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Senior Quality Assurance Engineer Chicago IL 60606 Long Term
Notes : 100% REMOTE is OK, but will need to be very strong with communication skills and technical skills as this person will need to be self-sufficient to move the needle and not told what to do next on a daily basis.
Required Skills : Java Coding Skills, Selenium, Cucumber, Jenkins (Experience building Automation Frameworks from scratch and deploying them through CI/CD) Agile Development Team Experience (this person will be the SDET for a Development Scrum Team)
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS: • Experience using Java, Selenium, Cucumber, Jenkins, OpenStack, and more. • 5+ years overall QA/Development experience. • Demonstrated experience in test planning, test design, test strategy, and test execution. • Demonstrated use of tools or harnesses to enable more effective script creation and execution. • A history of working closely with Developers and Engineers to implement these designs. • A history of providing recommendations for improving how systems are designed and tested across an organization or company. • Skilled and passionate about development • Eager to expand your influence in surrounding areas. • Software craftsman who values quality over quantity, but you are not a zealot or perfectionist. • Experience in Clouds and everything SaaS. You like to build upon platforms composed of loosely coupled, contractually obligated services.
EDUCATION: BS in Computer Science or equivalent combination of technical education and work experience.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES: • Provide comprehensive quality review for all feature development, and strive to provide automation for all aspects of the quality review process. • Gather and analyze data in support of business cases, proposed projects, and systems requirements. • Work closely with the Product Development group to plan and negotiate iterative development cycles in an agile environment. • Collaborate with the Operations team to build infrastructure and care for Hyatt.com and associated properties in production, as Tier 3 support. • Apply DevOps tools and culture to deliver software to production early and often, with highly automated and reliable procedures. • Work closely with development and business teams to communicate problem impacts and to understand business requirements. • Track multiple test executions simultaneously and synthesize results. • Use creativity and initiative to improve product test coverage and effectiveness. • Communicate cross-functionally across management levels in formal and informal settings. • Use testing web technologies, services, and physical devices with an understanding of Java technologies, XML, JS, CSS, and HTML to automate and deliver robust test suites. • Write quality code for testing in high level languages (e.g., Java). • Enjoy Agile, DevOps and Continuous Delivery. • Build upon platforms composed of loosely coupled, contractually obligated services. • Mentor more-junior developers, while often receiving guidance from more experienced mentors.
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