QA Engineer

Job Title: QA Engineer Location: Remote Required Skills : Understanding of QA practices (black box testing, risk based testing, system testing, regression testing, exploratory testing practices). Strong technical competency and experience in an OOP language such as C#.NET/Java. Strong technical competency in test automation tools with preferable experience in Selenium/BDD framework/Coded UI. Experience working in the Atlassian suite of tools (Jira, Zephyr, Confluence). Job Description : What you’ll do: Design, implement and maintain automation test framework and test suites used during test development (including source control, test management and release systems). Design test automation for web services, APIs, and web based platforms. Perform moderately complex functional, application, regression, and performance tests. Drive a continuous improvement mentality to deliver robust performance testing strategies/methods and improve test scripts and product coverage. Interact regularly with development leads to ensure that the automation test framework can interact with and support a continuous integration development environment. Write automation design documents, operational guides and also assist in the development/implementation of Test Plans/Procedures as required to support automation activities. Help identify new approaches to automation and identify new tools that can help automate manual tests. Deliver high quality products on time while working in an Agile Scrum Team and following Agile methodologies. Provide accountability for testing and quality assurance, and communicate status regularly and effectively with development Scrum Team and Business Partners. What you have: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or a related field. 3-5 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance and QA Automation. Understanding of QA practices (black box testing, risk based testing, system testing, regression testing, exploratory testing practices). Strong technical competency and experience in an OOP language such as C#.NET/Java. Strong technical competency in test automation tools with preferable experience in Selenium/BDD framework/Coded UI. Experience working in the Atlassian suite of tools (Jira, Zephyr, Confluence). Working knowledge of Agile development process and methodologies is essential. Experience working on an Agile Scrum Team as an engaged team player with excellent communication skills (oral and written). Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment and to partner technically with Application Architects, Developers, QA/Testing organizations and Business teams. Hands on experience with DevOps and Continuous Integration tools (Jenkins/Bamboo/GIT) is preferred. Experience in Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD) or Behavior Driven Development (BDD) using Gherkin languages like Cucumber is a plus. Experience with Oracle and SQL query writing abilities is a plus. Thanks&Regards, Kiran Tumuluri IT-Recruiter Staffing | Thought wave Software and Solutions Limited 6308125139kiran@thoughtwavesoft.com www.thoughtwavesoft.com 314 N. Lake St, Suite 6, Aurora IL 60506