HP QC Automation Engineer

Specific Services Required:

In the role of the Automation QA Engineer, the following services are required:

• Reviews all system requirements, test scripts, test scenarios to create appropriate testing workflow. Ensures that this set of high-level requirements is consistent, complete, correct, and operationally defined.
• Reviews software components and collaborates with Development group, Product Owners, System Teams, and Operations to ensure best overall testing strategies, best practices and techniques for automated testing.
• Interfaces with the design and implementation teams, so that any problems arising during QA can be resolved in accordance with the fundamental design concepts, and user needs and constraints.
• Assist in all testing processes involving the migration and integration of new and legacy technologies.
• Follows the testing standards and strategies and uses them correctly.
• Interface with the user(s) and sponsor(s) and all other stakeholders to determine their (evolving) needs.
• Follows the set standards for the automated testing software, policies, and execution.
• Generates products such as automated functional tests, regression tests, load tests, and test scenario around ETL and data conversion.
• Responsible for creating automated test case scenarios for Agile Delivery Team to meet Acceptance Criteria
• Reviews and understands the design and development of the database architecture including relational data structures, data marts, data dictionaries and logical and physical data models.
• Develop and maintain efficient, well documented, test scripts custom to the integration of data and processes from the legacy systems to the new applications and technologies.
• Design, develop and implement ETL testing scripts that are consistent with the solutions for data ingestion, cleansing, business rules execution and Data Distribution.
• Perform tests and validate data flows and ETL processes according to business requirements.
• Ability to create complex SQL joins to test data migration requirements.
• Expertise in querying and testing databases such as SQL Server, DB2 and Oracle.
• Designing test scripts that validate the determined data conversion strategy from legacy to new platforms.
• Involvement in all stages like Requirements gathering, Data mapping, Data extraction, Data loading, Data testing, documentation, performance optimization and maintenance.
• Excellent communication, presentation, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver business and technical value.
• Must be very organized, pro-active and self-directed. Must be able to perform with minimal supervision.
• Must have very strong abstract thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Must have very good verbal and written communication skills.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

In addition, the agency requires:

An experienced professional with demonstrating the following knowledge and skills:

• 7+ years Experience with Automated Testing Frameworks, Test Strategies and Test Beds.
• 7+ years Experience with HP QC, UFT, Stress Stimulus, Azure Dev Ops
• 7+ years Experience Microsoft SharePoint
• 7+ years Experience with Agile Methodologies
• 7+ years Experience with Software Testing Methodologies
• Knowledge of Testing Tools, Testing Frameworks, Continuous Integration Methodologies
• Knowledge of Web Application Testing, Distributed System Testing, Performance Testing, Regression Testing, Database Testing, Mobile Testing, Security Testing, Accessibility Testing, Web Service Testing.
• Knowledge of Data Modeling and Database Design
• Thorough understanding of standard QA best practices in an Agile environment including authoring test plans and test cases, executing tests and tracking issues to closure
• Experience in Test Driven Development and testing tools and techniques.
• Testing experience with Web Services (REST, SOAP, WCF) and tools such as SOAPUI and SOAPSonar.