Senior Test Automation Engineer

About the position

SWIVEL is seeking a talented individual to create and maintain manual and automated test cases, test plans, and test suites for SWIVELS’s client-facing applications and supporting processes. This individual builds automated regression suites in support of the continuous testing strategy. Essential duties include the following: Builds test cases, test plans, and test suites. Designs, creates and maintains automated test scripts (Web, API, and Microservices) as part of an application test suite. Manage manual and automated test management tool to test management tool and execute them in CI/CD tool (Azure Dev ops is preferred). Capable to automate batch and ETL Jobs. Capable to analyze failure in automation scripts and apply fixes. Should understand and test/utilize AWS cloud components like S3, Lambda, API gateway etc. Performs exploratory testing to find issues outside of normal use. Collaborates with business partners, product owners, and developers to ensure testing strategy will satisfy all acceptance criteria and development outcomes. Tests application features against performance expectations and baselines. Tests applications for common security vulnerabilities. Test application performance requirements. Creates and maintains test data that will allow for all aspects of a test to be fulfilled, either through the application or directly with the data source. Maintains automation frameworks and tools. Performs all other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Builds test cases, test plans, and test suites.
• Designs, creates and maintains automated test scripts (Web, API, and Microservices).
• Manage manual and automated test management tool and execute them in CI/CD tool.
• Automate batch and ETL Jobs.
• Analyze failure in automation scripts and apply fixes.
• Understand and test/utilize AWS cloud components like S3, Lambda, API gateway.
• Perform exploratory testing to find issues outside of normal use.
• Collaborate with business partners, product owners, and developers.
• Test application features against performance expectations and baselines.
• Test applications for common security vulnerabilities.
• Create and maintain test data for testing.
• Maintain automation frameworks and tools.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related technical field from an accredited college or four-year university OR equivalent experience required.
• Master’s Degree preferred.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience required.
• Extensive experience with static testing, system testing, regression testing, functional testing, non-functional testing, ad-hoc testing, and performance testing required.
• Experience testing web, API and Microservices applications and creating automated test scripts using SoapUI, Selenium, or a similar tool required.
• Experience in developing automation scripts using Selenium in C# or Java (Preferred C#).
• Used Java script or Groovy script or similar scripting language while automating API.
• Experience in test management and CI CD tools (Azure Dev ops is preferred).
• Experience in automating script with cross browser tools like Browser Stack.
• Experience in object-oriented programming concept.
• Experience with Agile SDLC practices via Scrum and/or Kanban preferred.

Nice-to-haves

• AWS certification is preferred.
• International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB) certification preferred.
• Proficiency in Selenium and ability to write automated test scripts.
• Proficiency in Perl, Java Script, Groovy or similar scripting language.
• Deep understanding of testing fundamentals, including requirements traceability, defect management, defect analysis, injection and detection analysis, defect remediation, etc.
• Basic understanding of relational data models.
• Basic understanding of SQL databases.
• Programming experience in C#, Java, or similar programming language.
• Basic development skills.
• Familiar with test management and defect reporting tools, including Micro Focus Application Life Cycle Management (ALM), Microsoft Test Manager, Team Foundation Server (TFS), JIRA, etc.

Benefits

• Competitive overall compensation package.
• Work/Life balance.
• Employee engagement activities and recognition awards.
• Years of Service awards.
• Career enhancement and growth opportunities.
• Leadership Academy and Mentor Program.
• Continuing education and career certifications.
• Variety of healthcare coverage options.
• Traditional and Roth 401(k) retirement plans.
• Lucrative Wellness Program.