Test Automation Engineer

Essential Functions (Job Duties and Responsibilities):

Solid understanding of duties performed within entire software development life cycle, tools, and language(s) to include:

• Collaborate with Product Owners/BA’s/Architects in refinement and defining story acceptance criteria for controls based software utilized in automated systems for material movement
• Analyze system requirements and review technical specifications to assess, evaluate, and create testing requirements for all software components for functional and end-to-end scenarios
• Follows best practices for construction and utilization of Hybrid Testing Framework (data-driven, Keyword Driven) to support both Dev and DevOps in Test/Behavior driven designs and DevOps CI/CD pipelines for test automation/integration.
• Produces test scripts, materials and regression test packages to test new and enhances software features. Specifies requirements for environment, data, resources and tools.
• Assist in the construction and maintenance of automated test reporting infrastructure for providing technical, project, and business visibility to software quality.
• Creates and maintains traceability records, from test cases back to requirements.
• Works as a multi-skilled professional practicing SAFe Agile in both a SCRUM/Kanban methodology
• Communicates daily with the Scrum Master or Team Lead and the agile team on progress made and planned progress for the coming day; reports any impediments blocking progress
• Participates in sizing and estimation activities within the agile team
• Taking part in continuous improvement through sharing of knowledge and coaching within the team

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science or Information Technology or equivalent
• A Minimum of 3 years working experience as a QA Engineer and at least 1 of those years in working with complex testing frameworks supporting automation and CI/CD pipelines
• At least 1 year of developing automated test utilizing 1 or more of these languages: Java, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Groovy, or C#.
• Knowledgeable on testing tools with experience in at least 1 or more: Postman, JMeter, SoapUI, Cucumber, Selenium, Gherkin, SpecFlow, or Katalon Studio
• Demonstrated ability to perform complex test analysis, test case construction/automation and defect documentation for reproduction.
• Experience with integration of test automation within CI/CD pipelines. Utilizing containers is a plus.
• Experience in working with GIT (Bitbucket), SVN or other distributed source control systems
• Working knowledge of developing/deployment of test systems/frameworks within cloud systems (Azure, AWS, etc.)
• Ability to analyze and test with database systems such as Oracle, PostgreSQL or MongoDB

Preferred Qualifications:

Any of the following additional experience is a plus:

• Controls software testing within various industrial environments like baggage handling, Warehouse Control/Execution software or equivalent
• Working experience with Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence, etc.)
• At least 1 year of experience with JMeter, Postman, or Cucumber
• Experience testing cloud based software with domain driven designs utilizing Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with SQL language in one or more database platforms (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle or MS SQL)
• Certification with TMAP and/or ISTQB is a plus but not required

Knowledge-Skills-Abilities (Competencies):

Strong communication skills (written and verbal).

Good interpersonal skills (work well within a team).

Be able to contribute to the onboarding process of additional team members.

Ability to work in a fast-paced operational environment with competing priorities and multiple stakeholders.

Strong analytical abilities, and able to put forward recommendations in both written and verbal form.

Able to work unsupervised, take initiative and resolve issues.