Test Engineer

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Company Name: Spectrum

JOB SUMMARY
Responsible for documenting and executing formal test plans to ensure the delivery of quality products. Involved in test planning, writing manual and automated test cases/scripts and test execution. Responsible for analyzing manual and automated test scenario results. Involved in projects of moderate to high complexity within one or more development environments. Participate in multiple programs and systems as a project team member. Considered a subject matter expert for a single program/system.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Actively and consistently supports all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience.

Define and track quality assurance metrics such as defects, defect counts, test results and test status.

Minimize noise around defects by doing additional analysis of scenarios, ensure defects are well-written and have all required diagnostic information and drive defects to resolution.

Ensure product quality conforms to documented requirements and / or enhance customer satisfaction.

Perform both back end system and front end UI triage and troubleshooting when identifying defects.

Determine manual test cases that are candidates for automation.

Script test scenarios using the automation tool’s UI test creator and basic scripting.

Delivers quality process training to technical staff and acts as an internal quality consultant to advise or influence business or technical partners.

Performs quality audits across the various IT functions to ensure quality standards, procedures and methodologies are being followed.

Ensure alignment between business operational strategies and quality assurance of our products.

Diagnose complex issues, evaluate, recommend and execute the best resolution.

Develop, modify, enhance and implement test plans designed to support new or existing business initiatives.

Identify improvement opportunities (process / tools / duplication) and work with cross-functional teams to bring in testing efficiencies.

On an ongoing basis, analyze existing test scenarios to ensure accuracy, relevance and necessity.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Required Skills/Abilities and Knowledge
Ability to read, write, speak and understand English
Detail-oriented and should be able to identify and tackle technical issues, creating test cases or writing defects
Ability to see beyond the obvious to help identify and troubleshoot defects in different scenarios
Results-oriented and have the drive to meet targets and deadlines
Ability to communicate up to key stakeholders
Experience with automation scripting languages like Python, JavaScript, Ruby or similar
Proficient in test tools (HPQC, TestRail)
Effective written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to focus on deadlines and deliverables
Ability to work well with shifting priorities
Ability to work with cross-functional team of internal and external resources
Effective attention to detail
Display professional, positive, and approachable attitude/demeanor and discretion
Critical thinker, ability to negotiate with key stakeholders and maintain positive attitude
Effective organizational skills
Understanding of database schemas and querying tools
Demonstrated in-depth understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC)
Creative solving of technical problems to ensure the ability to translate technical requirements into test plans
Ability to track multiple test efforts simultaneously and to be able to synthesize the results in fast paced environment
Demonstrated in-depth analytical and problem solving skills
Demonstrated in-depth understanding of test automation framework and tools

Required Education
BA/BS in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field or equivalent work experience

Required Related Work Experience and Number of Years
System development and/or business experience with testing, coding and design - 3

WORKING CONDITIONS
Office environment