Automation QA Engineer - Carlow
Our Client is one of the world’s leading providers in their industry. Our client is responsible for providing software development for many different large scale business applications. We have an exciting opportunity for a QA Automation Engineer to come aboard. Please see below an outline of the opportunity. To apply send your cv via the link or call 012449531 for more info.
The ideal Automation Test Engineer candidate will be someone who enjoys working within an agile environment and has a passion for technology and working with innovative tools and frameworks. Experience with tools such as Selenium WebDriver, CodedUI, JUnit, JMeter or QTP (at least one automation tool).
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
• Responsible for ensuring the quality of existing and new features through both manual and automated testing and use of continuous integration techniques where practical
• Partner closely with the Business Analysts to create acceptance criteria for the user stories.
• Leverages the acceptance to create tests that can be automated.
• Produces test scripts, materials and regression test packs to test new and amended software or services. Specifies requirements for environment, data, resources and tools.
• Partners closely with team members to assist with and help drive test automation through all phases of testing (such as unit, system, integration and regression)
• Is an advocate for Quality Assurance best practices across the entire team throughout the deliverables
• Analyzes and reports test activities and results using industry best practices that align with the companies reporting and metrics needs
• Develops test strategies, test plans, test cases, test coverage, and test execution reports to support the Quality Assurance effort in testing features that are part of application and/or solution changes
• Creates and maintains traceability records, from test cases back to requirements.
• 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
• Collaborates with the Team (Business Analysts, Designers, Software Engineers, Architects, etc.) to ensure that the team defines, builds and produces features and solutions that meet or exceed what the Product Owner is expecting
• Automates testing of software to industry standards
Job Specifications
• Bachelors Degree preferred, or equivalent experience
• Shows evidence of analytical ability
• 2+ years’ experience in a Test Automation role.
• Experience with one of the following: Selenium, Webdriver, CodedUI, JUnit, JMeter, QTP, TestNG, Jenkins, Loadrunner, SpecFlow
• Takes a logical, analytical approach to problem solving and pays close attention to detail
• Knowledge of Agile Development Methodologies
• Strong team player; able to work effectively within a team and more broadly with people from a variety of backgrounds and areas across the organization.
• Takes an innovative approach to problem solving
• Test Certifications are preferred (ISTQB certifications, CSM, CSD, CSP)
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