QA Automation Engineer / Tester

QA Automation Engineer / Tester PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • Develop and execute test plans and automated test scripts against defined requirements • 5+ years’ experience with SDLC activities, to include experience performing multiple types of testing (Smoke, System, Integration, Performance, Functional, UAT, Regression) • Report testing progress against planned activities and schedule • Strong familiarity with QA industry best practices • Identify, document, and manage defects through their lifecycle • Ability to interface with Product and Development teams • Perform black box testing to enforce the highest level of product quality DESIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, an applicable field, or equivalent • 5+ years’ prior experience as a QA tester supporting web based and client/server applications with experience writing detailed test plans and automated scripts • 5+ years’ experience in an Agile development and testing environment • Test experience in web-based testing (5+ years), automation testing (2+ years), functional testing (5+ years) • 4+ years’ experience in JIRA, Zephyr, Jenkins, JavaScript, Selenium/Protractor, JMeter, Neo4J (cypher) • Experience implementing and supporting Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment • Strong organizational and analytical skills as well as an attention to detail • Excellent written and verbal English communication and problem solving skills • Ability to effectively manage multiple work assignments Tools: • Microsoft Office • JIRA • Zephyr • JMeter • Cucumber • Protractor • Jenkins Desired Certifications: • ISTQB Certification • Six Sigma Green Belt • ITIL Foundation Certification