QA Automation Engineer (Middleware & API)

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Position Summary:

Key individual contributor to Quality Assurance (QA) project teams.

Works with project teams to ensure standard Quality practices/processes are followed.

Responsibilities:

Conducts end-to-end testing on applications and technology, to ensure that business, technical, functional requirements are being met.

Designs and Executes test scripts based upon test strategy/plans in an effort to identify defects prior to production. Tests may be manual, automated or both.

Assists with data management.

Responsible for ensuring on time completion of all required testing deliverable

Responsible to expose and mitigate operational risk relative to the execution of the system test plans.

Effective at working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment managing multiple competing priorities.

Uses time management skills to drive multiple project deliverables within a fast paced environment.

Provides verbal and written executive status updates to Key stakeholders.

Ensures that any risks associated with the agreed test strategy and the system test plan are clearly documented and described to the clients/users and colleagues.

Manages all risks associated with the testing and takes preventative action when any risks become unacceptable.

plans, arranges and facilitates meetings, workgroups, and communications with stakeholders during test planning and throughout subsequent development and testing activities.

location: Newark, Delaware
job type: Contract
salary: $55 - 60 per hour
work hours: 9am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:

Job Responsibilities

• Provides verbal and written executive status updates to Key stakeholders.
• Ensures that any risks associated with the agreed test strategy and the system test plan are clearly documented and described to the clients/users and colleagues.
• Manages all risks associated with the testing and takes preventative action when any risks become unacceptable.
• plans, arranges and facilitates meetings, workgroups, and communications with stakeholders during test planning and throughout subsequent development and testing activities.

qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

Ability to work in a fast paced environment to drive Quality goals while meeting aggressive delivery deadlines

Knowledgeable on the principles of test management and testing process

Excellent communication skills, written and oral

Automation skills required using automation tools beyond recording features; TOSCA and /or Selenium advanced coding methods expected.

QA background with strong analytical skills, ability to decompose requirements into testable cases covering positive, negative, variety of data scenarios

Experience in testing backend services, integrations with upstream / downstream systems

PLUS: Development / automation coding expertise a plus with demonstration of technical skills; specific technology is not important as most QA can move between different types of applications

SME expertise in Web service testing. This includes strong understanding of XML schema, tools that support testing web service interface, JSON

SME SQL skills including complex query writing, ability to review schema to gain understanding of db structure, ability to use variety of SQL tools to accomplish required testing

Hands-on experience in Unix/Linux environment for backend testing, log validation, and troubleshooting using standard command-line tools (e.g., tail, grep)

Desired Qualifications:

Agile Testing Process : 3Yrs +

Framework Creation Exposure : 1+

API testing Exposure : 3Yrs +

Automation Process : 3Yrs +

Coding skills : Proficient in Java

Experience with Application Lifestyle Management (ALM) to manage testing and test reporting

Experience with JIRA

Experience testing within an Agile development lifecycle

Preferred skills/experience

API testing /webservice testing

DB validation

Automation experience

Unix log level validation and BDD automation skills

skills:

Agile development,Agile Testing,API testing,backend services,command-line tools,data management,query writing,grep,Experience with JIRA,JSON,Java,SQL,Selenium,Coding skills,SQL skills,test strategy,system test,integrations,test management,test scripts,Unix,Web service,webservice,testing web,XML schema,strong analytical skills,communications,automated,Automation skills,automation tools,automation,Automation experience,identify defects,demonstration,backend testing,functional requirements,operational risk,preventative action,Automation Process,Quality Assurance,QA,testable,test planning,testing,time management skills

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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.