IT Test Analyst II- Commercial

Advantage Tech is hiring!  We are looking for a qualified individual to join our client in Kansas City.

Essential Functions

• Champion test initiatives within project scrum team
• Work with the project team to define requirements and implement overall test plan and strategy
• Support and facilitate risk-based testing discussions, making informed decisions on what and when to automate
• Participate in the testing domain while contributing to automation and manual testing activities, including development of reusable risk-based regression test suites
• Provide maintenance support for existing test automation capabilities
• Utilize automated and manual testing techniques to identify and track bugs and areas of potential risk
• Develop deep expertise in our product and provide training and mentorship to other testing resources in both our product and testing practices
• Identify test conditions and scenarios from User Stories, Backlog items, or other requirement documentation
• Research new tools and processes for enhancing and optimizing testing infrastructure
• Perform other duties as assigned

 Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required

• Strong understanding of test automation best practices and can architect, develop, and debug medium to complex level automation scripts
• Strong understanding of object-oriented and functional programming, Java preferred
• Working knowledge of building and maintaining a CI/CD pipeline
• Skills in requirements elicitation, design analysis, and interpretation
• Skills in creating best practice infused test plans and test scripts; test execution, evaluation, and reporting of results
• Skills in defect identification and documentation; risk-based testing
• Ability to build, or develop deep understanding of, automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver
• Ability to utilize TFS or similar Agile Project Management Tools
• Motivated and organized self-starter with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Inquisitive, agile, and strong team player with excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to remain adaptable and resilient to all situations with an optimistic outlook and cast a positive shadow that is aligned with our culture and Core Values
• Intermediate level proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer related studies or equivalent combination of education and experience required
•   3+ years direct experience testing web-based applications, inclusive of Functional, UI, API, Integration, and UAT testing required
• 3+ years experience designing, writing, executing, debugging, and maintaining medium to complex level test automation scripts required
• 3+ years experience in providing test leadership for medium and large sized projects required
• Experience working on an Agile Scrum team required
• 2+ years experience performing software testing with open-source solutions (Selenium, Cucumber, Serenity, GIT, Jenkins) preferred
• 2+ years experience developing and performing queries against a SQL database environment preferred
•  2+ years experience working in a continuous integration environment preferred
• Experience with CI/CD using tools such as Jenkins and Maven preferred
• Experience with banking or financial services industry preferred

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