Senior Lead Test Automation Engineer - Strategy & Implementation

Position:

Senior Lead Test Automation Engineer - Strategy & Implementation

Job Description:

LOCATION

This job is fully remote eligible within the United States. Local candidates to Jacksonville, FL will have a hybrid schedule with flexibility to work remote up to 2 days per week. This job is required to work East Coast hours with a start time no later than 9:00 AM ET.

SUMMARY

Serves as the Lead Test Automation Engineer on initiative to migrate workloads off the mainframe into a containerized environment. Will be responsible for collaboration and implementation of test automation strategies necessary to validate migrated workloads.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leads the design and implementation of new test automation strategies (these strategies will validate that migrated workloads behave consistently with mainframe counterparts)
• Drives input on testing strategy and tooling decisions
• Communicates testing automation framework to multiple agile teams
• Creates the initial test designs, writes the scripts, installs the automation testing protocols, and reports the results
• Works with Product, DevOps and Engineering team to plan and develop repeatable automated test suites
• Validates APIs and automate API tests
• Mentors Agile teams on Behavioral Driven Design (BDD)
• Develops and maintains database queries to support data management for automation test suites
• Participates in project meetings with other technical staff, business owners and subject matter experts
• Uses several automation tools to automate test cases in a manner that promotes code reuse while reducing the cost to maintain
• Reviews application in progress of development to test and ensure compliance with overall design parameters and corporate development standards
• Reviews test results and directs further development
• Guides other automation engineers and testers
• May travel up to 10% (to Jacksonville, FL office)
• Performs other related duties as assigned

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's Degree or the equivalent combination of education, training, or work experience
• Requires 6+ years QA Testing experience with at least 4 years' experience doing QA automation engineering or application development
• Requires 4+ years lead experience
• Experience working with Java (Spring Boot - preferred)
• Experience leading Automation Testing and/or mentoring QA Testers and Automation Engineers
• Experience designing and implementing test automation strategies in a large organization

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience creating automation test strategies or leading testing for mainframe or monolith to microservices (highly preferred)
• Experience working in a Behavioral Driven Design (BDD) environment (highly preferred)
• Experience with modern testing strategies, methodologies, tooling related to APIs, Microservices and Event-Driven architectures (highly preferred)
• Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively in team environment
• Experience with wide variety of automation testing tools such as Cypress, Selenium, Mockito, etc.
• Experience developing Restful API automation with Json or XML using API testing tools such as Postman
• Experience with relational database management technologies such as Microsoft SQL Server or PostGres
• Experience with nonrelational database management technologies such as DynomoDB, MongoDB, or Cassandra
• Experience working junit
• Familiar with data environments to perform testing
• Experience with source code management tools such as Azure DevOps (ADO)
• Understanding of the Agile methodology
• Ability to work with distributed teams
• Excellent analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills
• Must be able to multitask in a fast-paced environment with focus on timeliness, documentation, and communications with peers and business users alike

Black Knight carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate's education, training, specialty, experience, and work location. The base salary (exempt) or hourly rate (non-exempt) is just one component of the total rewards package offered to our employees, including potential bonus or commission eligibility, insurance (medical/dental/vision/life/disability), matching 401(k) plan and matching employee stock purchase plan

EEO Statement:

Black Knight is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, and protected veteran or military family status. Our employees' diversity is our strength, and when we embrace our differences, it makes us better and brighter. Black Knight's commitment to inclusion is at the core of who we are, and motivates us in how we do business each and every day.

Location:

Jacksonville, FL

Time Type:

Full time