About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

The Team:

The Central Quality Assurance (CQA) Automation team is responsible for developing and maintaining test automation frameworks, as well as managing tools and technologies based on industry best practices. Additionally, CQA focuses on upskilling, coaching, mentoring, and providing technical solutions to the entire Ratings QA organization. Our objective is to continuously add value to the Ratings organization by collaborating with all QA teams and associates, understanding their requirements and challenges, and delivering effective solutions.

Responsibilities and Impact:

• Design and develop automation solutions that meet organization standards and build reliable, reusable and maintainable automated regression suites & test harnesses 
• Create tools and frameworks with quality code to simplify testing scenarios. 
• Design and develop test plans, test cases based upon functional and design specifications, execute test cases and analyze and report test results to the teams 
• Work in partnership with the development teams to deliver business functionality on time with required quality that meets the acceptance criteria 
• Acts as a test lead, planning the work of other testing staff and assigning tasks to meet project deadlines. 
• Uses strong testing skills to provide guidance and assist project staff 
• Reviews and approves the work of project team members in the writing of scripts, expected results, test results and defect descriptions. Ensures best practices are followed and testing activities stay on schedule. 
• Focus on building efficient solutions for Web, Services/APIs, Database testing requirements. 
• Participate in internal/cross team meetings, project scoping, functional reviews, test specifications, technical reviews for assigned projects in an Agile environment  
• Involved in requirements review and participate in architecture/design reviews with an emphasis on test automation/performance strategy and ensuring best practices 
• Participate actively in functional, system and regression testing activities 
• Capture quality assurance data and metrics to provide insights and conclusions 
• Estimate and perform risk analysis for quality delivery and Agile evangelist 

Compensation/Benefits Information: (This section is only applicable to US candidates)

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $95,000 to $125,000. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual’s geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses and certification.

In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan. This role is not eligible for additional compensation such as an annual incentive bonus or sales commission plan.

This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, please click here.

What We’re Looking For:

Basic Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of software testing experience in all phases of testing including test planning, test execution and test closure 
• Excellent understanding of QA and testing methodologies, best practices 
• 6+ years of experience as an QA Automation developer 
• 6+ years of experience in developing, maintaining, and executing automation tests utilizing tools such as Selenium required (Python preferred), Tricentis Tosca, 
• Excellent Handson experience in Python & OOPs Concept 
• Good to have JavaScript Handson Experience 
• Create Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) infrastructure and processes to QA Automation scripts 
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines, supporting teams with different release schedules, testing needs, and codebases 
• 5+ Years of experience in Agile processes (Scrum preferred) 
• Experience of working with SOAP and REST service and understanding of SOA architecture 

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in creating and maintaining automation frameworks is mandatory 
• Experience using SQL to query databases required 
• Exposure to distributed source control systems such as Git  
• Experience with change management and defect tracking tools 
• Zeal to be domain expert and learn new technologies 
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills 
• Excellent interpersonal skills and written communications 
• High standards of confide