QA Automation Tester - Minneapolis

Req ID: 329314 

NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization, apply now.

We are currently seeking a QA Automation Tester - Minneapolis to join our team in Minneapolis, Minnesota (US-MN), United States (US).

 

NTT Data Americas is Hiring!

 

This is a permanent, fulltime, salaried position with benefits.  Not open to C2C or C2H.

 

This position requires a Hybrid work schedule, with a minimum of three days per week on-site at our client's office in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

 

We seek an Automation Test Engineer with a strong track record of delivering high caliber results with high client satisfaction. The successful candidate must be energetic, communicative, intelligent, passionate, and motivated.

The position is fast paced on a complex, high priority project requiring both hard and soft skills and focused dedication.

 

Job Duties and Responsibilities Include:

• Coordinate with test sites and other team participants to plan test events and create test data
• Create and run automation test cases
• Track problems and report on errors/issues that are identified
• Create/manage test plans/reports and perform testing such as unit, regression, and smoke testing adequate to ensure the released coding changes meet the requirements
• Triage issues to determine if the problem is traceable to requirements, design, configuration, testing, code defect, documentation deficiency, or knowledge gap, and to determine whether further analysis is required
• Ensure all acceptance criteria are agreed to by stakeholders and are testable and automated to the maximum extent practicable
• Assist in the testing and documentation steps for each part of the testing process
• Evaluate existing test artifacts and design test cases/scripts for new releases independently
• Work closely with the developers, business analyst, scrum master, project manager and other stakeholders to understand product specifics and to create corresponding test strategies
• Ensure all requirements’ data is under change control and is fully linked to work items that show traceability to design changes, configurable items, test cases, and test results
• Ensure test plans specify the type and scope of testing to be conducted during each product build (for example, unit, functional, accessibility, system, reliability, usability, interoperability, regression, security, and performance)
• Execute testing on both frontend and backend systems
• Participate effectively in estimation, planning, cost-of-quality, and quality risk analysis
• Be an advocate for our VA customer stakeholders and the ultimate beneficiaries of our solution - our Nation’s Veterans
• Develop a keen understanding of program goals and requirements and develop a vision to both meet the customer’s current needs, and for evolution of the program to meet changing client needs
• Collaborate with project leadership and client stake holders to deliver the project on time, with high quality, and in alignment with the customer’s expectations
• Ensure targets for contractual performance metrics/SLAs are met or exceeded, and provide analysis and communication to ensure appropriate focus on critical attention areas
• Anticipate project challenges and technical risk scenarios
• Identify and execute on opportunities for process improvements
• Escalate key issues and recommend solutions to project and client leadership
• Serve as a subject matter expert to ensure successful implementation of all the project’s solutions
• Develop and deliver internal and client-facing program reviews, status reports, performance reports and other communications
• Other duties as assigned by project leadership

  

Basic, Required Qualifications:

• Minimum eight years of automation test experience with mandatory experience