Senior QA Engineer

Description

• Provides guidance and subject matter expertise to engineers on testing and Quality Assurance (QA) methodologies and processes

• Works with engineers to drive improvements in code quality via automated testing

• Responsible for managing the definition, implementation, and integration of quality principles into the design and development of software and IT processes

• Involved in the review of requirements specifications for weaknesses in function, performance, reliability, scalability, testability, usability, and security and compliance testing, and provides recommendations

• Responsible for developing manual and automated test cases and configurations needed to meet testing of business requirements

• Monitors and tracks resolution of defects, coordinating with engineers in order to prevent, report, and resolve

• Designs, monitors, and analyzes quality assurance metrics such as defect, defect counts, test results, and test status

• Identifies opportunities to adopt innovative technologies

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline, or equivalent work experience, is preferred

• 3+ years of experience in IT, with an emphasis on QA, and proven ability in writing test cases, running functional, automated, or performance tests, and managing defects

• Experience with Web Services testing and back-end service/API tools such as SoapUI , HTTPClient, SoapClient, JAXB etc.

• Experience accessibility testing (JAWS)

• Ability to create client and server testing frameworks

• Experience in white box (component) testing

• Experience with Java test utilities

• Experience in working with automated testing tools like JUnit, JMeter, Eclipse, Selenium (Selenium IDE, Selenium RC, Selenium Web Driver), HP Load Runner and WireMock

• Solid experience in test-driven development, unit testing, functional testing, system integration testing, regression testing, GUI testing, web service testing, and browser compatibility testing

• Some coding experience across a variety of languages a plus (Java, JavaScript, HTML5, XML) is a plus

• Experience with HP Quality Center a plus

• Experience with Agile, Kanban or other rapid application development methods

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to effectively interpret technical and business objectives and challenges

• Ability to think abstractly and deal with ambiguous/under-defined problems

• Demonstrated willingness to learn new technologies and takes pride in how fast they develop working software

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Protractor framework for AngularJS

• Experience with Nightwatch or other NodeJS testing framework

• Ability to enable business capabilities through innovation is a plus

• Knowledge of web security and encryption technology is a plus

• Any of the following test certifications - QAI, ASQ, IIST, ISEB, ISTQB - are a plus

• Experience with payments technology and industry is a plus

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.