QA Testing Analyst - Columbus, Ohio

Position: QA Testing Analyst

Location: Hybrid - Columbus, Ohio

Duration: 3-month contract

Required Skills

experience with test life cycle and basic concepts in UI automation with Selenium and Cucumber. Needs hands on experience in UI and API Automation

Additional Skills

Mobile Development Testing would be a huge plus

Job Description

• Ensure all planning and execution of assigned QA work (Integration, System, End to End and User Acceptance, production support) in Mobile channel is addressed on time without any escalations.
• Participate in assigned Scrum ceremonies.
• Understand QA scope , provide QA estimates and plan the tests.
• Create Test cases/scripts (manual and automated) and ensure test data is in place.
• Execute Tests (manual and automated) on time.
• Participate in release discussions and provide QA support as needed.
• Understand existing Automation Framework and maintain and modernize it, automate regression tests, and add value for optimization.
• Provide hands on support in automation issues resolution and be a team player in ensuring Mobile QA Automation (UI & API) is successful.
• Good communication skills and coordinate with offshore members as needed.
• Daily status reporting to leadership during Functional Testing or Regression Testing and ensure the release defects are tracked to closure.
• Risks/Issues within team are communicated proactively to Immediate Manager and assist in tracking them to closure.
• Bring thought leadership in Mobile channel and add value to Testing needs.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum bachelor's degree in computers science or similar.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with industry standard testing/development, quality assurance methodologies, verification, and validation processes.
• 5 years of hands-on experience in building automation scripts using Selenium, Java, Appium, Cucumber, Ruby for UI Automation
• 2+ years of hands-on experience in the following areas:
  • Using Jenkins for maintaining the automation runs on daily basis.
  • API Automation using Postman or Ready API or any other API Automation tool
  • Setting up and maintaining UI and API Automation frameworks
  • Working experience Agile Methodology as Quality Assurance Automation Lead
  • Mainframe Database testing
  • Azure Dev Ops for Test Management, Defect Management , Automation repositories tracking. Any other test management tool also works.
  • Testing on mobile devices (Android & iOS) in banking domain

Preferred Qualifications:

• Flexible to work in a dynamic environment and support QA work for production release in a timely manner.
• Experience in working on Perfecto.
• Knowledge on Continuous Integration and Continuous deployment