IT Quality Assurance Automation Engineer
Reports To: Quality Assurance Lead
Cleveland, OH
The main duties of this position are to ensure consistently high-quality software releases by participating in the development and execution of quality assurance automated and manual testing.
Responsibilities
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Test applications against requirements and high-level design specifications using both a planned and exploratory approach
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Take ownership of exploring new tools and capabilities to automate system integration testing to support automated regression testing for continuous integration
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Plan, write, and execute automated tests using scripts and/or record/playback tools
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Execute manual testing plans and document defects completely
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Collaborate with developers to ensure environmental and software defects are addressed
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Report environmental issues thoroughly and promptly and participate in troubleshooting
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Participate in Three Amigos meetings to clarify requirements and document scenarios
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Act as Scrum Master periodically to address impediments to accomplishing sprint tasks
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Assist in release night validation testing
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Provide miscellaneous support for enterprise business applications
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Keep abreast of technical trends in the industry and other industries as appropriate, and identify new technologies, components, etc. that should be included in the testing process
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Act as a strong advocate for quality in the product development process for software engineering.
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Tier 1 helpdesk support required at times.
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Willing to participate in after-hours emergency on-call rotation.
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Support software deployment every 1-3 weeks.
Education and experience required for the position
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3+ years’ experience producing automated scripts
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3+ years’ experience in software testing in a web or .Net application environment testing User Interface, Database, Web services, API’s
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1+ years’ manual or automated testing on a mobile application
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Strong SQL
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BS in Computer Science or equivalent education/experience
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Quick learner with high ownership quality.
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Good communication skills and a team player.
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Able to focus under pressure.
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Capable of adapting to a rapidly evolving environment.
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Good experience in overall software development life cycle.
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Agile testing experience is a plus