Sr. QA Automation Engineer (Software) (Java, Selenium, GitHub)- Delta Dental

Job Title: QA Automation Engineer (Software)

Oakland, CA or Alpharetta, Georgia/Atlanta GA, (2 days per week onsite in location) Required!

Minimum 7+ years overall experience as a QA Automation Engineer (Software). Current and 7 years of Java, Selenium, GIT/GIThub, SQL and test methodologies, User Interface and Services testing Methodologies. Required Agile/Scrum team experience, supporting automation efforts working with Developers, Test cases tracking/documentation/Experience working with Jira Tools/Plugins and processes. Experience with Jenkins, API Testing, JavaScript, REST API's and SOAP.

Daily Tasks:

• Work collaboratively with cross-functional team of product managers, UX designers, architects, principal engineers, software engineers in an Agile team.
• Design, develop and review test strategies and test cases for the applications.
• Analyze new development and change requirements to determine testing needs.
• Work closely with the agile team to create and apply best testing processes.
• Coordinate with the Scrum team and development counterparts in overseeing bug tracking, test prioritization, test automation and release.
• Engages in dependency analysis, functional design, workflow analysis, use case analysis, data, and process modeling, and has a clear understanding of the current and future business rules and determine what and how the software needs to be tested.
• Takes a lead in end-to-end testing discipline by partnering with other teams to support including test planning, incident research and analysis, test strategy, QA and user acceptance testing functions as needed.
• Leverages a deep understanding of system behavior and data properties to determine efficient and effective approaches to testing broad and/or complex topics.
• Creates reports and analyzes data to provide accurate testing results and summaries.
• Analyzes current processes and identifies existing or potential problems to client new process improvement opportunities.
• This list is not all-inclusive, and you are expected to perform other duties as requested or assigned.

Required Skills:

• Required knowledge on Java, GIT/GIT hub, SQL and test methodologies, User Interface and Services testing Methodologies.
• Required Agile/Scrum team experience, supporting automation efforts working with Developers, Test case tracking/documentation/Experience working with Jira Tools/Plugins and processes.
• Experience with Jenkins, API Testing, JavaScript, REST and SOAP.
• Required ability to independently drive projects and outcomes, work with minimal requirements and those that frequently might change.

• Strong problem solving, critical thinking, organization and communications skills.
• Must be flexible to learn / adapt new coding language as required.
• Develop new utilities to support test automation needs.
• Work with Quality Engineering team by providing automation support.
• Team player, work with different teams in the organization in a seamless manner.
• Multi-tasking, capable of handling multiple projects and priorities at the same time.

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