Automation Test Lead

Medavie; New Brunswick; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Medavie is seeking an Automation Test Lead to drive automation strategies and enhance software quality processes. The successful candidate will collaborate across teams, providing technical leadership and defining automation frameworks for various projects, ensuring best practices and significant impact on quality and productivity. This role offers opportunities for personal and professional growth within a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Comprehensive health, vision, and dental plan

100% employer-matched pension plan

Annual incentive bonus

Additional vacation week in the first year

Career development and advancement opportunities

Wellness benefits and fitness discounts

Qualifications

• 7+ years of IT experience in Automation and or Development projects.
• Proficient in programming applications using Java, JavaScript/Typescript.
• Experience in DevOps culture and understanding of CI/CD principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead the test automation discipline at an organization level.
• Design and implement automation strategies across projects.
• Provide technical leadership and collaborate with various teams.

Skills

Software Development

Problem Solving

Automation Testing

Java

JavaScript

Continuous Integration

Test Automation Frameworks

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Selenium

Git

Jenkins

Job description

Position Type:
Permanent

If you're looking for a fulfilling career that can make a real difference in your life, and the lives of others, you've come to the right place.

As a national health solutions partner, we put people first in everything we do - and that begins with our team of 8,000+ professionals who bring a cross-section of diverse life experiences and career expertise to Medavie. By collaborating and innovating together, our employees are creating industry-leading solutions in insurance, primary care and emergency medical services that impact millions of lives in Canada each year.

Our mission is to improve the wellbeing of Canadians so that every life can be lived to the fullest - and it's reflected in our award-winning culture. We celebrate individuality and value the diverse perspectives and skills our employees contribute. We go beyond providing competitive pay and comprehensive benefits to offer opportunities for personal and professional growth, flexible work options, meaningful experiences, and supportive leadership. Medavie is where employees can be their best selves, feel they belong, and achieve their full potential. Be part of it by applying for a position with us today.

Role Summary:

The Automation Test Lead is a key resource responsible for modernizing and rationalizing business processes as well as building business cases for or against why something should or should not be automated. The role requires technical leadership, strategic orientation, negotiation, high motivation, self-starter abilities, and

in-depth technical skills that will be intangibles in the goal of working hand in hands with the project resources and delivering end to end automated solutions. Under general direction, the QA Manager, the Automation Architect is the first point of contact for automation activities within projects and is an invaluable collaborator for development and quality control teams.

We are looking for Development Lead with test automation skills and expertise.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership and strategic orientation for the test automation discipline at an organization level
• Build strategic communication on test automation strategy, KPI/ROI framework, implementation roadmap
• Set direction for short and long-term automation objectives pertaining to SDLC phases
• Bridge the gap between testing disciplines, development teams and operation teams
• Bring in depth knowledge of multiple open source/commercial tools for Web/Mobile/Services automation
• Design and plan processes around CICD, Dev Ops adoption and operationalization
• Bring hands on competencies around DevOps, Continuous Testing, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
• Serve as an expert in defining and rolling out standard Automation Frameworks, in line with latest industry trends
• Bring experience software quality best practices, test strategy and planning, test case development, test case execution, deployment and, test data, defect tracking, and test automation
• QA Automation Architect will have complete ownership for preparing test automation solution, designing automation frameworks and lead the implementation of automation strategy, planning and execution of the product(s) across Medavie project/products.
• Supports Junior to senior automation analyst in automation script development and optimization of those test scripts.
• Recommends new tools, techniques and methodologies needed to enhance productivity and quality across Medavie Project/product
• Evaluate, select and formulate best usage of test automation tools and future alignment for different products and applications.
• Develop automation strategy to support regression testing based on the technical analysis, complexity and reusability
• Responds appropriately and competently to the demands of work challenges when confronted with changes, ambiguity, adversity, and other pressures.
• Oversee technological execution of the recommended automation solution roadmap across project teams
• Participate in Design and Architectural reviews of proposed automation solutions across project teams and to provide long term vision for the automation solution
• Analyzing and proposing the skillset and role required for future automation project with long term vision in mind.

As the ideal candidate, you possess the following qualifications:

Academic Background: Bachelor's degree or college diploma in Computer Science or similar program.

Experience 7+ years of IT experience in Automation, and or Development projects with 5 years or more experience programming applications using Java, JavaScript/Typescript

Languages: Proficiency in English is required (written & spoken). French would be an asset.

Security Clearance: Security Clearance Requirement: In conjunction with our contract with the Federal Government, you will be required to have Reliability Status Clearance (Enhanced Level B). This includes Fingerprinting, Criminal Record Check, Credit Check and you must have resided in Canada for at least 5 years and hold Permanent Resident or Citizenship Status.

Other Skills:

• Demonstrable software development experience
• Develop and maintain applications using Java, Spring Framework, Oracle, XML, JSON, Junit, and numerous JavaScript libraries
• Experience with code management tools mainly Git and build tools like maven
• Strong testing experience
• Experience with testing methodologies, processes, strategies
• Very good at problem solving, analysis and troubleshooting
• Hands on experience with Selenium based framework (i.e., Webdriverio), Node JS
• Concrete experience practicing BDD testing with Gherkin/Cucumber, API testing with SOAP or RESTful components. Mobile testing with Appium would be a plus.
• Experience working in DevOps culture
• Solid understanding of CICD principles and core objectives
• Understanding of pipelines and experience with CI tools like Gitlab or Jenkins

Tech stack :

• Programming language: Java, JavaScript/html/CSS/JSON, YAML, Python or equivalent scripting language
• Engines or frameworks: Node Js, Spring Boot or equivalent
• Code management / Build tools: Git - Gitlab / Jenkins or equivalent
• Frameworks: Selenium - Selenium JS - Webdriverio / Appium - Protractor - Cucumber
• Containerization and Orchestration: Docker/Kubernetes
• Testing & work methodology: BDD, TDD, CICD
• Data: SQL / PL-SQL developer

You thrive in and environment that advances fast and continuously:

• Continuous integration and delivery
• Build automation & deployment
• Agile practices and tools
• Enterprise integration patterns using REST, modern Web & Mobile technologies
• Public/Private cloud

What we offer:

• Permanent full-time position with opportunity to grow in a well-established organization
• Flexible work arrangements and emphasis on work-life balance
• Remote and hybrid work options
• Comprehensive health, vision and dental plan that is 100% employer paid effective on your first day
• 100% employer-matched Defined Contribution Pension Plan
• Annual Incentive Bonus which recognizes your contribution to our success
• In addition to paid vacation, we offer a gifted week of vacation in your first year and an optional Vacation Purchase Program
• An organization where we encourage personal learning and growth with opportunities for career development and advancement
• Providing wellness benefits, health resources and fitness center discounts

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We believe our employees should reflect the communities we serve and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. To provide the best experience possible, we will support you with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team of your needs. We are committed to making sure recruitment, retention, advancement, and compensation are fair and accessible while following all relevant human rights and privacy laws . We appreciate everyone who has shown interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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