Automation Tester Job at Jobs via Dice in Chicago

Overview

Develop and execute manual and automated test suites for new and existing software applications. This includes applying automated and manual testing methods and procedures, and generating reports, in a manner consistent with client Software Testing Policies and Standards. Ability to build and execute tests using automation (Selenium, Postman, C#) is critical. Knowledge of Core Banking, Accounting, and Financial Services, or the ability to quickly learn, is also critical.

Responsibilities

• Decipher business requirements and use cases.
• Write and develop new manual and automated end user test cases.
• Execution of manual and automated end user test cases.
• Track and report all results, problems and defects throughout the testing cycle using Azure DevOps.
• Represents testing team and participates in reviews of use cases and other requirements documentation to obtain an understanding of systems changes in preparation for test case development.
• Expected to provide valuable input on process improvements.
• May be called upon to mentor less experienced staff members.

Knowledge & Abilities

• Must have excellent communication (verbal, written) skills
• Requires a working knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies, such as Waterfall, or Agile.
• Multi-tasking and time management abilities are a necessity.
• Ability to work at ease with both development and non-technical users.
• Requires the ability to grasp and understand business acumen.
• Ability to gather, query and evaluate large volumes of test data & test results.
• Ability to use Selenium, Postman, and C# to create automated tests and execute those tests
• Ability to learn and use Test Management System (TMS) to create and execute automated tests for the Summit application.

Skills

• A/B Testing
• Agile Principles and Values
• Bug Detection And Documentation
• Cloud Fundamentals
• Dependency Based Testing
• End-to-End Testing
• Ephemeral Test Environments
• Functional Testing
• Incident and Problem Management
• Load Testing and Soak Testing
• Performance Testing
• Quality Assurance / Testing Levels
• Regression Test Automation
• Regression Test Suite Optimization
• Release / Deployment Management
• Security testing and analysis
• Service Mocking / Service Virtualization
• Shift-right Testing (e.g., canary testing)
• Software Monitoring, Event Management, And Operations (E.G., Applications, Websites, Batch Jobs)
• System Integration Testing
• Technical Literacy
• Technical Specifications
• Test automation
• Test Case Development
• Test Data Management
• Test Driven Development
• Test Strategy Development and Test Planning
• Test Suite or Harness Development
• Usability Testing
• Work Planning

Job details

• Seniority level: Entry level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Quality Assurance
• Industries: Software Development