Automation Tester.

🌍 Remote, USA 🚀 Full-time 🕐 Posted Recently

Job Description

This a Full Remote job, the offer is available from: Virginia (USA)

Automation Tester (Location is Remote):

Role / Duties:

1. Developing Automated Testing Frameworks: Designing and implementing automated testing frameworks to streamline testing processes and improve efficiency.

2. Creating Test Scripts: Writing and maintaining automated test scripts for functional, regression, and performance testing of software applications.

3. Integration with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Integrating automated tests with CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and deployment.

4. Executing Test Cases: Running automated test cases to validate software quality, identify defects, and ensure adherence to requirements.

5. Identifying Test Scenarios: Analyzing software requirements and user stories to identify test scenarios suitable for automation.

6. Maintaining Test Suites: Updating and enhancing automated test suites to accommodate changes in software functionality and requirements.

7. Collaborating with Development Team: Working closely with developers to understand software design and behavior, and address issues identified during testing.

8. Performance Testing: Conducting automated performance tests to assess application performance under various conditions and workloads.

9. Security Testing: Implementing automated security tests to identify vulnerabilities and ensure the security of software applications.

10. Test Reporting and Analysis: Generating test reports, analyzing test results, and communicating findings to stakeholders for decision-making.

11. Training and Knowledge Sharing: Providing training on test automation tools and techniques to team members and sharing best practices for test automation.

12. Maintaining Test Environments: Setting up and maintaining test environments, ensuring consistency and reliability for automated testing.

Skills and Experience Required:

1. Programming Skills: Proficiency in Java, Python, or JavaScript for test script development.

2. Test Automation Tools: Experience with Selenium, Appium, or similar tools for automated testing.

3. API Testing: Knowledge of tools like Postman for testing application interfaces.

4. CI/CD Integration: Ability to integrate automated tests with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins or similar tools.

5. AI Testing: Understanding of AI testing frameworks and tools for testing machine learning models and AI-driven applications.

6. Analytical Thinking: Strong analytical skills for test case design and result interpretation.

7. Communication Skills: Clear communication for collaborating with team members and documenting test results.

8. Minimum 2+ years of experience testing in a cloud environment, GCP preferred. Verification of test conditions using backend systems, running SQL queries, navigating cloud storage objects, and checking service responses using tools like SoapUI.

Additional Required Skills/Experience

A minimum of eight (8) years experience in software development, software quality assurance/control, and/or related field;

A degree from an accredited College/University in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline is preferred;

Able to perform all functional duties independently on high-visibility programs, or mission critical aspects of a given program;

Able to oversee the efforts of direct reporting resources and/or be responsible for the efforts of all staff assigned to a specific job;

Experience training/mentoring less experienced personnel;

Extensive knowledge of and experience with formal software testing for complex software applications;

Extensive experience testing software applications, identifying/documenting defects, and working with developers and end users to resolve defects;

Extensive experience with multiple defect tracking tools (e.g. Rational, Mercury);

Extensive experience authoring software-quality-related documentation such as requirements specifications, test plans, test cases, test scripts and test reports.