Quality Engineer - Jr.
Analyze, design and develop fully automated Java based test suites and continuous delivery solutions for Equifax cloud products.
Develop and execute automation tests for complex Web UIs and backend APIs which includes Functional, Contract, Visual UI Testing, Accessibility, Performance and Regression. Understand upstream and downstream dependencies and End to End testing concepts across multiple platforms leveraging complex architectures.
Work closely with QE Technical leads, Product architects, and Product owners in understanding testing requirements and test data.
Formulate test plans from requirements.
Manage defect status and other quality issues and work with product owners or QE Technical Leads to prioritize defects
Assure the timely release of high quality, highly reliable and high-performance customer deliverables and minimize production leakage
Work directly with integration partners and customers on testing, troubleshooting and provide production and environmental support
Qualification/ Skills:
Required Skills & Experience
Must have intermediate to advanced Java programming skills (very important).
4+ years of software QA testing experience automating tests for both Web UI and backend APIs
3+ years Selenium, Cucumber, Karate or RestAssured framework, Jenkins and SonarCube
Must be an expert in Gherkin and Behavior Driven Development
1+ years experience with Jira and Github
Familiarity with industry standards for software quality assurance, testing processes, quality gating, etc.Understand software development lifecycle and QA methodologies
Experience writing test plans and developing automated test cases with proper positive and negative test data scenarios is a must.
Ability to analyze and solve complex problems. Must be able to think analytically (very important).
Must be willing to troubleshoot and support production leakages when they occur and run test cases in both preproduction and production environments.
Excellent written and spoken communication and ability to interface with different levels in the organization.
Must be well organized, detail-oriented and able to prioritize numerous tasks
Experience with automated accessibility testing
Experience working in an Agile environment with agile methodologies leveraging Jira
Experience with SQL and Test Data creation and understand data structures
Understand cloud software architecture and testing in the cloud
Must be able to multitask in a fast paced and innovative environment
Must be a team player and very collaborative in nature
Preferred Skills & Experience
Experience with software Exploratory testing
Experience with Performance testing and analysis using APM tools like Application Dynamics
Experience providing guidance and mentorship to others
Experience with GCP and how to review StackDriver logs and analyze environmental readiness
Experience with synthetics monitoring and application performance monitoring
Extensive experience with QA automation tools, both front and back-end
Experience with Lambda test
Experience with Appium
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or other technical field or equivalent combination of education and related experience.