We are seeking a QA Automation Engineer to join our team. Applicants should have 4+ years testing enterprise software systems and be graduates of a Bachelor’s or Master’s program in either Computer Science or another science/math/engineering discipline with some emphasis on computer programming. Ideal candidates will have a solid knowledge of Java, TestNG and Selenium WebDriver (at least 4 years - industry experience preferable). Experience with any of the following a plus: enterprise search, SQL, Windows and Linux operating systems, Apache Hadoop, Jenkins, Docker. Candidates should also have a demonstrable track record of technical curiosity and self-directed exploration of technology and experience working in agile environments

Responsibilities:

• Participate in project planning to provide input on functional requirements, usability requirements, testing strategies, testing time estimates and potential problems
• Develop and maintain manual and automated end-to-end, integration, stability and performance test plans based on the requirements
• Track testing results in an organized and reviewable way
• Adopt various testing methodologies like exploratory, compatibility & regression testing to ensure features are usable, reliable and work as designed
• Assist in reproducing, diagnosing, and resolving reported issues
• Develop and maintain QA reporting dashboards
• Report bugs and verify bug fixes
• Identify and implement QA processes in support of providing quality products.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or closely-related field with a significant amount of CS coursework, and/or 4+ years of software engineering experience (development and/or testing)
• Demonstrated familiarity with software quality assurance paradigms, best practices, and terminology
• Working, demonstrable familiarity with Java, gleaned by personal study and experimentation, as well work and/or academic projects
• Experience developing or testing multi-node, large-scale software applications
• Experience with Selenium WebDriver for testing web applications
• Experience with TestNG or JUnit to write effective unit, integration and end-to-end tests in Java
• Familiarity with exploratory testing goals and methodology
• Familiarity with object-oriented design principles and practices
• Technical curiosity, a love of problem solving, and a tenacious attention and commitment to quality and detail
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to write clear, concise bug reports
• Demonstrated ability to ramp up quickly in complex and technically challenging environments
• Setup and maintenance of various Hadoop clusters, databases, file systems and other systems used by test automation is a plus