Job Description

• This role is for a Sr. Level QA Automation test engineer for the Front-End Personalization team. Currently the team has one tester who specializes in Android testing, and they are in need of an additional tester to work on iOS Automation and testing.
• The team needs a senior level SDET to focus on iOS testing specifically. This resource will need to jump in and drive QA standards and be a leader.
• Technology being used - Xcode, Swift, XCUITest, GitHub, Jira

This position is responsible for driving the overall quality and test strategy of large technology implementations and their successful execution.

Minimum Position Qualifications:

• 5+ years' experience of quality assurance and testing as well as developing automation frameworks and automated tests
• Strong knowledge of mobile automation testing leveraging XCode/Swift/XCUITest
• 3+ years of experience in an automation and performance QE leadership capacity . The actual QA experience should be more than 3 years. Drive the team more than just deliver against their own specific task. Should have lead experience.
• Experience with the following Github, Jira, Postman and Charles proxy
• Strong technical expertise and in-depth knowledge of multiple lines of business
• Understanding of risk assessment and risk management procedures.
• Ability to apply knowledge of project methodology and business processes to test processes.
• Strong knowledge of programming/scripting languages.
• Proven analytical skills, root-cause analysis skills, problem-solving skills, and decision-making skills
• Proven communication and presentation skills to effectively communicate information to customers and to all levels of the organization

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible execution of test strategies as part of an Agile scrum team
• Drive adoption of test practices in code health, testing, and maintainability
• Actively stays current with industry trends by attending conferences and workshop, evaluate and leads POC's and rollout of new technologies.
• Creates, maintains and communicates technical roadmaps with stakeholders and drive implementation.
• Foster innovation through ability to evaluate and create in-house tools.
• Responsible for critical initiatives on testing strategies and effectively communicating updates to senior management
• Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues and tool upgrades and collaborating with external vendors.
• Drives quality initiatives, test automation strategy and testing efforts for large complex projects and programs
• Assesses quality risks of complex solutions / programs and builds appropriate test strategy to mitigate those risks
• Collaborates with technical teams to providing input to and gaining buy-in on the overall quality strategy for the project/program
• Partners with third party vendors on common processes, conducts frequent reviews and provides feedback on third party deliverables and overall team dynamics
• Develops or oversees the development of test activities estimates, resource plans, costs, benefits, and timelines for the program
• Mentors team members and educates program teams on Quality Engineer best practices and share lessons learned.
• Advocate for shift-left approach to testing and be the voice of quality
• Conduct tests, document and analyze test results and present findings to development teams as needed.
• Provide guidance for test execution to resource temporarily assigned to help in test effort.
• Report and document defects found during test cycles. Participate in defect prioritization sessions and root cause analysis.
• Participate in technical learning and code reviews.
• Interact with project architects where needed.
• Provide information for quality metrics.
• Provide test services for support activity and work with release management to assure
• product release quality.
• Communicate timely status, including any potential risks/issues to the appropriate teams to ensure completion of all deliverables within schedule, budget and quality constraints.
  

Required Skills : Mobile iOS testing, SDET
Background Check :Yes
Drug Screen :Yes
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