Perf & Test Automation Professional

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Title: Perf and Automation Test Professional

Are you someone who thrives in working in a highly visible, fast paced environment? Do you have a thorough understanding and passion for excellence in technology and making delivery timelines? If you have proven experience, the drive, and know what it takes to, we are your next destination employer!

Apply to join Freddie Mac’s Loan Advisory Suite’s (LAS), Loan Quality Advisor/Loan Closing Advisor (LQA/LCLA) development team as our Automation Test Professional.

Our Impact

• We are a team with an interesting mix of legacy and cloud-based technologies to quickly enhance and deliver Freddie Mac’s technology offerings
• We collaborate with IT teams, Business and Operations to advance our technical capabilities and go from not yet to possible
• We have a goal to move out of Legacy technologies (SOA etc.) and to move to more microservices based and AWS cloud native technologies

Your Impact

• Independently drive testing solution and delivery of a project. The individual would champion quality assurance that improves Test delivery processes and be a role model and mentor to the junior and midlevel Testers, working alongside of highly collaborative, open minded, technology savvy members
• Contribute to strategic decisions in applying test automation and end to end testing
• Provides proactive guidance, comprehensive documentation, and continual assessment of automation delivery across projects
• Strong verbal and written communication, negotiation, networking and influencing skills are essential because collaboration with project members, stakeholders and executive management are critical
• Drive the team to become more adaptable in quality assurance through test automation, and Continuous Testing practices
• Demonstrate leadership proactive planning and efficiency improvements
• Implement approach for more efficient and cost-effective methods for automated execution by reducing dependency on physical machines
• Know or learn what is needed to deliver results and successfully compete

Qualifications

• 5 to 7 year(s) of experience using Test Management, Defect Tracking, Requirements Management, and Modeling tools, including automated testing tools framework experience
• BS in Computer Science or Information Technology, or related discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience from which knowledge and skills may be obtained
• Strong knowledge and experience with automation concepts, tools, and techniques
• Experience in leading or managing test automation delivery and/or Practice and building automation frameworks
• Strong Programming skills required (preferably Java/JavaScript/TypeScript) - Solid grasp of object-oriented programming, databases, development, and testing methodologies
• Experience in Using Cucumber (Gherkin) for BDD/collaboration and test automation purposes
• Experience in Testing Microservices/API which includes Contract Testing, Mocking, integration between services, Functional Testing, etc.
• Expertise in working with DevOps implementation and good knowledge of CI tool Jenkins
• Strong desire to learn new concepts and build to tools to infuse quality and enable faster delivery
• Experience in using either Cloud provider or Container for test execution purposes
• Knowledge in developing synthetic test data harness and experience in designing test data approach

Keys to Success in this Role

• Strong technical background
• Ability to work with and collaborate across the teams
• Strong verbal and communication skills
• Deep curiosity to learn about new trends and technologies to perform better

Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.

Today, Freddie Mac makes home possible for one in four home borrowers and is one of the largest sources of financing for multifamily housing. Join our smart, creative and dedicated team and you’ll do important work for the housing finance system and make a difference in the lives of others.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with differing abilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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