Lead I - Software Testing

Job Description

QA Automation Engineer Description UST Global is looking for QA Automation Engineers with 8+ years of experience to build end to end business solutions and to work with one of the leading financial services organization in the US and Canada. . The primary objective of the QA Lead is to lead the QA efforts of one or more products as well as manage technical risks throughout the project. The QA Lead is responsible to establish the QA processes within the team, also to set up automation suite. QA Lead should mentor and supervise the QA analysts in the team. The individual will be working in a distributed project team between onsite and offshore. The individual must keep his/her manager well informed of QA status at regular intervals. RESPONSIBILITIES Analyze product test requirements Design and develop test plans, test cases and test automation framework Perform functional, regression testing, support UAT, Pre-Go Live & Go-Live testing Provide expert support and guidance in niche areas of performance, stress, usability testing and test automation Review and provide feedback on test cases created by team members Conduct testing on all software products for applicable OS platforms utilizing systems analysis techniques and procedures Mentor test analysts and senior test analysts on testing related activities Supervise test analysts and senior test analysts on testing related activities Coordinate with offshore (India) teams Coordinate with the Development teams, managers and Business teams during the different phases of application development Ability to create good acceptance and integration test automation scripts and integrate with Continuous integration (Jenkins) and code coverage tools (Sonar, Clover) to ensure 80% or higher code coverage. Sound knowledge of Java, Spring, JUnit, Eclipse IDE, Rest Assured, Appium, Jbehave/Cucumber frameworks, Databases, APIs (REST/SOAP), Continuous Delivery concepts and tools such as Jenkins/Bamboo, vulnerability tools such as Sonar, Checkmarx/Fortify, etc. Proficient with Test Case and Defect Management skills across SDLC process is required Demonstrated software development, testing, and coding skills are required Good knowledge of architecture, common design patterns, test data generation tools highly desirable. Expertise in agile delivery, and life-cycle management tools (Test Rail/JIRA/Rally/Rational Concert), software testing standards, methods and conventions. Experience with performance engineering and profiling (e.g. Java JVM, Databases) and tools such as Load Runner, JMeter. Exposure to Application performance monitoring tools such as Dynatrace and Splunk desirable. Exposure to Cloud, Infrastructure-as-a-code concept, and tools such as Chef/Puppet desirable. Expertise with cross browser and cross device testing strategies and automation via device clouds (Perfecto, Device Anywhere, Testdroid, etc) QUALIFICATIONS: BS/BA degree in computer science, engineering or related discipline. 3-5 or more years of direct experience in software quality assurance & software testing, WORK EXPERIENCE: Ability to work in a Sprint Team environment or independently as needed. Knowledge of test automation frameworks and must have participated in / rolled out test automation initiatives Knowledge of BDD, TDD, Gherkin spec and their application is a plus Understanding of services (example: REST), JSON and XML data formats is recommended Very good understanding of SDLC process. Prefer: Agile/ Scrum/ XP Excellent problem solving & interpersonal communication skills a must. Thorough knowledge of software testing practices, including test planning, test automation - API and UI, and defect management Strong SQL Scripting skills Working knowledge of CI to create builds using Jenkins Tools Expertise: (Must have proficiency in at least one tool from each category) Defect Tracking: JIRA, Java Scripts, Groovy Automated Testing: Junit, Cucumber, Selenium, Mercury QTP 8.2, TestNG, FlexUnit, LoadRunner, SoapUI Browsers: Chrome, Firefox, IE Database Tools: Oracle, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, SQL Developer or other query tools Other Tools: Jenkins, GIT, Putty, WinScp,

Keyskills :
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