Senior QA Automation Engineer II (Hybrid)

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of St.

Louis

When you join the Federal Reserve—the nation's central bank—you'll play a key role, collaborating with leading tech professionals to strengthen and protect our economic, financial and payments systems.

We dedicate more than $1 billion to technology each year to support the Federal Reserve and our economy, and we're building a dynamic and diverse team for our future.

Overview
We are looking for a Senior QA Automation Engineer to provide software testing management services to the systems owned by the Department of Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service.

As our Senior QA Automation Engineer, you will report to a Manager and aide in the resolution of problems; perform system tests; assist users; and help manage relationships with business partners.

Responsibilities


* Lead test strategy, test estimation and planning discussions 


* Develop, maintain and execute automated test scripts (and occasionally manual tests) for requirement validation, integration, regression, performance and usability testing. 


* Design and implement core/framework functionality within the automated testing suite that is reusable and scalable across development teams 


* Provide product specific training and mentoring to other testers 


* Perform code reviews of automated test scripts and provide timely feedback. 


* Become proficient in the business functionality within the Fiscal Accounting web application. 


* Develop quality assurance standards and track quality assurance activities 


* Draft test artifacts, including Test Plans, Business Test Scenarios and Requirements Traceability Reports in JIRA Xray 


* Create reusable test data for automation scripts 


* Create and debug SQL scripts to be used for test validation 


* Perform formal (automated and manual regression) and informal (exploratory) testing of the Fiscal Accounting application


* Document test results and assist with defect management 


* Assist with developing technical artifacts (such as Use Cases and User Interface Specifications) and contribute to technical discussions 


* Support testing of application and environmental upgrades as well as resolution of production issues


* Perform 508 compliance testing 

Requirements


* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Information Technology  or commensurate experience


* 5-7 years relevant experience, including each of the following;



* Java application development using Spring framework 


* Creating automation tests using Java/Selenium/Selenium WebDriver 


* Familiarity with Junit/TestNG, Maven, and Bamboo (or similar CI platform) 


* Familiarity with a version control system such as BitBucket/Git 


* Creating test automation frameworks using modern test approaches such as Behavior Driven Development (BDD) 


* Creating SQL scripts 



* Preferred but not required: 



* Experience with ...