QA Engineer, II

Summary

The QA Engineer II is a member of a QA team with primary responsibility for ensuring a quality product is delivered to the organization. This person will be part of an agile scrum team and work alongside developers, product owners and scrum masters. He will also be working closely with the QA Lead /Associate Director to define test strategy and process. This position is responsible for the design, development and execution of manual and automated test cases. The position is also responsible for assisting in the creation of reporting metrics associated with the testing.

Essential Job Duties And Responsibilities

• Participate in design reviews to assist with identifying test strategies and scope
• Review and analysis of requirements and/or user stories
• Develop and maintain test scenarios and test cases to validate usability, functionality, and data integrity (both manual and automated test cases)
• Create test data that flows through in a system integrated environment
• Develop automated test cases using selenium and java coding and/or java scripting
• Test execution of manual and automated test cases
• Isolate, report and verify software defects
• API & Webservices testing including the automation of the API
• Work in a distributed and varied environment including HTML, web services, client/server
• Review and validate that test data and test execution results accurately reflect business requirements
• Maintenance of regression suite of test cases
• Communicate test results and highlight any potential quality risks
• Comply with all company policies and procedures.
• Maintain regular and punctual attendance.
  
  

Other Job Duties And Responsibilities

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position is an individual contributor.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Working knowledge of Software Quality Assurance practices such as managing defects, defining test strategies/plans/cases and the different types of software testing
• Ability to analyze business and/or functional requirement documents for testing purposes
• Experience with a test management system such as Jira, Zephyr and Confluence
• Basic working knowledge of test case automation using Selenium and Java/JavaScripting is required
• Proficient in testing and automating REST APIs and Web Services
• Intermediate understanding of web application program and structure (e.g. Web services, Soap/REST, EJB, HTML, JS/CSS)
• An intermediate understanding of System Development methodologies (BDD, ADD) is required
• Knowledge of SOAP/XML, SQL is preferred
• Experience working in an agile development environment
• Ability to prioritize workload, work effectively on several projects and concurrent tasks, and be able to meet project timelines
• Ability/willingness to learn quickly and handle new challenges and changes
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio etc.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills including the ability to write routine reports and correspondence for internal and external customer communications
• Ability to work harmoniously in a team environment as well as independently with minimal direction
  
  

Education And/or Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree from a Four (4) year College or University.
• 5+ years of experience in automated QA testing
  
  

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

None Required

Work Complexity

Problems and issues faced are difficult and complex, and may require understanding of broader set of issues. Problems typically involve consideration of multiple issues, understanding of other job areas and knowledge of technological solutions to general business issues. Problems are typically solved through drawing from prior experience and analysis of issues.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Work is normally performed in a typical interior office work environment which does not subject the employee to any hazardous or unpleasant elements. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Americans With Disabilities Act

Applicants as well as employees who are or become disabled must be able to satisfactorily perform the essential job functions of the position either with or without reasonable accommodation. Applicants as well as employees are encouraged to meet with Human Resources as the organization shall review reasonable accommodations on a case-by-case basis in accordance with applicable law.

Job Responsibilities

The statements reflect the general duties and responsibilities considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job and should not be considered as an all-inclusive list of all the work requirements of the position. The company may change the specific job duties with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.