C Automation QA

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C# Automation QA

Issaquah WA

Long Term

Responsibilities:

Defines the testing strategy and approach to validate new or enhanced functionality implemented by teams.

Collaborates with team members to decompose functional and nonfunctional requirements into test scripts and scenarios.

Determines test dependencies including QA test environment QA tools training build and deployment plans intrateam dependencies and communication processes.

Creates and executes manual and automated test scripts to validate the acceptance criteria defined within the epics and user stories implemented by team members.

Develops manual test cases for all functional and nonfunctional requirements and collaborates with development team members to identify candidates for test case automation.

Identifies risks impacting the timely delivery of a given product and collaborates with team members to prepare mitigation strategies.

Executes smoke functional integration and nonfunctional test scripts as part of the product/application delivery lifecycle.

Collaborates with team members to investigate the root cause of failed manual or automated test scripts.

Creates defects with detailed information pertaining to the failed test case/scenario with supporting documentation (screenshots environment details log files etc.).

Collaborates with team members to identify existing manual and automated test scripts that will be impacted through the development of new features and capabilities.

Shares feedback with the team members pertaining to the quality of sprint deliverables during retrospectives.

Manages the remediation of defects raised throughout the development lifecycle and creates supporting quality reports that are shared with stakeholders.

Collaborates with product team members (e.g. Product Owners System Analysts) to define the automating testing approach / strategy for a given product / application.

Develops testing protocols and standards to improve endtoend testing outcomes and shares and adopts best practices with the center of excellence (CoE) and other Quality Engineers.

Creates test data to support the execution of functional and nonfunctional testing activities.

Develops and executes automated test scripts to accelerate team velocity through the reduction of manual testing efforts.

Maintains the automated testing suite and accompanying framework for a given product.

Collaborates with team members (e.g. DevOps Engineers Systems Architects) to incorporate new automated test scripts into the continuous integration pipeline.

Shares test automation practices with engineers to promote shift left testing disciplines and practices (incorporate testing earlier in development) within a team.

Performs manual Functional validation.

Collaborates with the development team to identify test scenarios and create test cases for automation.

Creates and executes project test plans test cases automation and all QArelated collateral and documentation for a feature or product area.

Provides accurate estimates for projects including QA resourcing and testing schedules.

Executes testing directly and/or leveraging offshore resources while ensuring accurate results identifying failure patterns and supports bug triage processes to bring issues to closure.

Works well with source code version management and code deployment standards and utilizes this knowledge to ensure that QA processes and procedures for test environments are followed and that the integrity of the various environments are not compromised.

Mentors and develops other team members.

Executes and monitors automated test scripts and reports defects to the development team.

Develops and maintains testing documentation and reports.

Improves testing processes and automation frameworks.

Participates in code reviews and contributes to the overall quality of the application.

Required:

8 years software quality assurance engineering experience.

Experience using with programming languages C# .Net in the test automation process.

Minimum 5 years handson experience using industry standard software QA tools.

Proficiency in multiple test automation tools and frameworks.

Ability to perform API level manual and automation testing.

Strong understanding of software testing methodologies and best practices.

Strong problemsolving and analytical skills.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

Recommended:

Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field.

Understanding of web services SOAP REST and XML concepts and technologies.

Experience using Automation tools like Ranorex Jenkins SauceLabs Splunk Selenium etc.

SQA experience working within an iterative development