QA Analyst

- Mid Level

Durham, NC

Ambulatory Health Care Services

About the position

The QA Engineer helps deliver the quality and performance of large scale, big data, multi-platform software products that includes; web, API and mobile application interfaces. Incumbents in this position are experienced, hands on and self-motivated who can work collaboratively in a continuous integration environment. This role involves working closely with software developers that includes leveraging shift-left methods to understand a complex domain and product. The QA Engineer focuses on contributing to the development of automated functional integration tests and end-to-end tests through open source test frameworks for overall system testing within an agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Create and execute comprehensive test plans for complex web, API and mobile based applications that reference database back-end systems.
• Collaborate with product team to break down stories, understand requirements, and define use cases.
• Work in an agile environment to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality software.
• Work with development teams to identify and resolve defects and other quality issues.
• Responsible for owning the testing of a user story (including manual & automated testing) and perform in-sprint automation using Selenium Framework.
• Creates and maintains test cases both manual and automated, executes test suites, reviews and diagnose reported bugs, and ensures overall system quality prior to release.
• Designs, develops, maintains, and troubleshoots automated suites of tests through continuous integration for value added feedback.
• Collaborating with the other QA Engineers to review overnight regression test failures.
• Works cross functional areas with internal engineering teams in a disciplined agile environment.
• Estimates own testing tasks and works productively with minimum supervision while showing excellent team attitude.
• Provide feedback to the product team on usability, performance, and functionality of our applications.

Requirements

• Four-year college degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or related technical discipline such as Science or Engineering.
• Previous experience within QA Engineering at Labcorp is preferred.
• 5+ years of hands-on functional testing experience for Web, API and/ Mobile.
• 5+ years of experience working on an agile team.
• 5+ years of hands-on SQL database experience.
• 3+ year of experience with automation testing experience along with open source test frameworks, test design strategies, writing test cases, and automating tests in Java with frameworks like JUnit/TestNG, Selenium, Cucumber, Cypress, REST Assured, Postman, JMeter and Appium.
• 3+ years of experience with Jenkins or other continuous integration systems. Experience with tools & applications such as JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket, and Artifactory/Maven.
• 3+ years of experience working with cloud monitoring tools such as Splunk, CloudWatch etc.
• Must have an understanding and ability to develop code in Java.
• Strong experience in API testing from SOAP, RESTful is required.
• Hands-on experience with Linux, Windows, and/or mobile devices.
• Must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills as well as the ability to analyze complex problems in large systems.
• Must be detail oriented, analytical and creative thinker with passion for quality and test automation.
• Candidate must flourish in a fast paced, iterative, deadline driven environment.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life
• STD/LTD
• 401(k)
• Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan