Quality Assurance Engineer

********Job Description Summary******** Responsible for testing a feature and or a small feature set with ability to work independently, break down problems and estimate time for quality related tasks. ****Job Description**** **Roles and Responsibilities** In this role, you will: • Break down problems and estimate time required for quality related tasks • Demonstrate increasing expertise in application domain and functional areas • Apply various testing types and methodologies effectively during SDLC • Take ownership of small tasks and deliver without supervision while using their discretion to seek help when necessary • Apply principles of SDLC and methodologies like Lean/Agile/XP, CI, Software and Product Security, Scalability, Documentation Practices, refactoring and Testing Techniques • Work independently and delivers testing and use case creation which meets standards and delivers desired functionality using the technology selected for the project • Write effective tests according to best practices so that crucial functional requirements are verified and tests remain valid when code is refactored • Begin to collaborate with development team in bugs fixing and build plans • Collaborate with Quality Leaders in creating test plans • Implement and configures testing tools and at times help junior staff • Implement system-level integration testing • Be skilled in core data structures and algorithms • Define quality metrics, best practices and coding patterns, and provides deep expertise on the coding **Education Qualification** Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or "STEM" Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) with basic experience. Technical expertise • Has a solid understanding of the underlying infrastructure needed to run a large distributed application • Has the ability to break down problems and estimate time for development tasks • Has the ability to make basic technology choices based on experience • Expertise in building new automation frameworks and understanding the existing frameworks • Experience on Cloud applications testing • Microservice testing • Experience in Kubernetes dashboard and kubectl commands • Any Cloud Expertise in areas of instance creation, Storage, network and Cloud deployment. • Experience on QA tools like Selenium, JMeter, Load Runner, Silk Test, QTP(UFT), Test Complete, Watir, Cucumber etc. • Hands on experience on C/C++ is desirable, able to write API test frameworks. • Demonstrates awareness about competitors and industry Business acumen: • Has the ability to take ownership of small tasks and deliver without supervision while using their discretion to seek help when necessary • Voices opinions and presents clear rationale. Uses data or factual evidence to influence • Recognizes collaborative behaviour and participates in collaborative activities • Able to understand how team and personal goals/objectives contribute to the organization vision Personal Attributes: • Demonstrates the ability to help team members • Seeks to understand problems thoroughly before implementing solutions. Asks questions to clarify requirements when ambiguities are present • Identifies opportunities for innovation and offers new ideas. Takes the initiative to experiment with new software frameworks • Adapts to new environments and changing requirements. Pivots quickly as needed. When coached, responds to need & seeks info from other sources **Note** This Job Description is intended to provide a high level guide to the role. However, it is not intended to amend or otherwise restrict/expand the duties required from each individual employee as set out in their respective employment contract and/or as otherwise agreed between an employee and their manager. ********Additional Information******** **Relocation Assistance Provided:** Yes