Test Architect / Principal Test Engineer

Job Description

Analyze, design develop, troubleshoot and debug software programs for commercial or end user applications. Writes code, completes programming and performs testing and debugging of applications.As a member of the software engineering division, you will specify, design and implement major changes to existing software architecture. Create new architecture for a moderate size product or a portion of a major product. Build and execute unit tests and unit test plans. Review integration and regression test plans created by QA. Communicate with QA and porting engineering to ensure consistency, testability and portability across products in general.Provide leadership and expertise in the development of new products/services/processes, frequently operating at the leading edge of technology. Recommends and justifies major changes to existing products/services/processes. BS or MS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area. 8 or more years of software engineering or related experience., Providing technical leadership and help drive cross-team automation test engineering efforts to build systems and services that improve operational efficiency, increase velocity of product delivery, and drive reliability, scale and performance.Establish and develop process and methodologies to meet and execute on strategyPossess modern Dev Ops mind set to delivering best in class SaaS applications by focusing on comprehensive test automation of end to end flows.Develop coding standards, procedures, and methodology for automated testing, working with other internal QA leaders, as well as functional and technical architects, to identify and align on best practices, incorporating the latest industry tools and technologies.Drive automation test designs creation which includes defining the automation architecture, specifying positive and negative testing techniques, and addressing service functionality, monitoring, integration, performance, resiliency, security, scalability, and reliability.Analyze and understand existing test coverage and automation frameworks, identifying opportunities for redesign, replacement, reusability, and improvement in efficiency and performance.Identify and/or design modern automated test techniques to update and upgrade existing manual and automated tests.Drive end-to-end test automation, with automated test environment deployment, zero manual testing, and integrated, aggregated status reporting.Use Agile techniques to develop new capabilities and features for automated test harnesses and frameworks.Work with service development and release engineering to evolve the automated test portfolio usage in the continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) flow.Provide technical leadership and guidance within the ERP testing community for automated testing excellence.Establish process for peer code reviews to improve the quality of the test code base and optimize its execution.Understand the pain points, problems, and challenges faced by the automated test engineering teams, provide technical direction to address them and in turn enhance quality and productivity.Preferred Qualifications:Strong Software development & testing across the full software life-cycle including design, implementation, testing, operations and maintenance.Experience with development, deployment and production support of a Cloud-based solution on Oracle Cloud, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and/or OpenStack.Experience working in a continuous integration / continuous delivery development environment.Proven track record of testing large scale flexible systems, with deep expertise in industry-standard automation testing tools and testing frameworks, such as Selenium, Test Complete, Cucumber, Junit, Test sigma, Tosca, QTP, OATS, etc.Strong Java programming skills and experience with other languages (e.g. Python and Go).Working knowledge of SQL.Familiar with service-oriented architecture and product development lifecycles (including Ruby, XML, Docker, messaging protocols, Web Services, and Microservices).Experience working in an Agile development environment, and participating as a Scrum team member.Demonstrated knowledge of professional software engineering best practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build and release processes, continuous deployment, and test suite development and maintenance.Hands-on working experience with test processes, methodologies, tools, and technology, including unit testing and mocking, (e.g. Junits and Mockitos), functional and integration testing (e.g. Cucumber and Serenity), performance testing (e.g. Jmeter, and Gatling), and negative or chaos testing (e.g. Chaos Monkeys).Familiar with Behavior-driven and/or Test-driven development. Experience is a plus.Familiar with Intelligent Automation Testing, AI Machine Learning is a plus.Strong organizational, interpersonal, written and oral communication skills, with proven success in contributing in a collaborative, team-oriented environment, working with technical and non-technical peers, as well as management.Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment.Self motivated and self-driven, continuously learning, and capable of working both independently and collaboratively.BS/MS (MS preferred) in Computer Science or a related engineering field.

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