Sr. QA Engineer from Orangepeople
Glendale, CA 91201
About the Job
Welcome! We're excited to introduce the Senior QA Engineer role at our company. We're looking for someone with a strong background in quality assurance, a keen eye for detail, and a passion for delivering exceptional products. If you're someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, loves solving complex problems, and is dedicated to delivering outstanding results, we'd love to hear from you. Join us in shaping the future of our products and delivering the best possible experience to our customers.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Partners with product manager and tools admins to define requirements and ensure testability DX T&D MyJira and MyWiki applications, 45+ add-ons, and integrations.
- Creates, implements, maintains, and enhances test plans, test cases, test scripts, and test methodologies that ensure exhaustive testing of the MyJira / MyWiki and other Agile & Collaboration Tools managed applications.
- Develop software quality test plans and test cases (including UAT, Regression testing, and Functional testing).
- Develops and executes moderate to complex scripted automated tests.
- Responsible for end-to-end test automation role in alignment with overall QA strategy.
- Develops all forms of automated test scripts for functionality and business features.
- Designs mission-critical automated validation routines and test automation scripts based on industry best practices or production problem analyses.
- Analyzes data requirements for test coverage and defines routines and solutions to create test data to meet automation requirements.
- Analyzes infrastructure or system-level requirements and defines automation or scripts to validate infrastructure and middleware requirements.
- Design scripts within the metrics and reporting framework.
- Executes automated functional tests; captures and analyzes results.
- Champions all automation defects throughout the process.
- Performs functional, regression, integration, smoke, and acceptance tests.
- Designs, develops, deploys, and implements automation code to create tools, unit tests, test scripts, test harnesses, and other infrastructure for validating web-based and/or mobile applications, and integrations.
- Builds, implements and maintains automated test plans, test cases, and test scripts to support all testing cycles.
- Diagnoses issues, reports defects, and proposes regression tests to prevent recurring bugs.
- Mentors more junior members of the team to ramp up on automation concepts and support expanding automation coverage.
- Ensures the integrity of the QA process by promoting standards and advocating the use of industry-standard processes.
- Validates and helps define acceptance criteria in the system.
- Tracks and reports on quality assurance metrics such as defects, defect counts, test results, and test status.
- Review validation results to ensure that they meet entry and exit criteria.
- Reviews and ensures the team is employing the standard defect management process and works to incorporate any approved gaps identified.
- Writes requirements and functional specifications for complex automated test plans and protocols for large projects.
- Performs or oversees final checks and releases code to production; validates and signs off on complex test plans.
- Audits the writing of test cases/scripts for quality and compliance.
- Takes ownership over automation efforts, including designing or customizing automation tools as needed.
- Analyzes data requirements for test coverage and defines routines and solutions to create test data to meet automation requirements.
- Quickly translates technical requirements and product goals into appropriate code and automated tests.
- Uses continuous integration tools like Jenkins, Xcode Server, and VS Build Server to help run test targets, create reports, and support other users of the tools.
- Participates in agile planning, estimation, and documentation for team projects.
- Supports validations of periodic upgrades from vendors of web and app-based applications.
- Assists in setting goals, benchmarks, milestones, and project plans for automation and tracking against these plans.
- Advises leadership of regular progress and ongoing application quality through various reporting metrics.
Required:
- Minimum 7+ years of progressive experience in a dedicated quality assurance (QA) role responsible for testing complex systems.
- Minimum 5+ years of experience defining, developing & executing: QA test automation approach, QA test automation strategy, and QA test automation processes - as well as - developing/maintaining automated test scripts for a large organization using Selenium, Robotic Process Automation (RPA).
- Proven programming skills using Java or Python to support test automation with Selenium and RPA.
- Experience with Software development technologies (web servers, web scripting languages, multi-tier architectures).
- Experience with continuous integration tools such as Jenkins, Xcode Server, and VS Build Server.
- Proficiency with Atlassian Jira and Confluence platforms, and Xray Test Case Management.
- Experience with test automation of web-based applications.
- Proven ability to mentor other team members in test automation principles and execution.
- Prior experience working on an agile delivery team.
- Demonstrated ability to define test automation goals from business requirements.
- Strong communication, presentation, and collaboration with teams to produce quality work.
- Excellent analytical, debugging, and technical problem-solving skills.
- Experience with GITHUB/GITLAB for code source and versioning control.
- Significant experience with:
- SDLC.
- PCI and PII security testing processes.
- Design, implementation, testing, and deployment phases of QA tasks.
- Defect tracking tools.
- Load testing tools and practices.
- Software development technologies (web servers, web scripting languages, multi-tier architectures).
- Databases.
- Project Management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Quality Assurance or Testing Certification from an accredited QA Association.
Benefits:
- 401(k).
- Dental Insurance.
- Health insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity, equality, inclusion, and respect for people.
- The salary will be determined based on several factors including, but not limited to, location, relevant education, qualifications, experience, technical skills, and business needs.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Participate in OrangePeople monthly team meetings, and participate in team-building efforts.
- Contribute to OrangePeople technical discussions, peer reviews, etc.
- Contribute content and collaborate via the OP-Wiki/Knowledge Base.
- Provide status reports to OP Account Management as requested.
About us:
OrangePeople is an Enterprise Architecture and Project Management solutions company. Our most valuable asset is our people: dynamic, creative thinkers, who are passionate about doing quality work. As a member of the OrangePeople team, you will have access to industry-leading consulting practices, strategies & and technologies, innovative training & and education. An ideal Orange Person is a technology leader with a proven track record of technical achievements and a strong process/methodology orientation.
