Automation Test Engineer

Job Title: Automation Test Engineer

Location: Minneapolis, MN (Onsite) & Dallas, TX (100% Onsite)

Employment Type: Contract

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GENERAL DUTIES AND TASKS:
Automation Test Engineer with a strong track record of delivering high caliber results with high client satisfaction. The successful candidate must be energetic, communicative, intelligent, passionate, and motivated.
The position is fast paced on a complex, high priority project requiring both hard and soft skills and focused dedication.

Key Responsibilities:
Coordinate with test sites and other team participants to plan test events and create test data
Creating and running automation test cases
Tracks problems and report on errors/issues that are identified
Create/manage test plans/reports and perform testing such as unit, regression, and smoke testing adequate to ensure the released coding changes meet the requirements
Triage issues to determine if the problem is traceable to requirements, design, configuration, testing, code defect, documentation deficiency, or knowledge gap, and to determine whether further analysis is required
Ensure all acceptance criteria are agreed to by stakeholders and are testable and automated to the maximum extent practicable
Assist in the testing and documentation steps for each part of the testing process
Evaluate existing test artifacts and design test cases/scripts for new releases independently
Work closely with the developers, business analyst, scrum master, project manager and other stakeholders to understand product specifics and to create corresponding test strategies
Ensure all requirements' data is under change control and is fully linked to work items that show traceability to design changes, configurable items, test cases, and test results
Ensure test plans specify the type and scope of testing to be conducted during each product build (for example, unit, functional, accessibility, system, reliability, usability, interoperability, regression, security, and performance)
Execute testing on both frontend and backend systems
Participate effectively in estimation, planning, cost-of-quality, and quality risk analysis
Be an advocate for our VA customer stakeholders and the ultimate beneficiaries of our solution - our Nation's Veterans
Develop a keen understanding of program goals and requirements and develop a vision to both meet the customer's current needs, and for evolution of the program to meet changing client needs
Collaborate with project leadership and client stake holders to deliver the project on time, with high quality, and in alignment with the customer's expectations
Ensure targets for contractual performance metrics/SLAs are met or exceeded, and provide analysis and communication to ensure appropriate focus on critical attention areas
Anticipate project challenges and technical risk scenarios
Identify and execute on opportunities for process improvements
Escalate key issues and recommend solutions to project and client leadership
Serve as a subject matter expert to ensure successful implementation of all the project's solutions
Develop and deliver internal and client-facing program reviews, status reports, performance reports and other communications
Other duties as assigned by project leadership

Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree (Engineering, Computer Science, Systems, Business, or related scientific /technical discipline)
8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education
relevant experience with mandatory experience in Selenium framework and Cucumber tool
Experience in the coordination and execution of test events in accordance with approved test plans, procedures, and scripts
Experience setting up test environments accurately
Experience in testing IT hardware, software, systems, and networks
Experience in writing or assisting in the development of test plans and test procedures
Experience with Jira and GitHub
Experience with diverse IT projects both large and small
Well versed in full systems development life cycle, enterprise-wide network engineering, strategic information planning, business process reengineering, structure, and management practices
Able to identify and mitigate risks to the program, manage to cost, schedule and performance

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