Immediate need for a talented Principal Automation Engineer . This is a 12 Months Contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Westlake, TX (Onsite). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.
Job ID:26-01523
Pay Range: $65 - $70/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).
Key Responsibilities:
- Defining and executing test strategies, scenarios, and steps for automated and functional testing
- Active involvement and contributions in Agile practices
- Managing the execution of all QA work throughout the agile process
- Collaborating with development teams to develop valid test approaches and scenarios
- Working with new technologies to solve test challenges and process improvements
- Executes manual and/or automated test scripts for multiple or complex projects
- Leads test script reviews and mentors QA / Squad members on test tools and technologies.
- Contributes to CI/CD through automation
- Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks at a given time
Key Requirements and Technology Experience:
- Skills-Strong communication skills and proactive – needs to be able to ask questions and reiterate what’s being asked
- Experience with RESTful APIs, and API testing tools and technologies such as Selenium, Cucumber, Karate
- Experience with Java/J2EE (for writing testing code)
- Strong SQL abilities (need to know how to do joins and querying) and experience with Oracle
- Experience with JIRA, GitHub, CI/CD pipelines
- Jagacy, Experience working in the brokerage and financial Industry
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field
- 10 years of experience with a focus in implementing Java-based automation frameworks
- 3 years working in the brokerage and financial Industry preferred
- Experience with continuous integration practices and automated deployment tools
- Experience working in an Agile environment
- Experience with RESTful APIs, and API testing tools and technologies such as Selenium, Cucumber, Jagacy, Karate
- Experience with Java/J2EE, Groovy, Junit, JavaScript
- Expert level knowledge of SQL and experience with Oracle
- Experience with JIRA, GitHub, CI/CD pipelines
- Must have good communication skills
- Able to perform many roles within the agile squad from development to QA to systems analysis in order drive sprint deliverables to completion
- Able to learn large software systems end-to-end quickly, and has keen attention to detail
- Able to work with other team members in a distributed team environment, and willing to mentor others
- Self-directed, takes initiative, eager to learn new technologies, pragmatic and results-oriented
Our client is a leading Financial Industry and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.
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