Job Title-Senior Automation Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Automation Test Engineer with strong well-rounded Automation skills. In this role, you will develop a QA automation framework, and develop, execute, and debug automation scripts. Log, report, and work with the development team to resolve defects in a cloud environment. Communicate the test status of open stories with the broader project team and external stakeholders. Run daily health checks of the application using automated tools and identify and create test data. Your expertise will be instrumental in enhancing our QA Testing process, maximizing the efficiency of our development teams, and minimizing product delivery time. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in automation framework development, manual testing, and automation scripts, coupled with a passion for streamlining the testing process and adopting industry best practices.

Responsibilities: List the main job duties and what the role will entail.

• Lead the development of test automation framework and lead QA automation initiatives using Java/Selenium/Cucumber.
• Create an automation framework from scratch for a web-based application in a cloud platform.
• Develop, maintain, and execute automated and manual test scripts for requirement validation, integration, regression, performance, and usability testing.
• Develop quality assurance standards and track quality assurance activities.
• Participate in test strategy, test estimation and planning discussions.
• Draft test artifacts, including Test Plans, Business Test Scenarios and Requirements Traceability Matrices.
• Create reusable test data for automation scripts.
• Create and debug SQL scripts to be used for test validation.
• Document test results and assist with defect management.
• Assist with technical artifacts (such as Use Cases and User Interface Specifications) and engage in technical discussions.
• Support testing of application and environmental upgrades as well as resolution of production issues including on-call rotation to facilitate resolutions.
• Subject to minimal or no oversight in work performed; serves as mentor and/or coach and provides constructive feedback to less experienced staff; engages other stakeholders in collecting feedback and input to complete work activities.
• Mentor other team members to get familiar with automation framework and script development.
• Demonstrates the ability to lead and participate effectively on a team; leads complex and diverse team efforts by virtue of both technical expertise and leadership skills of influence; draws on experience to resolve higher complexity issues; displays strong interpersonal skills in dealing with people at all levels of an organization.
• Incorporate the tests aligned with the application under test database schemas using complex stored procedures and queries in environments such as SQL Server, Oracle, or similar.
• Performs other related duties as assigned. Actively involved in the accomplishment of departmental and Bank wide quality initiatives.
• Prepares and presents information and responses to higher complexity inquiries; demonstrates the ability to manage the communication process.
• Perform 508 compliance testing.

You Have:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5 years of experience with Automation tools such as Selenium, Cucumber, UFT, and ALM (Selenium and Cucumber experience is required)
• 5-7 years of strong Experience in automation script development, execution, and automated defect reporting.
• 5 years of experience in RDBMS and complex SQL statements
• Experience in developing and implementing automation framework in a Cloud environment.
• Experience in creating automation frameworks such as Page Object Model (POM)
• Strong Java and Selenium WebDriver experience
• Testing API and data profiling included end-to-end starting with data ingestion and all related data tasks
• Ability to create analytical data view by gathering data from various sources based on the logical use cases and rules related to business and underlying operations.
• Experience in validating data, and calculations at various stages including validation of attributes and transformation using data tools technology.
• Data Profiling and test data creation mapping back to the accounting use cases and rules
• Dissecting transformation rules and validating the data migration/onboarding on old versus new systems.
• Developing test automation and enabling DevOps through continuous testing
• Working knowledge of AWS-based data sources such as Aurora Postgres, Redshift, Athena, AWS Glue, and DMS Services to deliver strong Quality solutions
• An Agile mindset with experience working in an Agile environment.
• Good understanding of continuous integration and deployment processes.
• Strong written and oral communication skills. Independently, presents both orally and in writing, findings, and assessments.
• Ability to communicate with clients, colleagues, and management to explain complex issues clearly and concisely.
• Strong logical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal and time management skills.
• Strong knowledge of various computer systems and technologies with an ability to learn new skills and technology quickly.