Automation Engineer

Saxon Global is one of the fastest growing Inc. 500 Companies in the U.S., providing enhanced IT consulting and engineering solution services for past 16 years. Saxon Global specializes in Business Intelligence, Mobility, Big Data & Cloud and provides IT tools and services to help organizations across industry verticals such as Financial Services, Retail, Telecom, Healthcare, Banking and Media Entertainment for their continued growth.

Job Description

Title: Automation Engineer

Duration: Long Term Contract

Interview Details: Phone and In person

Required Skills: Selenium, Java, and Cucumber

Job Description: Client, the nation’s 2nd largest IT staffing firm, has a long-term contract engagement for an Automation QA Engineer to support one of our clients in the Finance Industry. The primary responsibilities of this position will be to work closely with the internal QA automation team and to ensure superior testing of development code prior to release to production. The focus of the QA Engineer will be to ensure all changes to our applications are tested adequately.

Requirements

• 7+ years of software testing experience
• Cucumber and Selenium experience required
• Java programming experience required
• Knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle
• Technical skills include Windows, LINUX, UNIX
• Ability to resolve issues in a timely manner
• Effective listening skills
• Aptitude and desire to learn
• Strong analytical/critical thinking skills
• Military education or experience may be considered in lieu of requirements above

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Create test plans and participate in Peer Reviews
• Lead a Test Data strategy
• Participate in the creation of acceptance criteria for all tasks
• Participate in agile ceremonies
• Create and execute test cases according to standards – manual and automated
• Perform problem solving and root cause analysis when defects occur
• Implement automated tests using approved testing and automation tools
• Help to educate developers on testing methodologies and framework

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.