Lead QA Engineer

$139,880 - $144,000/Yr

Amtrak - Washington, DC

Full-time - Senior

Remote - Washington, DC

10,001+ employees

Rail Transportation

About the position

The Lead Quality Assurance Engineer at Amtrak is responsible for overseeing the quality assurance processes within the IT development environments. This role involves creating and updating automation frameworks, performing mobile app automation, and coordinating with various teams to ensure high-quality software delivery. The engineer will also mentor team members and propose improvements to QA processes, ensuring that the company's values and standards are upheld.

Responsibilities

• Create and update BDD-TestNG/POM automation framework with extensive Java/JS coding knowledge.
• Test Rest-Assured based framework with implementations from Selenium/Cucumber and Java/JS.
• Perform Mobile App automation on mobile server (Android/iOS/Appium) with extent/Kibana/HTML reporting.
• Test Multi-threaded/Multi-platforms with Cloud-based automation.
• Monitor, evaluate, and make recommendations on Quality Assurance (QA) tasks within enterprise-wide processes such as Test Life Cycles.
• Coordinate with the DevOps and Release Management Teams.
• Assist in creating standard operating procedures and metrics based on best practices for the QA team.
• Identify and propose areas of improvement throughout the QA process.
• Establish liaison relationship with business partners and IT departments to provide process solutions to meet user needs.
• Prepare, maintain, and review documentation on all QA phases.
• Provide consistent communication, mentoring and instruction to team members and less-experienced individuals.

Requirements

• Bachelor's (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Seven (7) years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience as a Lead Quality Assurance Engineer or related occupation.
• Seven (7) years of experience with creating and updating BDD-TestNG/POM automation framework utilizing Java/JS coding.
• Seven (7) years of experience testing Rest-Assured based framework with implementations from Selenium/Cucumber and Java/JS.
• Seven (7) years of experience performing Mobile App automation on mobile servers, including Android, iOS, and Appium, with extent/Kibana/HTML reporting.
• Seven (7) years of experience using Android based manager tools and Xcode with simulator/emulator apps.
• Seven (7) years of experience monitoring CI/CD pipeline with batch and scheduled job creation.
• Seven (7) years of experience in multi-threaded/multi-platform testing with Cloud based automation.
• Seven (7) years of experience performing Automation for GUI/Mobile App/Webservices utilizing Selenium, Cucumber, TestNG, Junit, Appium, Jenkins, Java, JS, Gherkin, Rest API, AVD, Xcode, SauceLabs, and Kibana.

Benefits

• Competitive salary ranging from $139,880 to $144,000 per year.
• Remote work permitted in accordance with standard company policy.
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
• A culture that values high performance and recognizes individual employee contributions.