Responsibilities:
The Automation Developer will be dedicated to developing routine tests both manual and automated, designing, coordinating, and tracking the testing effort. This position requires deductive reasoning, attention to detail, grit, patience, and creativity. The QA Automation Solution Consultant will work with Developers, testers, and Product Managers to analyze, develop, maintain, and execute quality assurance testing procedures.
The Automation Developer is responsible for the creation of new test scripts and test cases and executing these against the various components. The Automation Developer will work with the testing lead and IT lead of each project as well as the project team members in the analysis, design, development, implementation, and ongoing support of the required systems.
The Automation Developer works closely with the automation team to understand the complex and mission-critical application
Develop automated test frameworks and suites on UI, API and Integration levels of testing using Selenium or Java language.
Participate in design discussions for our platform to help evolve the platform in a way that enables richer testing scenarios that simplify defect detection and prevention.
Assist with triage, diagnosis, and resolution of issues discovered across teams.
Contribute to end-to-end acceptance tests.
Drive the conversion of manual tests to automated ones whenever possible.
Introduce more automation coverage to support more frequent release cycles.
Provide ongoing support and mentorship to ensure staff can effectively automate processes.
Conduct knowledge transfer sessions to train junior staff on automation processes
Must Have Skills:
Experience automating Curam Applications with Selenium
Ability to analyze existing testing processes and identify areas for automation
Experience automating systems integration using REST and SOAP APIs
Experience working on Curam Business Process Objects (BPO)
Experience working with Jira, SonarQube, SonarLint, Postman, and Swagger
Experience working with Docker and Kubernetes
Experience of SQL and database testing
General Skills:
Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills; and interpersonal skills
A team player with a track record of meeting deadlines
Knowledge of one or more automated testing tools
Meaningfully contribute to test strategies, test automation, performance benchmarking, integration testing and threat modelling.
Steer and support product integrity through solid partnerships with the Product Management, Design, Development and Delivery team.
Experience in planning, organizing and implementing testing efforts at the specified experience level
Knowledge of structured methodologies for the development, design, implementation and maintenance of applications
Knowledge and experience in the use of computer-aided software Engineering (CASE) tools and data query tools to aid in the development of test cases.
Knowledge and experience in the use of automated test tools and version control systems on one or more platforms
Experience executing functional tests, non-functional tests and systems-level integration tests
Experience supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities
Experience with quality assurance principles, practices, tools and structured methodologies
Experience creating testing strategy documentation, test plans, test cases and test data for various types and phases of testing, including technical and business functional validation
Experience in quality assurance and testing, including unit testing, integration testing, load testing, performance testing, etc.
Desirable Skills:
Experience in the use of information retrieval packages
Knowledge and understanding of testing methods in an object-oriented environment.
Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices.
Knowledge and understanding of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards.
Experience planning and organizing testing efforts for both large and small systems.
Experience coding automated test scripts to produce sets of automated test cases
Experience testing Commercial Off-the-Shelf Applications (COTS)
Skills
Experience and Skill Set Requirements
- Please note this role is part of a Hybrid Work Arrangement and resource(s) will be required to work at a minimum of 2 days per week at 5700 Yonge St.
Evaluation:
Percentage: 85%
Experience automating Curam Applications with Selenium
Ability to analyze existing testing processes and identify areas for automation
Experience automating systems integration using REST and SOAP APIs
Experience working on Curam Business Process Objects (BPO)
Experience working with Jira, SonarQube, SonarLint, Postman, and Swagger
Experience working with Docker and Kubernetes
Experience of SQL and database testing
Knowledge and experience in the use of automated test tools and version control systems on one or more platforms
Experience executing functional tests, non-functional tests and systems-level integration tests
Experience supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities
Experience with quality assurance principles, practices, tools and structured methodologies
Experience creating testing strategy documentation, test plans, test cases and test data for various types and phases of testing, including technical and business functional validation
Experience in quality assurance and testing, including unit testing, integration testing, load testing, performance testing, etc.
Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
Design and develop automation test scripts for the test cases using utilities from established automation frameworks while following industry best practices
code review test scripts written by fellow test engineers before merging into the version control system to ensure compliance with set standards
Work with the DevOps team to define test execution pipelines to support the continuous integration process