Associate Analyst, Test Automation
Description
The Test Automation Associate Analyst is responsible for supporting Software Delivery Teams with the design, automation, and maintenance of test scripts to ensure automation aligns with testing initiatives and continuous integration. The Associate Analyst will support existing automation frameworks and related best practices. The Associate Analyst will document and perform manual testing, where applicable. While working closely within, and across teams, the Associate Analyst will ensure quality standards are met, and performance improvements are made. To ensure consistency across development, test, and production environments, the Associate Analyst will collaborate on the documentation of test cases, and test processes and procedures. #DCE
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Test or API software efforts from analysis through implementation
- Design, automate, maintain and debug test scripts
- Drive Risk-Based Testing conversations between business sponsors and developers
- Participate in testing, analysis, and communication of results
- Help reconcile business and technical requirements through use of current methods and practices
- Ensure best practices and standards are followed; maintain and oversee proper documentation
- Work under supervision; communicate with management on the status of tasks and projects and initiate requests to escalate problems, when needed
- Perform other duties and projects as assigned
- Understand and comply with all provisions of the Safety in the Workplace policy
Minimum Qualifications of Position:
- Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in related field. A combination of post-high school education, job related certification and related experience equivalent to 3 years may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Preferred Qualifications of Position:
- Foundation level Software Testing Certification; (i.e. ISTQB)
Knowledge and Skills:
- Knowledge of basic forms of testing, including: Functional, System, Integration, Regression, Exploratory, Negative, Smoke
- Some experience with scripting languages using Java, C#, VBScript, or related languages/technologies
- Some experience testing and automating with REST and SOAP Services
- Some experience with test management and test automation tools, or other related software testing tools
- Knowledge of Integrated Development Environments (IDE), such as Eclipse
- Knowledge of source repositories, such as GitHub
- Some experience with SQL and general knowledge of RDBMS concepts
- Understanding of the difference and purpose of both GUI and API testing
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Strong technical and operational problem-solving skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent customer service skills
- Strong ability to work in a team oriented environment
Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:
Work is performed in an office environment with moderate noise levels and light to heavy traffic. An individual in this position:
- Frequently remains stationary throughout a typical business day
- Frequently operates a computer and other office machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer
- Occasionally moves about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, and other rooms
- Occasionally positions self to access drawers and shelves of various heights
- Frequently reaches for and handles paperwork and files
- Constantly communicates with customers, coworkers, and management in-person and on the phone
- Must be able to exchange accurate information
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)