- $65hr C2C

Visa- NO H1-B and no fake candidates please, they are very strict on this

Job Description:

On-site position, first 2 weeks in office, then remote until WFH order is lifted for NPW's.

There will be coding challenge and technical interview

TOP SKILLS REQUIRED:

SPOCK framework

Java

REST Assure

Postman

Jira

NO SQL

End to End Testing Experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee quality assurance processes for all products, working closely with staff to define the optimal solution for each issue that may arise and implement in-house quality procedures, standards and specifications.

• Provide regular direction, mentoring, and coaching to QA team members, ensuring the success of the team's efforts.

• Using testing techniques, design, develop, analyze test plans and strategies, write and execute test cases, and troubleshoot defects for applications.

• Develops automation strategies that will enhance test execution, manual test coverage and the consistency of regression testing.

• Determine integrated testing solutions that include cross dependencies between organizations and programs.

• Collaborates with Program Managers, Dev leads, Architects to identifying test scenarios for large programs.

• Develop data and environment strategies utilizing architectural skills and methodology to meet performance, usability, scalability, reliability and security needs.

• Report defects and follow up on their closure.

• Analyze test results, report test metrics, prepare and present test reports.

• Communicate progress proactively and regularly – using various tools and strategies (governance calls, stand-up calls, formal jeopardies, escalations, daily/weekly progress reports, defect metrics collections).

• Coordinate with teams involving all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle and facilitate certification for production deployment.

• Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field.

• 8+ years of experience in in the software quality field including prior hands-on quality engineering experience.

• 2-4 years of experience in leading and managing QA resources

• Understanding of multi-tier web application architecture and micro-service technologies.

• Working knowledge of database, ability to write basic sql/NoSQL queries.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in writing automation scripts using Java, SPOCK automation framework, TestNG & Selenium.

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, including requirements analysis and basic application architecture knowledge.

• Familiarity with entire software development life cycle and test cycles (Unit, Regression, Functional, Systems, Performance and Volume, User Acceptance).

• Detailed and effective written communication skills for documenting the features tested and bugs found.

• Highly organized, detail oriented, extremely responsive and able to prioritize multiple tasks. Self-motivated, works well independently and with others.

• Technical Skills:

• SPOCK framework, Selenium, TestNG, Java, Java Script, Pact, REST Assured, Postman, Jira, Jira Align, Jenkins, SOASTA, Oracle, Nosql