Test Automation Specialist

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Join a purpose-driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The Test Automation Specialist is responsible for leveraging testing methodologies and practices, analyzing requirements/stories, designing testing strategies, coordinating across multiple streams and applications, and working with Agile teams to develop automation and testing solutions. As an active collaborator across different project teams, the incumbent is responsible for leading standups, discussions, and retrospectives from a QA perspective and is expected to use testing best practices to evolve the product solution and ensure working products are delivered seamlessly with quality and within budget and timelines.

Is this role right for you? In this role you will:

1. Conduct and adjust testing methods and practices to assess and evolve the product.
2. Design test approaches, develop test strategies and plans, and select appropriate test tools. Align test cases to requirements and user stories.
3. In conjunction with the development team, collaborate, design, and build automated and manual tests, develop/create test data, construct and execute exploratory, system, regression, migration, back-end, and user acceptance tests, and determine whether to create any complex environments or any major improvements for the automation frameworks.
4. Write clear and concise defect reports and work as an empathetic advocate for the customer’s quality experience. Triage and prioritize defects for remediation, with the Product Owner and development team.
5. Conduct exploratory testing to find bugs that other testing means would not find during every sprint and drive testing workshops.
6. Wherever possible, conduct functional tests and ensure their readability (clear, succinct, and using common business jargon) as well as tests must be maintainable (built with reusable domain-specific testing language components).
7. Possess working knowledge in automation frameworks, developing, designing, and executing test automation scripts (Selenium, API Tools (Postman), TestNG, any one of behavior-driven development (BDD) or test-driven development (TDD) frameworks like Karate and Cucumber).
8. Have thorough experience with data extraction, transformations, and conversion testing.
9. Produce dashboards and reports for sprints or code releases.
10. Analyze industry best practices to recommend improvements to methodology, test environments, and workflow to promote an efficient and cost-effective UAT process.
11. Collaborate actively with the development team, Product Owners, and B/As.
12. Embed with development teams and infuse quality in every phase of the software development lifecycle by providing continuous feedback from a QA standpoint regarding standards, user experience, possible performance issues, and future bugs.
13. Participate in product design and requirements analysis, work with the team during project planning to accurately estimate work (data creation, test cases/acceptance test design, test execution, automation framework design/improvements, scripting tasks, setup environments, etc.) and scope release deliverables (prioritizing defects and bugs).
14. Lead end-user focused testing activities and inform how the product needs to evolve.
15. Create and execute acceptance criteria based on requirements, assessing the usefulness of test cases and adjusting the approach where required.
16. Troubleshoot when problems arise and contribute to their resolution in a hands-on manner when necessary.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We’d love to work with you if you have:

1. B.S. in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent education/work experience.
2. Test automation experience with 5+ years of hands-on experience.
3. Experience in analyzing the testing scope and developing work estimates.
4. Experience in creating test strategies/test plans.
5. QA analyst with a minimum of 2+ years of leading testing activities.
6. API-specific testing experience with 2+ years of hands-on experience.
7. UI/Database/Backend (mainframe) testing experience.
8. Experience working in Cloud applications.
9. Experience working with both Agile methodology and Waterfall SDLC.
10. Good knowledge of JIRA and Confluence.
11. White box testing following QA principles, practices, and methodologies.
12. Good understanding of UAT standards and methodologies.
13. Experience writing test documentation such as test plans, scripts, and test results reports.
14. Ability to analyze/interpret test results and provide recommendations to improve testing automation standards.
15. Strong communication skills – explain things clearly to members of the lab and conduct stand-ups.
16. Good analytical and conceptual thinking skills, using creativity and attention to detail to develop testing solutions that help proactively uncover issues, find bugs, and assess the product with the end user in mind.
17. Strategic thinking ability enabling the selection of optimal testing solutions (smart vs mass testing).
18. The individual requires good oral and written communication skills and proven ability to represent testing status/issues/make presentations to varied groups; deal with all levels of line management; and convey clear and compelling project artifacts.
19. Openness to ideas, willingness to take on any task or role, focus on the customer, and a constant view of the big picture.

What's in it for you?

1. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank.
2. Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - We value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone.
3. Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.
4. Competitive rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days, and benefits will start on day one.
5. Community engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs.

Working location condition: Hybrid

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Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families, and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products, and services.

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. Candidates must apply online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.