Automation Test Lead
Location Address: King Street E – hybrid 3x/week
Contract Duration: 05/25/ to 10/31/
Story Behind the Need
Business group: Client Engineering - Commerce Engineering
Project: SBH (Small Business Hub update) - KTLO – contractor will automate applications and conduct regression testing and test application when needed; at starting phase of the project
Reason: Additional Workload
Typical Day in Role:
• Be an advocate for quality in the project lifecycle.
• Write moderate to complex code/ scripts to test systems.
• Design, develop and maintain a modular, extensible, and reusable test automation framework to enable continuous testing in an agile environment.
• Collaborate closely with other team members to develop test approach that effectively covers the functional performance characteristics of features in the applications.
• Collaborate with Delivery Lead to plan milestones, successfully execute software delivery, and escalate issues as needed.
• Report defects and work closely with the team so that solutions can be determined, prioritized, and scheduled.
• Prioritize testing of projects effectively across various businesses, to drive efficient work.
• Conduct root cause analysis of post-production issues and plan to prevent them in future.
• Have in-depth and up-to-date understanding of the organization’s products, applications, systems, environments, processes and tools.
• Introduce and influence overall process improvements and act as an agent for change to the organization.
Must Have Skills:
1) 4+ years of demonstrated hands-on and in-depth Test Automation experience- testing on both web and mobile applications
2) 4+ years of test automation experience and in-depth knowledge of programming languages: Java/ JavaScript
3) 2+ years’ recent experience with API testing - preferably using Postman
Nice-To-Have Skills:
1) Experience with AI
Soft Skills Required:
•Excellent communication skills with ability to influence decision making across stakeholders
•Effective organization, planning, and time management skills
•Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
•Able to work as part of a team and encourage both individual and collaborative innovation
•Positive and resilient personality - Able to embrace feedback and have a desire for continuous iteration and improvement
Education:
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field preferred
Best VS. Average Candidate:
Focus is on web automation experience however want them to have both mobile and web; someone who can work with minimal hand holding; strong automation skills; strong communication skills; any experience with AI will be helpful