Test Engineer (04 Principal)

ZipRecruiter; Stafford; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 65,000

Job description

Job Description

Salary: DOE

Currently the team is working remotely, however there could be meetings and or training in which staff will be required to be onsite.

Candidates must be a U.S. citizen and able to pass Limited Background Investigation.

We are looking for a Test Engineer who is expected to work collaboratively, with minimal supervision, on teams including DevOps Engineers and Developers to ensure our application meets users' needs, as well as business requirements and scalability characteristics. Each team member is expected to be cross-functional and take collective ownership to ensure deliverables are met and superb quality is achieved.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement test plans and test scripts emphasizing automation.
• Create tests in the context of a collaborative, team-based environment.
• Identify and implement innovative tools, frameworks, automation, and utilities to increase efficiency while maintaining and improving quality standards.
• Apply technical, business, and quality skills to assess product and code health, implement modern testing approaches, and prevent production defects.
• Help establish a highly collaborative environment that values quality.
• Perform API level testing.
• Actively participate in agile meetings with product and program management.
• Have a proactive attitude and a willingness to go the extra mile to get the job done.
• Create end-to-end System Integration test cases to use as a design for developing regression automated tests.

MANDATORY SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

Note: Candidates who do not have the mandatory skills will not be considered.

• U.S. citizen with the ability to pass a background investigation.
• At least 5 years of software testing experience with a strong background in testing tools, practices, and risk mitigation.
• Experience providing technical leadership, understanding overall architecture, and software engineering/testing best practices.
• Experience with test suite development and maintenance.
• Experience with scripting such as Python, JavaScript, Ruby, etc.
• Strong experience with automated testing tools/frameworks such as Selenium, UFT, Robot, Test Complete, Cucumber, NUnit, JMeter, etc. Experience writing automated tests for web front ends, web services, APIs, and databases.
• Experience with manual testing.
• Experience with integration testing.
• Experience in cross-browser/cross-platform testing.
• Experience working as part of an agile team using SAFe, Scrum, XP, and/or Kanban.
• Experience in the maintenance of controlled test datasets and scenarios.
• Desire to work in a collaborative environment.
• Quality and detail-oriented.
• Team player who works well with customers and colleagues at all levels.

Desired Skills:

• Experience working with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Security testing experience a plus.
• Performance testing experience a plus.
• Accessibility testing experience a plus.
• Self-motivated, quick learner with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Familiarity with SPA web applications such as Angular, React, or Blazor.
• Experience with cloud-based applications hosted in Azure or AWS.

If you are interested in getting more information about this opportunity, please contact Irina Rozenberg at your earliest convenience at [e-mail].

At Ariel Partners, we solve the most difficult problems that inhibit technology from enabling our customers to achieve their goals. Our vision is to be recognized by our stakeholders as an elite provider of IT solutions, so when they have their biggest challenges, we are on their short list. We are looking for team members who share our values of: Integrity to do the right thing even when it hurts; Commitment to the long-term success and happiness of our customers, our people, and our partners; Courage to take on difficult challenges, accept new ideas, and accept incremental failure; and the constant pursuit of Excellence. Ariel Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer in accordance with federal, state, and local laws.