SoftwareQA Engineer

Job Title: Software/QA Engineer
Work Location: Chicago IL
Work Model: Onsite
Contract Duration: 12 Months.

NOTE: No Visa Sponsorship

Job Summary:
The main function of a software engineer is to apply the principles of computer science and mathematical analysis to the design development testing and evaluation of the software and systems that make computers work. A typical software engineer researches designs develops and tests operating systems-level software compilers and network distribution software for medical industrial military communications aerospace business scientific and general computing applications.

Responsibilities:
Review and approve the modification of existing databases and database management systems.
Instruct staff to write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system.
Direct database development and approve project scope and limitations.
Review project requests describing database user needs to estimate time and cost required to accomplish project.
Plan coordinate and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage modification or disclosure.
Approve schedule plan and supervise the installation and testing of new products and improvements to computer systems.
Develop standards and guidelines to guide the use and acquisition of software and to protect vulnerable information.

Skills:
Verbal and written communication skills problem solving skills customer service and interpersonal skills.
Expert ability to work independently and manage ones time.
Expert mentoring skills necessary to provide support and constructive performance feedback.
Expert knowledge of the full software development lifecycle: from business/systems analysis through requirements gathering and functional specification authoring to development testing and delivery.
Expert ability to troubleshoot issues and make system changes as needed to resolve issue.
Expert knowledge of computer hardware and software.
Knowledge of computer development software as it relates to systems such as SQL VisualBasic etc.

Education/Experience:
Bachelors degree in computer science software engineering or relevant field required.
8 years experience required.

Positions Contributions to Work Group:
AKA Senior SDET Extend testing automation framework using JAVA/JAVA Script
Take ownership in understanding business requirements/ACs and develop test strategy/test plan
Develop automation testcases using existing automation framework

Typical task breakdown:
Develop test automation code for Continuous Integration (CI) Continuous Delivery (CD) of systems infrastructure and test framework.
Plan design develop and maintain API test automation framework that facilitates automation scripting execution and analysis of results
Provide technical leadership and mentoring for test engineers on multiple applications/projects onshore and offshore; train and mentor project team members to create execute analyze and maintain automated regression suites
Coordinate with product owner to resolve open issues/enhancements/upgrades and understand the use of a specific functionality as needed
Develop automated functional scripts using tools such as Java Karate JMeter.
Perform exploratory and manual testing of the product suite as appropriate
Provide expertise in testing methodologies best practices and standards
Position will be onsite hybrid starting day 1. Interviews may also be onsite

Interaction with team:
Working with team; team consists of 20 folks

Work environment:
Currently onsite 3 days/week. Will eventually have a full return to office (5 days onsite).

Education & Experience Required:
Years of experience: 8-10 yrs experience
Degree requirement: Bachelors degree and 8 years of experience

Required Technical Skills:
Strong design and development skills in two or more of the following technologies and tools: Java (3-5 years) Cucumber(3-5 years) JBehave or other BDD testing frameworks
At least 8 years of test automation framework design
Strong experience in testing Webservices (REST APIs) (35 years)
Proven experience developing test scripts test cases and test data
The ability to write queries in SQL or other relational databases
3 years of experience in developing scenario based performance testing using JMeter
Experience testing full stack and integration testing with 3rd parties
End-to-end system integration testing experience for software platforms

Technical Skills Desired:
Hands on experience with Python
Development experience in AWS Cloud technology
Experience in TDD continuous integration code review practice is strongly desired
Experience with Apigee or other API gateways is a plus
Experience with DevOps concepts and tools (e.g. CI/CD Jenkins Git)
At least 2 years working on an Agile team with a solid understanding of Agile/Lean practices.
Understanding of a micro service Architecture
Experience load and performance testing
Strong documentation skills

Soft Skills Required:
Ability to adapt quickly to a complex environment
Pro-active flexible and creative
Very strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with developers and business users.

Arushi Khanna Associate - Hiring & Recruitment
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Vishal (Victor) Verma Assistant Manager

NS IT Solutions

Required Skills:

JAVATDDPERFORMANCE TESTINGCI/CDCONTINUOUS INTEGRATIONGITQA ENGINEERJMETERSQLAGILEREST APISVISUALBASICTESTING METHODOLOGIES