Quality Engineer

Provides guidance and subject matter expertise to engineers on Automation, Testing and Quality Assurance (QA) methodologies and processes, creates and executes test scripts, assists in preparation of test strategies, sets up and maintains test data & environments as well as logs results. Updates flows of services while testing. Provides maintenance of the regression suite and creates & executes automated test scripts. Functions as a platform SME who drives quality and automation strategy at application level, identifies new opportunities and drives Software Engineers to deliver highest quality code. Executes against the test and automation strategy defined at the

portfolio level. The ability to deliver in a Continuous Deployment (CD) and Continuous Integration (CI) environment are key to the success of this role.

Works with engineers to drive improvements in code quality via manual and automated testing

Delivers on capabilities for the portfolio automation strategy

Involved in the review of the user story backlog and requirements specifications for completeness and weaknesses in function, performance, reliability, scalability, testability, usability, and security and compliance testing, and provides recommendations Plans and defines testing approach, providing advice on prioritization of testing activity in support of identified risks in project schedules or test scenarios

Develops test plans, testing resource requirements, and overall scheduling of testing activity

Drives the development automation and testing is a CD/CI environment

Develops manual and automated test cases and configurations needed to meet testing of business requirements

Executes test cases/scripts to ensure delivery of quality software applications, including Systems Integration, Regression, and Performance Testing

Generates test data to support the requirements and test case for various test phases

Builds and maintains CI/CD Automation process and execution

Responsible for managing the definition, implementation, and integration of quality principles into the design and development of software and IT processes for the team

Monitors and tracks resolution of defects

Designs, monitors, and analyzes quality assurance metrics such as defect, defect counts, test results, and test status

Identifies opportunities to adopt innovative testing technologies and techniques

Looks beyond the obvious for continuous improvement opportunities

Part of a development team providing application automation capabilities.

Deliver on the automation and testing software needs for the portfolio. Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline, or equivalent work experience required; advanced degree preferred

3+ years of experience in Technology, with an emphasis on QA, and proven ability in writing test cases, running functional, automated, or performance tests, and managing defects

Solid experience in test-driven development, unit testing, functional testing, system integration testing, regression testing, GUI testing, web service testing, and browser compatibility testing

Experience with Agile, other rapid application development methods, and Waterfall

Experience in working with HP Quality Center and testing automation tools

Experience with coding skills across a variety of platforms is a plus

Any of the following test certifications – QAI, ASQ, IIST, ISEB, ISTQB – are a plus.

Specific technical experience working one of more of the following areas : Mainframe, distributed, mobile development, programming in a number of languages (i.e. Cobol, Java, .Net, etc)

Knowledge of continuous integration (CI), continuous deployment(CD) and continuous testing (CT) capabilities, including tools such as Jenkins, ARA, Rally and/or JIRA, version control such as GIT or SVN and service virtualization

Ability to work with a number of Quality scanning tools, be able to baseline and measure on-going quality metrics, and display via Dashboards

Core knowledge of platform delivery methodology (Agile, incl Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Test Driven Development (TDD), Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) and Waterfall)

Core knowledge of the following tools would be useful : Selenium; Unified Functional Test (UFT aka QTP), orchestrators such as XL Release; Puppet or Chef; IBM Rational incl Urban Code

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

ReqID: 17005477

Schedule (Full-Time/Part-Time): Full-time