Software QA Engineer II

Software QA Engineer II
Location: Holtsville NY - Only Locals - No Relocation - Onsite Interview
Work Schedule: hybrid 3 days a week onsite

Overview:
Analyzes develops designs and maintains test cases for the organizations products and systems. Performs system integration of software and hardware to maintain through put and program consistency. Develops validates and tests structures and user documentation. Create maintain and execute overall test plan and test strategy. This role will be a key part of a team helping to coordinate manual and automated testing needs for the project.

Description:
Design develop and maintain manual & automated browser mobile and API test scripts.
Ensures proper execution of test procedures and automated test suites and scripts.
Understand business requirements and come up with test strategy to do different types of required testing and requirement traceability.
Work with both the Product Owner and development team to understand QA needs and develop QA Test Plan accordingly.
Work with team members from QA DevOps and Developers for implementation & deployment.
Establishes strong working relationships with team members and cross functional teams. Cross BU collaboration and release planning.
Follow established Agile process and QA best practices process and guidelines for high quality releases.
Execute various testing activities such as Acceptance Regression System Functional Integration and some level of Performance testing.
Provides accurate problem identification root cause analysis ticket documentation and resolution.
Identify dependencies and risks/concerns with testing activities or release schedule. Plan for end to end system testing cycles in physical lab.
Work with team on CI/CD pipelines automated build test deploy and support.
Support trials of new infrastructure designs/services.
Lead and manage QA related project tasks by working with Jr and Mid level QA to follow best practices and coding standards

Qualifications:
Preferred Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field
Preferred Work Experience (years): 5 years experience with manual and automated testing.

MUST Have Skills
Strong experience using Java and Junit testing.
Experience with Kafka and MQTT
Experience with Devcontainers (docker & Kubernetes)
Experience working with databases like MySQL PostgreSQL MongoDB Cassandra.
Experience working with Windows and Linux.
Experience testing RESTful API using Postman or similar tool.
Must be a self-starter and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Experience with Continuous Integration (Jenkins) and Continuous Delivery.
Experience testing using Amazon AWS or GCP is a plus