Job Description :
Position: Automation Engineer
Location: Pleasanton, CA
Duration: 6-12 Months Contract
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
7+ years of QA test automation experience in developing Automation Scripts using Selenium, TestNg, AutoIT, Grid & Webdriver, xPath utilities, custom reports, trend analysis, file difference / compare tools
5+ years of hands-on programming/scripting experience (Java/Python primarily)
Day-to-day hands-on experience over object handling parameters based on MVC, MFC, DOM, CSS, JavaScript, JNode, JQuery, DHTML technologies, NodeJS, and AngularJS.
Experience with BDD test automation frameworks using Cucumber-JVM, Mocha, Chai, Gherkin best practices
Experience with JIRA & XRAY API level implementations
Experience with Mobile Test Automation (Appium & Android SDK)
At least 3 years of experience with testing web/ecommerce applications constructed using JavaScript, AJAX, JQuery, CSS, HTML and related technologies (not ERP products
Proficient with SQL for adding, modifying and extracting data from a RDBMS database.
Experience with version control tools (TFS, GIT or SVN)
Must have experience with TestNG/Junit, Maven/Ant, and also Jenkins.
Knowledge of Defect Management Tool (Quality Center, JIRA)
Knowledge of SDLC and implementation
Understanding and working knowledge with Data Driven, Keyword Driven and Hybrid frameworks
Fast learning, problem solving and analytical skills
Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
Track record of good time management
Efficient in effort estimation, planning and prioritization
Experience with testing and automating REST Based and SOAP APIs using tools such as – RestEasy, SOAPUI
Experience with ticket tracking tools such as TFS, VersionOne
Prepare reusable functions, which will improve the robustness, reusability, and maintainability of test scripts
The engineer should have experience with designing automation framework in such a way that it increases and speeds up productivity.
The engineer also must provide support for the framework(s), for example, supporting Development/QA with issues using the tool. The engineer will implement automation test scripts. Integration with the test management tool is also planned.
The Senior Test Automation Engineer must be able to take on leadership responsibilities and influence the direction of the automation effort, and its schedule and prioritization.
The engineer will work with management, developers, and quality assurance personnel, to meet these goals.
Additionally the Test Automation Engineer will also support the smoke/sanity testing requirements of Release Engineering team after build deployments. These build tests will ensure that the code drops to quality assurance are of the highest quality.
The engineer will provide a practical approach to complex product testing, specifically in the areas of the automation of test cases for the purposes of regression testing. He/she will be a creative and proactive thinker and will make use of current technologies to provide extensible automation infrastructures.
The engineer will review product requirements, functional and design specifications to determine and prepare automated test cases.
The engineer will work closely with other QA team members to automate the execution and verification of reports created by the various company products.
The engineer will work closely with various Development team members to understand testing objectives and ensure that problems are resolved in a timely and efficient manner.
The engineer will be part of a team focusing on automation of an identified set of migration tests, checking that they run correctly in a given environment. The team would focus on developing and testing these automation buckets which would be executed by other teams.
The engineer will work concurrently on several projects, each with specific instructions that may differ from project to project.
CORE COMPETENCIES:
Act with integrity
Use sound judgement
Commitment to quality
Demonstrate adaptability
Innovate
Think strategically
Communicate effectively and influence others
Work well both independently and as part of a team