Automation Tester
Automation Tester (Location is Remote): Role / Duties
- Developing Automated Testing Frameworks: Designing and implementing automated testing frameworks to streamline testing processes and improve efficiency.
- Creating Test Scripts: Writing and maintaining automated test scripts for functional, regression, and performance testing of software applications.
- Integration with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Integrating automated tests with CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and deployment.
- Executing Test Cases: Running automated test cases to validate software quality, identify defects, and ensure adherence to requirements.
- Identifying Test Scenarios: Analyzing software requirements and user stories to identify test scenarios suitable for automation.
- Maintaining Test Suites: Updating and enhancing automated test suites to accommodate changes in software functionality and requirements.
- Collaborating with Development Team: Working closely with developers to understand software design and behavior, and address issues identified during testing.
- Performance Testing: Conducting automated performance tests to assess application performance under various conditions and workloads.
- Security Testing: Implementing automated security tests to identify vulnerabilities and ensure the security of software applications.
- Test Reporting and Analysis: Generating test reports, analyzing test results, and communicating findings to stakeholders for decision-making.
- Training and Knowledge Sharing: Providing training on test automation tools and techniques to team members and sharing best practices for test automation.
- Maintaining Test Environments: Setting up and maintaining test environments, ensuring consistency and reliability for automated testing.
Skills And Experience Required
- Programming Skills: Proficiency in Java, Python, or JavaScript for test script development.
- Test Automation Tools: Experience with Selenium, Appium, or similar tools for automated testing.
- API Testing: Knowledge of tools like Postman for testing application interfaces.
- CI/CD Integration: Ability to integrate automated tests with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins or similar tools.
- AI Testing: Understanding of AI testing frameworks and tools for testing machine learning models and AI-driven applications.
- Analytical Thinking: Strong analytical skills for test case design and result interpretation.
- Communication Skills: Clear communication for collaborating with team members and documenting test results.
- Minimum 2+ years of experience testing in a cloud environment, GCP preferred. Verification of test conditions using backend systems, running SQL queries, navigating cloud storage objects, and checking service responses using tools like SoapUI.
Additional Required Skills/Experience
- A minimum of eight (8) years experience in software development, software quality assurance/control, and/or related field;
- A degree from an accredited College/University in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline is preferred;
- Able to perform all functional duties independently on high-visibility programs, or mission critical aspects of a given program;
- Able to oversee the efforts of direct reporting resources and/or be responsible for the efforts of all staff assigned to a specific job;
- Experience training/mentoring less experienced personnel;
- Extensive knowledge of and experience with formal software testing for complex software applications;
- Extensive experience testing software applications, identifying/documenting defects, and working with developers and end users to resolve defects;
- Extensive experience with multiple defect tracking tools (e.g. Rational, Mercury);
- Extensive experience authoring software-quality-related documentation such as requirements specifications, test plans, test cases, test scripts and test reports;
- Excellent communication skills.
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