Automation QA Engineer Salesforce

Required skills Job Summary/Description: 

Provide accountability for testing and quality assurance for mission critical enterprise applications Drive a continuous improvement mentality to deliver robust performance testing strategies and methods Promote excellent development practices for coded test frameworks, to include participating in code reviews and source control management Coordinate End-to-End testing across different product and domain teams Design test automation for Salesforce UI, web services, APIs Partner with development and other team members, provide technical guidance and work closely with offshore QA teams to create agile test automation solutions, accelerating Client's SDLC processes and meeting critical business objectives.

Maintain tools used in during test development including source control, test management and release systems Mentor peers and staff on test engineering for QA, network with other automation teams within Client's and derive automation best practices for continuous improvement.

Experience working with resources in different geographical locations and offshore vendors 

Required skills:

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or a related field

5+ years of experience in Test Automation 

Understanding of QA practices (black box testing, risk based testing, system testing, regression testing, exploratory testing practices)

Strong technical competency in an OOP language such as Java or an expert in test automation tools preferably in a Java/Maven environment and the Atlassian suite of tools (Jira, Zephyr, Confluence), Selenium or other industry leading tool sets

Team player with excellent communication skills (oral and written) to partner technically with Application Architects, Development, QA/Testing organizations and Business teams

Working knowledge of Agile, Iterative development process and methodologies is essential

Passion for building solutions through automation, driven by innovation and commitment to lifelong learning

Strong problem-solving skills including ability to disseminate complex ideas in a simplified fashion

Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment Preferred/Nice to Have

Hands on experience with DevOps and Continuous Integration tools (Jenkins/Bamboo/GIT etc.) is preferred

Acceptance test-driven development (ATDD) or Behavior Driven Development (BDD) using Gherkin languages like Cucumber

Exposure to a regulatory environment (like Banking & Finance or Health care etc.) is a nice to have

MVS mainframe development environment experience, JCL, TSO, processing batch jobs and working with production development environments.

3+ years of hands on testing experience in Salesforce platforms

Primary Skills: 

5+ years of test automation with Selenium/Java 

3+ years of Salesforce QA, preference with Lightning or Lightning Web Components 

10/10 communication - Financial industry is nice to have

Education: Bachelors Degree