Senior QA Engineer

Amadeus · Hampton Roads, VA

Company

Amadeus

Location

Hampton Roads, VA

Type

Full Time

Job Description

Job Title

Senior QA Engineer

In this role you'll:

  • Advocate for Quality

    Develop high quality standards in how work items are written, coded, and validated.

    Increase knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) process and procedure
  • Domain knowledge:

    Understand how users or partners interact with the system and software, translate business requirements into user interactions, provide feedback to the UX team to ensure a great user experience.
  • Contribute to the creation of Features/Stories/Bugs (Work Items)

    Participation in review and sizing of work items to be sure they have comprehensive Descriptions and Acceptance Criteria

    Ensure proper sizing of all work items to be able to plan and execute.
  • Delivery of work items.

    Work with your team to correct quality deficiencies, such as improperly defined stories, insufficient unit coverage, lack of negative test cases, lack of performance testing, etc

    All Amadeus Hospitality and team level 'Definition of Done' requirements are met for all work items.

    All artifacts, including test cases, changesets, related documentation, etc. are accurate and properly linked to the User Story or Bug in our system of record.

    The work items meet a level of quality where it is determined by you to be "fit for use" i.e. customer ready.

    The work items have followed accepted development best practices including peer coding, code reviews, and acceptance test driven development (ATDD) to drive clarity in requirements and prevent ambiguity from generating defects and rework.

    Be a contributor in the software deployments, fully understanding the development and release process

    Creation of monitoring to support new services.

    Participate in the validation and acceptance of work items

    Deliverables progress on cadence throughout iterations and program increment to allow for a smooth delivery cycle

    Define and report on Quality Assurance KPIs in the areas of test coverage, test success rates, testing development.

    Analyze, groom, and report on the engineering organizations defect backlog.
  • Interactions across the Agile Release Train:

    Open and honest communication of successes, challenges, risks and impediments to the ART and/or Business Owners in a timely manner to provide transparency and alignment across the organization.

    Be able to articulate to any audience the functionality of all work items of your team and answer questions related to how it was tested

    Work with other developers & testers on your ART, ensuring Operational Consistency, to be sure that testing best practices are followed beyond your immediate team.
  • Coaching:

    Assist with coaching and mentoring in the Acceptance Test Driven Development process.

    Coach and mentor other team members on your agile team.
  • Automation:

    Increase knowledge of the development and maintenance of Automated Test frameworks.

    Participate in automation code reviews.
  • Be a champion of quality in all that you do.

About the ideal candidate:

  • MSc in Computer Science or related discipline
  • Exposure to continuous improvement and continuous delivery initiatives, such as DevOps and Lean
  • Experience working with large complex systems including service-oriented architectures
  • Minimum 3 years in a Quality Assurance role.
  • Agile SAFe Certification is highly preferred
  • Experience with Microservice Architecture is highly preferred
  • Experience with Test Driven Development within a Scaled Agile Framework
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
  • Analytical and problem-solving skills.

Diversity & Inclusion

Amadeus is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition), ancestry, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veterans status, sexual orientation, gender expression, perception, or identity, marital status, mental or physical disability status, or any other protected federal, state, or local status unrelated to performance of work involved.

Date Posted

08/19/2023

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