Lead Quality Engineer

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Lead/Sr Quality Engineer
$120 - $130 / year
Job Description:
Provide application software automated testing services and technical support for commercial applications in support of core organizational and business processes. Develops automated test scripts and new applications or updates existing automated testing procedures for enhancements in existing applications. Analyze user requirements and acceptance criteria to develop recommended testing strategies, plans, and scripts. Assist in ensuring that system enhancements are successfully implemented. Provide day-to-day support and participate in on-call support.
This includes analyzing new requirements to assist in development of estimates for proposed projects and system requirements.
The responsibility also includes collaboration with developers to explain any code deficiencies or bugs. This individual will apply will apply proven communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills to help support the development process, and to ensure that project deliverables are met according to specifications.
Collaborate with vendors, business users, programmers, network administrators, systems analysts and database analysts in resolving problems with software products or systems. Develop and utilize standard templates to for test plans, scripts and automated testing code.
Collaborate with business users and developers to develop and implement test plans to ensure that the system performs specified functions with high quality.
Essential functions:
Establish and maintain regular communication with IT management, the customer base, and staff regarding pertinent IT activities and services.
Communicate critical events, issues, or concerns to IT management in a proactive or timely manner.
Deploy, monitor, maintain, develop, upgrade and support IT services and systems. Collaborate with project leaders and project sponsors to report project scope, priority, budget and status.
Participate in technical research or special projects as required, which could include leading such activities on smaller-scale initiatives
Mentor less experienced team members
Learn new technologies, as needed, in order to effectively complete related work and to propose emerging technologies.
Assist in the development of business continuity plans and procedures to support the continuance of planned company operations during a business disruption.
Key challenges:
Managing multiple assignments through a myriad of changing business processes, regulatory requirements, availability of team members, shifts in priority, and requests for service.
Staying current on emerging or declining technology and security threats.
Continually developing interpersonal and technical skills.
Required Skills:
2 years of professional coding experience in C#, Java, Javascript or Ruby
UI Test automation experience (e.g. Selenium, Protractor, Watir)
Experience in all phases of the software and testing lifecycle, inception through deployment
Strong functional testing background, including defining test strategy, test planning, test case design, and execution
Project experience using an Agile methodology (e.g. Scrum)
Experience with test management tools (e.g. TestRail, Zephyr)
SQL proficiency
Mixed experience in various QE-related roles such as:
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
Automation tester or automation framework developer
Manual functional tester
Performance test engineer
Defect manager
QE tools, reporting, and metrics specialist
Mobile or web UX tester
Test environment or test data coordinator/lead
Preferred
skills:
Unit and integration testing
Service / API testing
Performance / load testing
DevOps / build engineering
Application security testing
Custom test tool development
Mobile application automation
Project management, Scrum Master
Business requirements analysis
Working knowledge of FERC and NAESB Standards
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in IT, MIS, CIS or related field

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