Sr. QA Automation Engineer - Myrtle Point, United States - Zencon Group

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    Zencon Group Myrtle Point, United States

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    Details:

    Job Title:
    Sr. QA Automation Engineer


    End Client:
    T. Rowe Price

    Fully Remote

    Contract Length:

    6 months (very likely to be extended, long term project)

    Key Skills:
    Playwright, setting up testing/automation frameworks from scratch, Javascript, SQL,
    AWSenvironment, CI/CD pipelines


    Deadline:
    ASAP, only two spots to backfill and have one interview scheduled already with a promising candidate.


    JD:
    Senior Test Automation Engineer


    In the role of Senior Test Automation Engineer, you will interface with key stakeholders to enable a consistent, integrated and reliable approach for test automation.

    You will apply your technical proficiency to strengthen existing processes and recommend new technologies, tools and techniques.

    You will be part of a learning culture, where teamwork and collaboration are encouraged, excellence is rewarded, and diversity is respected and valued.

    You will design, develop, and maintain automation frameworks for effective and efficient test execution in an Agile environment for web applications.

    You will be responsible for developing new automation scripts and/or modifying existing automation scripts developed using various testing tools and in-house Automation Frameworks.

    You will integrate test automation into the

    CI/CD pipeline

    in an


    AWShosted

    products ecosystem.

    In this role, you will:
    Recommend, apply, manage and support effectual test automation technologies, tools and techniques.

    Responsible for developing and executing comprehensive suites of automation test plans and test cases, maintaining and adding to existing automation framework, continued evaluation of test cases for inclusion in regression, automation for newly integrated features, and development of toolsets to augment QA and Development testing

    Responsible for unit, functional, regression, database, accessibility and performance testing including UI, API and services testing

    Contributes to all parts of the SDLC, e.g., design, development, and testing with a focus on creating automated testing solutions

    Develops scripts and processes to monitor and alert for system performance and availability

    Drive the adoption of Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) patterns, methodologies and technologies.

    Integrate automation with deployment infrastructure to establish a continuous build and test cycle.

    A successful candidate will have the following characteristics:

    Experience using programming languages (

    Java and JavaScript ), source code management and version control tools. (

    Git, SVN, etc. )

    Understanding of

    ATDD and BDD (Cucumber)

    Experience with test automation tools (

    Selenium, Playwright )


    Proven experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining automated test suites for web applications using the specified tools and programming languages.

    Knowledge and experience of


    AWS
    is a must have

    Proven experience testing relational databases (

    SQL ), preparing data for testing purposes, and validating data

    Experience standing up and configuring CI/CD tools (e.g.

    Jenkins, Bamboo,
    AWSCodePipeline )

    Familiarity with application performance monitoring (APM) tools, particularly

    New Relic , to analyze and optimize software application performance

    Strong customer services focus with an ability to respond to changing customer priorities in an

    Agile

    operating environment

    Ability to work independently with minimal assistance

    Excellent leadership and communication skills to efficiently manage client stakeholders and Experis Solutions internal teams.

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