Automation QA Engineer

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate within an agile team providing input for product backlog, sprint planning, story development and testing, demos, and team retrospective
• Provide estimates and timelines for test automation and projects
• Define, establish, extend and maintain test automation libraries, frameworks and tooling solutions, primarily focused on Automated Smoke, Functional and Regression Testing efforts
• Create and execute system, regression, and integrated tests across multiple environments as changes are promoted and staged for production
• Develop and execute test automation scripts using tools/frameworks
• Incorporate test automation into CI / CD process
• Gain test script sign off from QA/Dev Managers on the test scripts.
• Provide training and guidance for QA practices and the automation efforts
• Work alongside other engineers on the team to elevate technology and consistently apply best practices.
• Depending on size and complexity of project, may also be assigned to perform duties of project
  
  
  

Qualifications:

Functional & Technical Skills:

• Ability to convert complex business, technical requirements and use cases to test cases and test plans
• Experience working on cloud and digital platforms
• Experience with Lean and Agile methodologies & eXtreme Programming
• Experience collaborating with product managers, engineers, designers, and product owners
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to adapt your communication style to the audience
• Ability to work collaboratively and navigate complex decision making in a rapidly changing environment
  
  
  

Required Work Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
• 4+ years of experience in development of automation test cases preferable in a SaaS environment.
• P&C Insurance industry experience required
• Strong hands-on experience with Cypress, Selenium or RestAssured for automation frameworks.
• Superior Javascript skills required
• Experience working directly with JMeter, LoadRunner, Karate API, YAML, Postman
• Superior knowledge of agile best practices, continuous testing in a CI/CD environment such as GCP DevOps
• Experience with SCM tools like GitHub, JIRA, familiarity with SQL
• Experience with Cucumber (BDD) is a plus.
• Basic knowledge of Cloud Architecture, Cloud Security; Cloud platforms
• Strong communication skills; must be able to work in a self-driven manner within a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
• Ability to quickly learn, apply new technologies
  
  
  

About Us

The people of Ford Motor Credit Company have a 60-year commitment to helping put people behind the wheels of great Ford and Lincoln vehicles. By partnering with dealerships, we provide financing, personalized service and professional expertise to five thousand dealers and more than four million customers in over 100 countries around the world. If you’re customer-focused, driven and seeking the opportunity to experience exciting challenges and growth, look no further.

About The Team

We believe that freedom of movement drives human progress. Ford Information Technology (IT) is shaping the future of mobility by redefining the transportation landscape, enhancing the customer experience and improving people’s lives. Join the Ford family as we change the way the world moves.