Senior QA Automation Engineer

MILLENNIUM TRUST COMPANY is a rapidly-growing, leading financial services company offering specialized retirement and institutional services. Whether clients are managing corporate retirement assets, running a business or wanting choice beyond traditional asset options, we provide flexible and digital solutions to support our clients' success. Ultimately, we aim to educate and increase access to investments to help our clients on their journey to retirement readiness, but do not provide investment advice.
Millennium Trust has experienced year-to-year double digit growth and prides itself on its strong, progressive culture. We have been recognized for our tremendous growth on lists, such as Crain's Fast 50 and Inc. 5000, and have also been recognized for our positive workplace culture on the 2019 Best Places to Work in Illinois list, as well as the 2019 Model Workplace Award and 2018 Champion for Young Professionals Award from the Greater Oak Brook Chamber of Commerce. Millennium Trust employees live out the values of Do Right, Excel, Collaborate, Innovate and Celebrate and deliver the brand promise of going "Above and Beyond," so each client experiences the highest level of service.
We are always looking to expand our growing team with dynamic and enthusiastic individuals. If you enjoy a collaborative, fun environment that encourages career development, Millennium Trust is the place for you!
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Senior Quality Assurance (QA) Automation Engineer responsibilities include designing and implementing tests, debugging, and defining corrective actions. The incumbent will also review system requirements and track quality assurance metrics (e.g. defect densities and open defect counts.) while assisting with the definition and implementation of MTC's automation framework, automation coverage, code review, analysis, and regression test suite maintenance.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Review requirements, specifications, and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
• Provide code review and analysis of teams' automation code
• Assist in managing and maintain regression test suite
• Create detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test cases
• Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities
• Design, develop and execute automation scripts using open source tools
• Identify, record, document thoroughly and track bugs
• Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved
• Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet client needs
• Liaise with internal teams (e.g. developers and product managers) to identify system requirements
• Monitor debugging process results
• Investigate the causes of non-conforming software and train users to implement solutions
• Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts
• Stay up to date with new testing tools and test strategies
• Support and mentor junior team members
• Other duties as assigned

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
• Certifications: QA testing related certifications (or willingness to obtain) such as Certified Test Engineer (CSTE), Certified Software Quality Analyst (CSQA), and Certified Associate in Software Testing (CAST)
• 5-7 years of experience
• Proficiency with tools such as Selenium, BrowserStack, Postman or other QA testing tools
• Proven experience in developing and coding automation test scripts
• Proven work experience in software quality assurance and development
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes
• Experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive test plans and test cases
• Excellent analytical and communication skills
• Proven experience preparing, presenting, and maintaining required SDLC documentation and artifacts
• Experience with performance and/or security testing is a plus
• Experience with complex technical integrations (APIs, web services) and SaaS / PaaS cloud platforms preferred
• Experience with any of the following is a plus: XML, JavaScript, .NET framework, T-SQL, JQuery, JSON preferred
• Solid knowledge of SQL and scripting preferred
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process preferred
• Familiarity with Jira and the software development life cycle (SDLC) preferred

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