What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT QA Analyst position at Agama Solutions?
Role : IT QA Analyst IV
Location : Pittsburgh, PA
Description :
Senior Specialist Quality Engineer will not only inject Quality at each and every layer of the application & every step of the SDLC but also help solve some of the most complex automation challenges that impact a lot of business areas. Will play a key role in Shifting Left and enable CI/CD Pipelines. Will also help with constantly improving the efficiency of the Automation Tools and Processes. Will also play a key role in training and bridging the specific skill gaps across the Quality Engineering Domain. May lead a few Senior Quality Engineers on specific initiatives. Attends the required Product Backlog Grooming & Planning Meetings to contribute to the Creation of Effective User Stories. Comes up with Comprehensive Regression Suites for Applications & Systems. Communicates the same to the QE Team and acts as a Feeder to the Automation Engine. Solves Complex Automation Challenges spanning multiple technologies in a scalable & extensible manner with least amount of maintenance. Continuously improves the Efficiency of the Automation using innovative technologies & thought process in multiple QE Domain Areas. Promotes and Implements the Shift Left Approach in close collaboration with the Application Development Teams. Plays a key role in training and bridging the specific skill gaps across the Quality Engineering Domain. Helps resolves issues detected during testing. Provides QE support to Development, Business and Test teams on internal and external issues. Helps with getting down to the Root Cause of the Issues and works with the Engineering Teams to resolve and Validate the Fixes. Ensures Continuous Testing, Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery are enabled for the Apps Automated. Leads and Manages a team of Senior Quality Engineers for solving specific Automation Challenges or Delivery Initiatives. Provides them guidance and direction and helps improve team productivity and meet project timelines. Contributes to the achievement of area objectives. Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience required; advanced degree preferred. 8-10 years of experience in a systems quality environment required; experience in the securities or financial services industry.
- Core Java expertise (to automated test scenarios)
- Understanding of BDD (Cucumber preferred)
- Selenium for UI level test automation
- Rest Assured (for API level test automation)
- Good SQL skills (ability to write complex queries)
- Using Jira with Zephyr (or similar tool) to schedule/execute test cycles, report bugs etc.
- Mobile test automation using Appium and executing tests in the cloud (like BrowserStack)
- Experience in Agile methodology (needs good communication skills to articulate QA status for stakeholders involved)
- Leveraging CI/CD pipeline Gitlab/similar tools and Cloud Native technologies for testing (nice to have)
- 8-10 years of experience required.
- Agile team, changing requirements.
-Core Java- behavior driven development experience, Cucumber.
- Majority of tests are back end but wants a combination of back end and front end, Selenium, Rest Assured.
- Hands-on test code experience in Java, Cucumber, Selenium, Rest Assured.
- JIRA for test management.
- Mobile testing experience. All apps have a mobile version. Appium for iOS and similar tool for android.
- Not a traditional QA role, majority work is to automate tests while development is going on. Understand the requirement and technology architecture behind that
- CI/CD, Containerization, Docker.
- Financial experience.