Senior QA Engineer- Quality Practitioner

Company Description

We are the leading global information services company, providing data and analytical tools to our clients around the world. We help businesses to manage credit risk, prevent fraud, target marketing offers and automate decision making. We also help people to check their credit report and credit score, and protect against identity theft. In 2018, for the fifth consecutive year, Experian has been named to Forbes Magazine’s Top 100 list of the “World’s Most Innovative Companies.” We employ approximately 17,000 people in 37 countries and our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland, with operational headquarters in Nottingham, UK; California, US; and São Paulo, Brazil.

At Experian, we are committed to building an inclusive culture and creating an environment where people can balance successful careers with their commitments and interests outside of work. Our flexible working practices support our belief that this balance brings long-lasting benefits for our business as well as our people. Some roles lend themselves to flexible options more than others, and if this is important to you, we are open to discussing agile working opportunities during the hiring process. 

We're currently looking for a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer (Technical Lead) to join one of our QA teams engaged with functional and performance testing (mostly automated), based on Behavior Driven Development, using Cucumber, Java and Selenium.

Job Description

• Research tools and technologies to assist the Quality Assurance process and the test automation.
• Provide technical guidance to the rest of the team.
• Implement and maintain test automation.
• Analyses product requirements and designs test strategies.
• Takes part in software design discussions, reviews, planning and strategy sessions.
• Defines test plans, creates and executes test cases.
• Provides estimates and manages resources for project management purposes.
• Proactively identifies issues and potential process improvement areas, suggests options and recommends corrective actions.
• Prepares and communicates test status and progress reports.
• Analyses and reports product issues and drives for resolution.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional experience in Quality Assurance.
• Experience with test automation frameworks and their integration in the CI/CD process
• Good knowledge sharing and mentoring skills
• Excellent research skills.
• Excellent understanding of software development lifecycle and software testing methodologies.
• Very good knowledge of software architecture, operating systems and computer networks. 
• Demonstrated knowledge of agile development processes, software testing and documentation
• Ability to comprehend detailed project specifications as well as the ability to adapt to various technologies and simultaneously work on multiple projects
• Solid analytical and problem solving skills
• Proven oral and written communication skills 
• Experience with Atlassian JIRA and Confluence
• Experience working with geographically dispersed teams 
• Experience with Object Oriented Programming.
• Experience with Java-based automation frameworks
• Experience with testing of web services or REST/JSON APIs..
• Windows/Linux/Unix administration.
• Programming languages.
• Agile software development methodologies.
• Experience with Behaviour-Driven Development tools (Cucumber, Selenium)
• Experience with system level testing (performance, endurance, resilience)
• Familiar with SaaS concepts and Infrastructure
• Experience with virtualization and containerization (AWS, VMWare).
• B.S. degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or related discipline 

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Our goal is to create a thriving, inclusive and diverse team where people love their work and love working together. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion is essential to our purpose of creating a better tomorrow. We value the uniqueness of every individual and want you to bring your whole, authentic self to work. For us, this is The Power of YOU and it ensures that we live what we believe. 

Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Our goal is to create a thriving, inclusive and diverse team where people love their work and love working together. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion is essential to our purpose of creating a better tomorrow. We value the uniqueness of every indiv