Senior Test Automation Engineer

SWIVEL is seeking a talented individual to create and maintain manual and automated test cases, test plans, and test suites for SWIVELS’s client-acing applications and supporting processes. This individual builds automated regression suits in support of the continuous testing strategy.

Why you'll love this role:
In this role, you will join a friendly and diverse group of professional Test Automation Analysts within an enterprise-level Agile environment building, designing and creating automated test scripts for financial web applications and their APIs using Selenium, Soap UI, Postman. Coding experience using C# or Java, or Java script is necessary. SWBC utilizes cutting edge technical tools and offers continued growth in software testing and Agile SDLC practices.  

Essential duties include the following:

• Builds test cases, test plans, and test suites.
• Designs, creates and maintains automated test scripts (Web, API, and Microservices) as part of an application test suite.
• Manage manual and automated test management tool to test management tool and execute them in CI/CD tool (Azure Dev exp is preferred)
• Capable to automate batch and ETL Jobs
• Capable to analyze failure in automation scripts and apply fixes
• Should understand and test/utilize AWS cloud components like S3, Lambda, API gateway etc.
• Performs exploratory testing to find issues outside of normal use.
• Collaborates with business partners, product owners, and developers to ensure testing strategy will satisfy all acceptance criteria and development outcomes.
• Tests application features against performance expectations and baselines.
• Tests applications for common security vulnerabilities.
• Test application performance requirements.
• Creates and maintains test data that will allow for all aspects of a test to be fulfilled, either through the application or directly with the data source.
• Maintains automation frameworks and tools.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Serious candidates will possess the minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related technical field from an accredited college or four-year university OR equivalent experience required.
• Master’s Degree preferred.
• Minimum of seven- eight (7-8) years of experience required.  Extensive experience with static testing, system testing, regression testing, functional testing, non-functional testing, ad-hoc testing, and performance testing required. 
• Experience testing web, API and Microservices applications and creating automated test scripts using SoapUI, Selenium, or a similar tool required. 
• Strong self-management skills, allowing for independent project execution with minimal oversight.
• Demonstrable history of successfully guiding and mentoring Junior to Mid Level colleagues.
• Experience in developing automation scripts using Selenium in C# or Java (Preferred C#).
• Used Java script or Groovy script or similar scripting language while automating API.
• Experience in test management and CI CD tools (Azure Dev ops is preferred) .
• Experience in automating script with cross browser tools like Browser Stack.
• Experience in object-oriented programing concept.
• Experience with Agile SDLC practices via Scrum and/or Kanban preferred.
• AWS certification is preferred.
• International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB) certification preferred.
• Proficiency in Selenium and ability to write automated test scripts.
• Proficiency in Perl, Java Script, Groovy or similar scripting language.
• Deep understanding of testing fundamentals, including requirements traceability, defect management, defect analysis, injection and detection analysis, defect remediation, etc.
• Basic understanding of relational data models.
• Basic understanding of SQL databases.
• Programing experience in C#, Java, or similar programming language.
• Basic development skills.
• Able to query and add data, as necessary, via SQL Server or Oracle preferred.
• Familiar with test management and defect reporting tools, including Micro Focus Application Life Cycle Management (ALM), Microsoft Test Manager, Team Foundation Server (TFS), JIRA, etc.
• Demonstrate initiative and innovation.
• Able to remain up to date on the latest testing methods and technologies in order to produce high-quality software.
• Proficient Microsoft Office skills, including Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Excellent organizational skills.