BTS QA Test Engineer

Description:In this Quality Assurance Test Engineer role, you will create test strategies and execute and automate tests for new software applications and financial reporting solutions. You will define test plans, test specifications, test suites, test cases and help design tools for functional testing. You will communicate plans and results clearly and effectively. You will work directly with software developers, product managers, and technical program managers to ensure the quality of our applications and platforms. You will work with the team to drive the software development process toward quality-centric methodologies. You'll define and implement quality gates for code changes, delivering on the promise that our users' experience will be continually maintained or improved. You will develop high-quality test automation to drive lower operational costs and faster deployments. Our ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, relishes working with large transactional volumes and big data, enjoys the challenge of highly complex business contexts, and, above all, is a passionate about data and analytics. You are customer success obsessed and you can convert your experiences into impactful product enhancements. Finally, you should have the desire to have an industry wide impact and ability to work within a fast moving, startup environment in a large company to rapidly deliver services that have a broad business impact. Remote candidates encouraged to apply! Responsibilities • Design and implement test strategies to achieve CI/CD • Create test plans, test cases and drive continuous improvements to the quality assurance processes • Build automated test cases for frontend and backend • Execute periodic manual and automated test cases • Investigate and reproduce bugs and drive fixes through test and production stages • Build scripts to automate critical tests • Interpret and report testing results and be a vocal proponent for quality in every phase of the development process • Own QA for large scale systems • Work with Dev and QA engineers to develop best practices for software quality assurance across multiple software teams • Engage in design and development of quality infrastructure that encourages the optimal combination of component/integration and end to end tests Basic Qualifications • Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design • 5+ years of Software QA experience • Strong knowledge of QA methodology and tools • Have experience in defining test strategy spanning across multiple systems, writing test plans, test automation • Have experience owning QA for large scale systems • Working knowledge of common automation frameworks such as JUnit or TestNG • Obsession with quality and customer experience - Attention to detail coupled with ability to think abstractly Preferred Qualifications • Knowledge of at least one Programming or scripting language: C, .Net etc. • Experience with Selenium or other automation framework • Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs and product strategy • Agile development methodologies • Working with Backend and Frontend engineers across several teams • Familiarity with Angular • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Experience with Android, iOS or other mobile application development and/or testing • Experience with usability best practices; able to influence and improve user experience TDD background is good, but not required.Skills:Qa, Qa testing, Automation, Manual testing, junit, testng, C#, aws, Cloud, azure, android, ios, written and verbal skills, angular, agile, customer service, selenium, c, .net, react, javascript, terraform, sql, yamlTop Skills Details:• Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design • 5+ years of Software QA experience • Strong knowledge of QA methodology and tools • Have experience in defining test strategy spanning across multiple systems, writing test plans, test automation • Have experience owning QA for large scale systems • Working knowledge of common automation frameworks such as JUnit or TestNG • Obsession with quality and customer experience - Attention to detail coupled with ability to think abstractlyAdditional Skills & Qualifications:UNDUBBED RESUMES ONLY TDD background is good, but not required. -Is this person going to have to automate a test framework from scratch -If not, what framework has been built out? Not from scratch - we already have Selenium, custom C# code, and CI/CI pipeline that execute Unit, Integration, Regression tests. However, having new perspective is greatly desired. Java-only will NOT suffice. We need some background on Microsoft products, as well as Cloud-based tests. Cloud experience highly desirable, but we can provide on-the-job training. AWS, Microsoft Azure, and some Salesforce. C#, Angular, React, JavaScript, Terraform, SQL, YAML, and others. - Are there API's being used in the application? What are the API's written in? Will they be using a specific tool to test the API's? Yes, we have many APIs, written in C# as well as AWS Lambda and Azure Functions. APIs are testing with Postman, JMeter, custom C# code, etc. - Is the application going to be communicating with other internal applications? Yes, we are communicating very closely with other internal applications using REST API endpoints. • Supplier name / phone screen conducted by / Date: • Availability to Begin: • Currently Interviewing / Offer Pending: • Desired Compensation (bonus?): • Candidate Current Location / Time Zone: (remote / availability to go in office / open to relocation) • Eligible to work in the U.S.: Highlights: • Specific tech exp related to role: • Specific examples if applicable (implementation, specific upgrade, etc.): • Total related years of experience: • Certifications: • Education: • Additional Notes:Experience Level:Intermediate LevelAbout TEKsystems:We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.