Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance · 14 hours ago
Software Testing & Quality Engineer II
US-KY-Louisville
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expKentucky Farm Bureau Insurance is seeking a Software Testing & Quality Engineer II to develop, implement, and maintain testing programs across their systems. This role will lead test teams and ensure best practices in quality assurance, while also mentoring team members and collaborating with other technical teams.
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Responsibilities
Provide quality assurance thought leadership to continuously improve upon KFB’s testing competencies
Create and manage a comprehensive test plan for large programs/projects
Create, document, implement and monitor best practices of testing methodologies at KFB in conjunction with the manager
Create and execute automated test scripts using best practices to ensure automation coverage across applications
Evaluate results of test cases and provide regular progress reports
Interact with other business and technical teams to define, document, analyze, perform, and interpret tests for products, systems, components, or modifications
Advocate and promote a strong culture for testing and outstanding software quality
Mentor other quality assurance team members as well as others involved in testing initiatives on testing techniques, methodologies, and best practices
Collaborate with others on establishing a process for continuous integration
Identify functional problems and suggest resolutions
Maintain awareness of quality assurance industry trends and work to introduce the relevant trends into KFB’s practices
Prepare data sets to test logic, error handling and system workflows, externally driving the data into scripts for reusability and maintainability
Provide test coverage analysis based on automation results
Utilize, maintain, update existing Visual Basic-based Automation Test Framework
Develop and add automated functional and regression tests in existing test framework
Function in short 2-4-week sprint cycles
Convert manual test preparation into automated test preparation
Investigate failed automation tests and report issues in bug tracking system (Quality Center) as appropriate
Build, maintain and grow test automation infrastructure
Define and lead performance test implementation
Participate in product and feature design reviews with developers
Create home-grown tools and scripts to facilitate and support ad-hoc testing
Provide exceptional customer service by understanding and anticipating customer needs
Effectively build a network of contacts at all levels of the organization to maintain connectivity to the business and the responsibilities and functions of each department
Manage relationships in ways that promote service and support the organization
Serve as a role model and leader to those in IT and throughout the organization
Provide clear, concise information to others in verbal, written, and electronic forms of communication
Apply the KFB corporate guiding principles of connectivity, championing people, customer service, and operational excellence in daily work and decision making
Demonstrate a positive and supportive attitude for company and department goals
Represent the company at outside business functions and attend educational seminars as needed
Qualification
Required
A bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in computer science, applied computer science, computer applications, computer information systems, or electronics or electrical engineering
Five years' post-baccalaureate experience as a Software Testing and Quality Engineer or Automation Test Lead
Proficiency in building and maintaining automation scripts using Selenium, Java, and Cucumber automation frameworks as shown by 5 years of experience in these areas
Proficiency in using SOAP UI and Postman tools for API testing by 5 years of experience in these areas
Proficiency in testing in either distributed or mainframe computer technologies as shown by 5 years of experience in this area
7+ years of testing full lifecycle experience including both distributed and mainframe environments, encompassing both functional and non-functional testing
5 years of hands-on experience in automation testing using Selenium, Cucumber, and Java
Good understanding of Object-Oriented design and implementation using Java
Strong understanding of automated testing for web-based API such as Rest and web services
Experience with Agile methodologies and Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Soft skills — diplomacy, essential in maintaining a relationship with developers, strong communication skills in both technical (developers) and non-technical (customers, management) environments
Good judgment — to assess high-risk areas to determine which areas to focus efforts on when time is limited
Problem-solving skills and proactive thought processes necessary to detect missing elements, an important factor for inspections and reviews
Excellent written and oral communications skills and the ability to interface with various business units to gain insight into functionality and usability
Demonstrated organizational and leadership skills
Demonstrated ability to meet target dates established with others
Preferred
Mainframe experience preferred
Certification in test processes is preferred
Experience with Microsoft VBScript
Experience with QA automation, QA processes, working in Agile environment
Insurance industry experience and experience with the Guidewire system is a plus
Company
Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance
Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance is an property and casualty insurer.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
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