Position: Senior QA Automation Lead Location: Coppell, TX Duration: 12 Months Rate: $Open/Hour on W2 Note: This is an Onsite position in Coppell, TX – Need resource who is fully Vaccinated POSITION SUMMARY With support and direction from QA Management and the QA Lead, the Senior Automation will participate in test planning to determine which test cases to automate and which ones to execute for each project/release. The Automation Lead will manage, day to day, the automation repository, and the CI environment ensuring the test scripts run without error in the target environment. Responsibilities include but are not limited to
Monitoring the execution of CI/CD test scripts
Monitoring the daily execution of Sanity and Smoke test scripts to ensure they run to completion without errors
Daily detailed status reporting of automated testing activities within a given sprint or release.
Participation in product readiness and release decisions and provides recommendations on test sign-off.
RESPONSIBILITIES Development and maintenance of automation framework(s) to support API and UI based testing Determine the best of breed automation tools (work with QA Manager and QA Lead) For each release, determine automation candidates based on developed selection criteria Conversion of requirements, user stories, design documents, and/or existing manual test cases into a set of automated scripts, ensuring compliance with development methodology and framework Ensuring the successful execution of test scripts in a CI/CD environment Development and maintenance of Sanity, Smoke, System, E2E and Regression Test types Routine maintenance of existing test scripts (i.e. anticipate changes and update scripts accordingly) Working with DevOps and QA Lead to ensure lower test environments are stable and similarly configured ("sync'ed") so automated scripts will run to completion the goal here is to mitigate any environment issues which will prevent automated test script from failing Regular collection of metrics to understand and track the time and cost savings Daily progress reports and escalates any testing or automation issues using the appropriate escalation paths QUALIFICATIONS 7+ years of leading a manual and automation test programs for large complex enterprise applications 5+ years' hands-on experience in the design, development, implementation, and the execution of automated test scripts Extensive hands-on experience with object-oriented programming using technologies like C#, .Net, Java, Restful, SOAP, message queues, SQL, Jenkins, Eclipse, Maven, etc. Expertise in Internet technologies, tools, and Internet environments Experience in project management tools including Azure DevOps (aka VSTS) A Bachelor's degree (BS/BA) in Computer Science, MIS or related technical discipline (or a combination of education and experience) Must be able to plan, organize and direct automation activities to achieve maximum operational efficiency in meeting department and company, goals, and objectives Experienced in developing test strategies and planning approaches for manual and automated testing Ability to map requirements to test cases Skilled at examination and analysis of typical business workflow scenarios Ability to analyze complex applications and develop test cases Ability to create and execute automated test scripts and report on test execution status Ability to read use cases and evaluate business and technical requirements Strong project management skills and/or substantial exposure to project-based work structures Detail-oriented, deliverable focused Possesses an active, 'hands-on' style Experienced in writing software defect reports The ability to communicate on a technical as well as a non-technical level The ability to understand applications from a technical and business perspective Ability to make sound decisions based on business, technology, and QA guidelines Preferred Experience and Capability - Experience/knowledge of the Mortgage Servicing and/or prior banking experience a plus Strong knowledge of system testing best practices and methodologies Experience building an automation program is preferred Experience with working on applications built in a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Understanding of SQL DB and ability to run SQL queries Experience with CI/CD technologies, such as JIRA, Confluence, Crucible, BitBucket (or other Git server), and Jenkins Please send your resume to with the following details or call me at Name in Full: Contact Details: Email ID: Current Location: Relocation: Availability: Expected Billing Rate: Work Authorization: LinkedIn Profile: Zip Code: Skype ID: Employer Details if any:
