Senior Technical Specialist

Project Scope:

The consultant will be responsible for developing automated test cases in Tricentis Tosca for ESDD- developed CalPERS applications. The consultant will act as a test automation subject-matter expert and will work closely with automation engineers on the team as well as business analysts, developers, solution architects, and system testers. The consultant will work with CalPERS staff to create a Tosca test automation framework that includes data and environment setup and is suitable to run with Jenkins jobs and with other Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) platforms such as Azure DevOps and AWS Pipelines. The consultant will submit to the contract manager a written weekly status report as part of this agreement. The consultant will also provide knowledge transfer to State staff on an ongoing basis. Knowledge transfer will be provided both in a virtual workshop setting and through written communication. The consultant will also be required to use ticketing and collaboration tools like Jira and Microsoft Teams

Deliverables/Responsibilities:

Deliverable 1: The consultant will create a minimum of 10 automated test cases per month of varying complexity for ESDD-developed CalPERS applications.

• The consultant will use Tricentis Tosca to create the automated test cases.
• The Contract Manager will assign the test cases to be automated at the beginning of each month.
• The consultant will execute each automated test case several times to ensure the test case runs without errors.
• The consultant will work closely with test automation engineers, business analysts, developers, solution architects and system testers to resolve any hurdles when creating automated test cases.
• The consultant will utilize ticketing and collaboration tools like Jira and Microsoft Teams.
• The consultant will submit a written status report to the Contract Manager on a weekly basis.

Deliverable 2: The consultant will assist the automation team in refactoring existing Tosca test cases and test step libraries

• The consultant will use Tricentis Tosca to review and revise test cases that have previously been authored in Tosca.
• The consultant will use knowledge of Tosca test automation practices to improve the quality of the existing regression suites, reducing complexity and improving the consistency of test results.
• The consultant will use Tricentis Tosca to create and maintain reusable test step libraries and contribute to the reusable automation framework that supports test cases for ESDD-developed CalPERS applications.
• The consultant will do this work as requested in a pair programming or workshop setting, to facilitate knowledge transfer and training of the CalPERS test automation team.
• This work will be assigned by the contract manager, and refactored test cases will count toward the expectation of a minimum of 10 automated test cases per month.

1. 3: The consultant will assist the automation team in developing a test automation framework for continuous integration for ESDD-developed CalPERS applications.

• The consultant will develop automated test scripts that are scoped appropriately for complete unattended execution in a CI/CD framework.
• The consultant will work with CalPERS automation engineers, developers, and database administrators to design and develop an automated test framework that supports unattended execution, including necessary environment setup and data preparation.
• The consultant will work with Jenkins (or other CI/CD tool) subject matter experts to integrate Tosca execution lists and test events with a complete DevOps tool chain, including test execution and reporting of results.
• The consultant will do this work as requested in a pair programming or workshop setting, to facilitate knowledge transfer and training of the CalPERS test automation team.
• This work will be assigned by the contract manager, and test framework activities will count toward the expectation of a minimum of 10 automated test cases per month.

Deliverable 4: Knowledge Transfer

• The consultant will act as a test automation and Tosca subject matter expert. The consultant will provide knowledge transfer to team members on an ongoing basis through the end of the contract. Knowledge transfer will be provided both in a meeting type setting and through written communication. The consultant will work closely with the Contract Manager as needed to ensure that the information is documented and placed in a file share for team members to access. Knowledge transfer may include structured training sessions where the consultant presents specialized knowledge of Tosca script authoring and best practices to the team in a collaborative training session.

Mandatory Skills:

1. Minimum 3 years of experience creating automated test cases with Tricentis Tosca.
2. Minimum 5 years of experience creating automated test cases.
3. Experience working with state agencies within the State of California.
4. Experience working with public pension systems or experience with Governmental Retirement Benefits and Health Programs functions and processes like CalPERS.
5. Experience with ticketing and collaboration tools like Jira and Microsoft Teams.