SDET - Seattle, WA - Georgia IT Inc.

Seattle, WA

About the Job

Job Title : SDET
Location : Seattle, WA
Rate : DOE
Position Type : 6 months Contract

(US CITIZEN, GC. GC-EAD, H4 EAD preferred)

No Third party C2C

Job Description

SDET for Individual Contributor (IC) role:

Primarily need to be familiar with the .Net stack and would rate themselves as a 6 or 7 out of 10 in C# and SQL.
Self-driven, proactive, strong problem solver and demonstrates initiative.

Bonus Skill-Set:

Leadership skills - ability to lead/own specific areas, components, or functions; potentially managing tasks for other IC's for ownership area
Strong collaborative team member; ability to see the whole picture.

What are the must/nice to have skills you are looking for in this CW?
MUST:

Driven
Intellectual Curiosity
C# or Java
Understanding of web technology

Will consider candidates with fewer years of experience who demonstrate the above along with a strong understanding of testing.

Summary of Key Responsibilities: Responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:

Manages the quality assurance activities for multiple projects, software releases, and sustainment throughout the software development and test phases
Responsible for working with Automation Management and other SDET Leads in the creation, definition, implementation and leadership of a cross-business unit automation strategy
Mentors and directs other SDETs promoting teambuilding, professional development, and design, construction and execution of automated test scripts, adhering to team coding standards and designs
Provides leadership working directly with quality assurance management, project management, business and functional analysts, developers, infrastructure, and testers to gather and develop test automation requirements
Provides status report information, escalates issues and problems demanding management attention and resolution
Ensures requirements and design artifacts undergo reviews to proactively validate appropriate applicability, accuracy, feasibility, usability, clarity, and testability.
Monitors progress of testing and makes necessary changes to test plans, cases and scripts to ensure that quality standards and production deadlines are met
Manages the development and maintenance of quality assurance test plans, scenarios, cases and scripts for automated test efforts
Responsible for defining and maintaining quality assurance testing and automation best practices, initiates and documents process and procedure improvements
Responsible for creation of and adherence to coding standards, code storage, and designs to ensure that quality standards and practices are being followed
Models and acts in accordance with Starbucks guiding principles

Summary of Experience:

Work experience in software requirements, development or testing with creating and executing quality assurance test plans, scenarios, cases, checklists and scripts. (7 years)
Experience in software requirements, development, and testing activities with multiple, simultaneous quality assurance efforts, and a track record as a contributor with providing quality assurance support in an analyst capacity, including tools development and usage. (7 years)
Demonstrated collaboration on project teams and interaction with project managers, business and functional analysts, developers and the business community directly related to quality assurance responsibilities and roles. (7 years)
Experience with programming languages and script development. (7 years)
Demonstrate test management processes and technical skills, including an understanding of manual and automated test execution and performance related tools. (7 years)
Demonstrate knowledge using version control and defect tracking methods, including an understanding of associated tools. (7 years)
Knowledge of project management skills, including an understanding of project management processes and related tools. (7 years)
Knowledge of application software development life cycle concepts, lean and agile best practices, environment and configuration management, as well as test management methodologies and practices. (7 years)
Test Automation design and implementation experience (8 Years)
Experience designing, developing and implementing automation frameworks across the enterprise (8 years)
Experience with manual testing and manual test leadership

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Outstanding organization and planning skills
Exceptional communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
Excellent facilitation and presentation skills
Excellent risk mitigation and process improvement skills
Sensitivity and collaborative relationship based awareness working with project sponsors and stakeholders
Strong attention to detail
Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities
Ability to research and recommend new and/or enhancements to processes and tools, based not only on technical factors, but financial and cultural as well
Technical systems knowledge for various applications and systems (Windows, *NIX, Oracle, etc)
Ability to manage and delegate numerous concurrent project, activities, and tasks under time constraints
Ability to and instruct and educate others on developing applicable test plans, scenarios, cases, and scripts
Team player who exhibits effective interpersonal skills with a collaborative style
A demonstrated track record of maintaining and improving individual as well as team job skills through training, self-research and self-study
Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and sometimes ambiguous environment
Familiarity with Software Development Lifecycle
Exceptional ability to learn new technology and business processes
Exceptional proficiency in programming languages such as, SQL, C#, VB.NET, PERL, Java, JavaScript, or other languages as required by business unit
Exceptional ability to understand and work with application functionality and system technology (databases, OS, etc)
Exceptional ability to influence diverse groups of individuals from technical to business teams with exceptional business savviness
Exceptional ability to translate technical terms and discussions to non-technical in order to ensure the topics at hand can be interpreted by all

What does a typical work day entail? What are the daily tasks/responsibilities/deliverables?

Driving quality within a scrum team, focused on Restful APIs.
Creating automation from unit to E2E scenarios
Being customer voice in standup and intake meetings

Source : Georgia IT Inc.