Quality Assurance Engineer III

Quality Assurance Engineer

Position Summary

Are you a problem solver with a desire to develop, automate and test We're in need of a creative and passionate Quality Assurance Engineer on a high performing agile software development team. You'll work with a dynamic team comprising of Quality Engineers, Developers, Business System Analysts, and Software Project Managers and report to the Product Engineering Manager. You'll be asked to test software using an automation framework, create reports, perform software analysis, perform functional, regression and performance testing, apply black box and white box testing techniques and become a subject matter expert in your teams owned applications. You will also be asked to lead the testing automation best practices group and work to enhance and expand the testing frameworks and tools.

Responsibilities

• Create, review and execute feature test cases within the automation framework (Selenium with Gauge framework in Java)



• Collaborate with developers and quality engineers to enhance regression coverage and maintain the automated regression suite



• Create, enhance, maintain testing utilities as needed



• Review, create and execute manual test cases



• Create defects and keep the storyboard up to date



• Establish and follow industry standard automation testing methodology



• Identify process improvements, conduct gap and root-cause analysis, and make recommendations for efficiency to peers and management.



• Actively participate in Agile development, testing and CI/CD methodologies

Qualifications

Required Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent technology experience



• 2+ years minimum software development



• 3+ years programmatic integration with relational database systems (SQL Server)



• Experience in automation of web service APIs (REST/SOAP)



• Experience in automation of web, mobile device, localization, accessibility and security



• Experience in creating and socializing QA and Automation best practices



• Experience performing software evaluations and proof of concept activities



• Experience in CI/CD environment (TeamCity)



• 3+ years Agile experience



• Ability to test front end and back-end solutions



• Experience in running Test Strategy reviews



• Experience in performing code and test case reviews



• Experience with test-driven development



• Desire to expand knowledge in many development languages, applications, and tools



• Proven ability to quickly learn new processes and tools, business domains and technical applications



• Must have strong time management skills - including ability to plan, set priorities, adapt to change, work well under pressure, and meet established timelines



• Must have a positive and energetic demeanor



• Effective written and verbal communication skills



• Creative problem-solving skills



• Experience with Splunk monitoring



• Experience with New Relic Synthetics & Insights

Who we are:

At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. We are the world's lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn't just what we do. It's who we are. To learn more: We are Pearson.

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Job: Engineering

Job Family: TECHNOLOGY

Organization: Assessment & Qualifications

Schedule: FULL_TIME

Workplace Type:

Req ID: 25011