Test Automation Engineer

LabCorp - Durham, NC

Full-time - Mid Level

Durham, NC

10,001+ employees

Ambulatory Health Care Services

About the position

Labcorp is a leading healthcare company that provides a range of diagnostic and medical laboratory services to patients, healthcare providers, and biopharmaceutical companies. We are seeking a Test Automation Engineer/Jr. Software Developer to support automation efforts for our LIMS applications. This highly technical position will be responsible for identifying, planning, and executing test automation activities in an Agile/Scrum environment while ensuring high quality software and compliance according to regulatory statutes, policies, and procedures. The role involves creating test automation scripts for UI applications, including Java/.Net/VB, Web Services/APIs, and custom-designed automated solutions. Additionally, the position requires performing manual testing as needed to understand application processes and workflows to convert into automated test scripts. The candidate will also create and maintain automated test scripts in a defined repository, integrate scripts into the continuous delivery pipeline, and provide output reporting for test execution runs. Managing and organizing test data, performing data analysis, and developing quality repositories to assure data integrity are also key responsibilities. The role includes communicating QA risks, milestones, and status to the QA lead or Project Manager, reviewing and verifying functional and system requirements, providing work estimates for testing activities, assisting in the setup and maintenance of QA test environments and tools, collecting and reporting on quality statistics and metrics, and participating in quality-related discussions to promote continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Identify, plan, and execute test automation activities in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Create test automation scripts for UI applications, including Java/.Net/VB, Web Services/APIs.
• Perform manual testing to understand application processes and workflows for automation.
• Create and maintain automated test scripts in a defined repository.
• Integrate scripts into the continuous delivery pipeline and provide output reporting for test execution runs.
• Manage and organize test data and perform data analysis.
• Develop and maintain quality repositories to assure data integrity.
• Communicate QA risks, milestones, and status to the QA lead or Project Manager.
• Review and verify functional and system requirements to ensure project deliverables pass QA criteria.
• Provide work estimates for testing activities.
• Assist in the setup and maintenance of QA test environment and tools.
• Collect and report on quality statistics and metrics.
• Record and monitor discovered defects and QA related issues.
• Participate in quality related discussions.
• Promote continuous improvement and improve test cycle duration through the use of testing tools.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Electrical or Electronics Engineering or Computer Science.
• 5+ years hands-on experience building test automation solutions for UI or service and/or transferrable software development experience.
• Self-managing with the ability to control the analysis and quality processes throughout the software lifecycle.
• Ability to project, schedule and track assigned tasks or tasks of others.
• Design, develop and/or implement automation for API/Service using frameworks such as RestAssure with Java or UI frameworks using Selenium with Java.
• Experience using Gherkin language to write detailed automation test cases.
• Execute manual scripts and convert into automated test scripts.
• Experience setting up virtualized services/automated scripts to interface with databases or other data sources.
• Experience testing and interfacing with middleware components such as message queue layer, ETL transfers, OSB/ESB, IIB.
• Experience implementing automated capabilities on various platforms (Mainframe- MUMPs, Cache, VB, .NET, Java, etc.).
• Experience building custom automated solutions that interface/simulate lab instrumentation/equipment.
• Software development: coding skills on various platforms (Java/J2EE, .NET, VB, Unix scripting, etc.).
• Software development: Experience in Java Servlets, JSP, EJB, JMS, JDBC, Frameworks in Implementing web based and enterprise solutions.
• Service Oriented Testing Tools (ReadyAPI/SOAP NG, XML WSDL testing).
• Back end validation of DB platforms (DB2, Oracle, Big Data/Hanna, SQL Server, etc.).
• Experience working with AWS/S3 technology.

Nice-to-haves

• Current or previous Labcorp experience preferred.

Benefits

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