Title:  Technical Specialist-Testing Services

Area(s) of responsibility

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

Design and develop automation/performance solutions that meet organization standards and build reliable, reusable, and maintainable automated regression suites & test harnesses
Create tools and frameworks with quality code to simplify testing scenarios.
Design and develop test plans, test cases based upon functional and design specifications, execute test cases and analyze and report test results to the teams
Work in partnership with the development teams to deliver business functionality on time with required quality that meets the acceptance criteria
Acts as a test lead, works well as Individual contributor and lead team by example.
Uses strong testing skills to provide guidance and assist project staff
Reviews and approves the work of project team members in the writing of scripts, expected results, test results and defect descriptions. Ensures best practices are followed and testing activities stay on schedule.
Focus on building efficient solutions for Web, Services/APIs, Database testing requirements.
Participate in internal/cross team meetings, project scoping, functional reviews, test specifications, technical reviews for assigned projects in an Agile environment
Involved in requirements review and participate in architecture/design reviews with an emphasis on test automation/performance strategy and ensuring best practices
Participate actively in functional, system and regression testing activities
Capture quality assurance data and metrics to provide insights and conclusions
Estimate and perform risk analysis for quality delivery
Agile evangelist

Qualifications

5-6 years of software testing experience in all phases of testing including test planning, test execution and test closure for all layer API, DB and UI.
Excellent understanding of QA and testing methodologies, best practices
Experience as an Automation QA Tester.
Experience creating/maintaining and executing automation tests utilizing tools such as Selenium required (Python essential).
Experience in Agile processes (Scrum preferred)
Experience of working with REST service
Experience creating/maintaining automation frameworks preferred.
Exposure to distributed source control systems such as Git.
Experience with test data management techniques.
Experience with change management and defect tracking tools.
Well versed with Defect Triage process and identification, tracking of corrective actions.
Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent interpersonal skills and written communications.

Minimum and Preferred Education

Bachelor's or higher qualification in Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent is preferred
Minimum and Preferred Experience/Skills

5-6 years of relevant experience with bachelor’s degree or higher qualification