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Lead Automation- QA

New Jersey, New Jersey, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 17 Oct 2024

About the role

Ness is a full lifecycle digital engineering firm offering digital advisory through scaled engineering services. Combining our core competence in engineering with the latest in digital strategy and technology, we seamlessly manage Digital Transformation journeys from strategy through execution to help businesses thrive in the digital economy. As your tech partner, we help engineer your company’s future with cloud and data. For more information, visit www.ness.com We are problem-solvers, architects, strategists, implementors, and lifelong learners. We collaborate with each other and with our clients to help them meet their short- and long-term technology goals. Our culture is open, transparent, challenging, and fun. We hire smart, self-starters who thrive in an open-ended environment to figure out what needs to be done and take ownership in delivering quality results Lead Automation- QA (Tosca)What You’ll Do

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.
Mentor/upskill junior team members and provide guidance on best practices in test automation.
Participate in code reviews to ensure high standards of code quality.
Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies in test automation.
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.
Agile evangelist

What We’re Looking For

2 - 8 years of strong hands-on coding/scripting experience in automation testing & engineering.
Excellent understanding of QA and testing methodologies, best practices
Excellent hands-on in programming languages such as Python (preferred), Java or JavaScript.
Experience in creating, maintaining, and executing automation tests utilizing tools such as Tricentis Tosca, Selenium required (Python preferred)
Excellent logical thinking and problem-solving skills.
2 - 8 Years of experience in Agile processes (Scrum preferred)
Experience in CI/CD/CT tools such as Azure DevOps (preferred), Jenkins
Experience in Accessibility, Visual and Cross Browser/Device testing.
Experience of working with Rest and SOAP services and understanding of SOA architecture
Experience in creating and maintaining test automation framework is mandatory.
Experience using SQL to query databases required.
Exposure to distributed source control systems such as Git
Experience with test data management techniques.
Experience with change management and defect tracking tools.
Zeal to be domain expert and learn new technologies.
Excellent interpersonal skills and written communications
High standards of confidentiality; abilit