Job Description :
DirectClient: TXDOT/NTTDATA
Solicitation#NTTJP00019560
Title: Test Architect
Location: Austin, TX 78731
Duration: Until 8/31/2019 with possible extension
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Contribute towards the future state of automation for Test Engineering by closely collaborating with the testing team, a team comprising of Sr. SDETs, SDETs, functional testers and automation engineers.
Perform gap analysis of current state of functional testing process , testing infrastructure , automation frameworks across products and strategizing future state of functional testing strategy and align against automation framework .
Build Holistic Test Strategy and Test impact assessment of all systems under test as part of the program.
Evangelize, strategize, introduce and implement automation frameworks to support integration, web service and GUI testing across Program
Writing automated tests and test harnesses application and services under test.
Writing and reviewing test strategies, test plans and test cases based on the agile stories and/or product requirements.
Interact and collaborate directly with software developers, product managers, and business analysts to ensure proper development and quality of applications and products.
Interact with SDETs, QA members and technical leaders to understand systems and component specifications and recommend changes to facilitate efficient and effective testing.
Evangelize software testing best practices and influence architecture and design decisions.
Participate in efforts to share testing technologies and expertise within the company.
Perform tasks efficiently and work together with team to ensure project success.
Required Skills:
B.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent preferred.
5+ years of experience as a SDET.
8+ years of experience in software testing.
Strong experience working with SDLC frameworks like: SCRUM, Kanban, AgileSAFE Agile preferred)
Strong Experience to programmatically test products; measure test coverage; CI/CD pipeline , develop best automation, profiling, and performance/load testing tools; and drive test ability and diagnostic ability into the product.
Experience in Selenium web driver, Selenium Grid and Cucumber.
Experience in testing applications on Cloud infrastructure (Azure/AWS) a plus.
Experience working in distributed SOA environments including REST services.
Experience in querying complex schemas and relational databases.
Experience working in a within a DevOps model and continuous delivery model
Proficiency in, at least, one programming language Java.
Strong Experience developing high quality automation frameworks.
Strong Experience in BDD, TDD, Data driven and Hybrid automation frameworks.
Experience with automation, web deployment and engineering environment tools such as VSTS, Jasmine, JIRA, Github/Gitlab, Jenkins.