Brooksource · 8 hours ago
Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer
Northbrook, IL
Contract
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$65/hr - $70/hr
8+ years expBrooksource is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer to enhance and execute automated testing processes. The role involves developing test cases, integrating automation with CI/CD pipelines, and supporting both manual and automation streams to ensure quality in software releases.
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Responsibilities
Develop test cases and test scenarios in Zephyr and automated testing tool that provide thorough coverage of implemented features and meets acceptance criteria from business stakeholders
Enhance/execute existing automation suite using Selenium-Java and Service Automation
Experience with Playwright automation tool
Expand existing automation framework for microservice level validations
Closely work with team on implementing service based automation for REST and Soap calls
Execute test automation suites in CI/CD pipelines
Integrate Service Automation, Wiremock and UI Automation with CI/CD pipelines on Azure platforms
Must be a strong Test Automation Engineer who can work independently and be capable of solving problems and communicate effectively with automation leads when further technical help is required
Own and support both manual and automation streams to meet the business priorities for releases
Provide expertise in the planning, constructing and execution of test scripts. Apply business and functional knowledge including testing standards, guidelines, and testing methodology to meet the teams overall test objectives
Execute smoke tests and regression tests in QA, UAT and production environments to verify code deployments and other system changes
Create, update and track execution of test cases within Zephyr
Identify, replicate, report and track issues to closure in an issue tracking system (JIRA)
Review requirements, providing feedback on completeness, testability and other risk areas
Assist in the maintenance of dev/test environments including user accounts, application configuration and build deployments
Build appreciation & culture of full-stack across the team with focus on T shape skills
Identify functional and complete manual tests to be included in automated testing and work on automating candidates for test automation
Team player and ability to work in Global Team setup, product owners and business team to develop, build & support application
Write clean, performance friendly code. Perform unit testing and prepare task documentation
Experience with building Test Strategies and Test Plans
Investigate and fix production issues and performance issues
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field
Overall 8+ years of experience in designing and executing test cases on web based applications
5+ years of strong experience in writing micro service automation and UI Automation using Selenium and Java
Basic experience in using tools like Jenkins, Maven, Test NG, JIRA, IDEs like Eclipse or Intellij Idea
Must have experience with version control tools like Git/GitHub etc
3+ years of experience on any Service based Automation tool. (e.g. Katalon, Rest Assured, etc)
3+ years of experience on mocking tool (like Wiremock) and integrating it with Azure platforms
Experience with running test automation suites in CI/CD pipelines
Experience with running automation suites in parallel on multiple VMs and browsers
Experience in analyzing results of automation test runs
Ability to create test cases based on user stories and business requirements
Ability to execute QA testing, interpret test results, and document outcomes
Expertise writing and executing SQL queries for data testing
Must have working experience in Agile/Scrum Teams
Experience with web front end, back end and mobile application testing
Technical understanding of web application development, mobile application development and deployment concepts
Experience working on Application build on front-end technologies like Angular, React, Javascript or Typescript will be plus
Experience with cloud-based (Azure/AWS is mandatory) application/service architecture, including deployment and scaling
Hands on experience in Azure Cloud Services, DevOps
Must be highly motivated and dependable with excellent communication skills
4 year degree (or higher) in CS / IS or a related field
Preferred
Experience with building Test Strategies and Test Plans
Good to have experience on Docker Images, Containers, Kubernetes, Distributed Cache: Redis, Distributed APM solutions
Ability to quickly become proficient in new tools/technologies
Experience with testing in the following domains is a plus: E-Commerce, ERP / SAP
Company
Brooksource
Brooksource is a single source for project and supplemental support through contract employment, contract-to-hire labor employment.
1001-5000 employees
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