Lead Test Automation Engineer

ehi.com; St. Louis (MO); Remote; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mobility solutions provider is seeking a Lead Test Automation Engineer to maintain and improve their automation testing platform. The role allows remote work within the U.S., and candidates must have extensive experience in App Development and Automation Testing, particularly with Java and Selenium. Responsibilities include leading automation strategies and collaborating with teams to enhance quality control. Comprehensive benefits and a progressive work environment are offered.

Benefits

Comprehensive healthcare packages

401k matching and profit sharing

Schedule flexibility

Paid time off

Qualifications

• 5+ years combined App Dev and Automation Testing experience.
• 2+ years of database/query experience.
• Create and maintain complex automated test code.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the current test automation platform and drive improvements.
• Design and execute automated test plans.
• Coordinate with the manual QA team to resolve issues.

Skills

Software quality and testing methodologies

Good oral and written communication

Troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

Ability to work independently with limited supervision

Flexibility with changing priorities

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Java

JUnit

Selenium

Git

Jenkins

Job description

Overview

Enterprise Mobility is a leading provider of mobility solutions, owning and operating the Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car brands through its integrated global network of independent regional subsidiaries. Enterprise Mobility and its affiliates offer extensive car rental, carsharing, truck rental, fleet management, retail car sales, as well as travel management and other transportation services, to make travel easier and more convenient for customers.

Privately held by the Taylor family of St. Louis, Enterprise Mobility together with its affiliate Enterprise Fleet Management manages a diverse fleet of 2.4 million vehicles and accounted for nearly $38 billion in revenue through a network of more than 9,500 fully-staffed neighborhood and airport rental locations in more than 90 countries and territories.

At the center of it all, our dedicated IT teams innovate, design and develop the technology that is redefining how customers rent, buy and share vehicles from our family of brands. Here, you will be part of a diverse and talented team that creates and delivers powerful technology solutions for our customers and employees across the world with the resources and support to develop in a variety of career paths.

As an Enterprise Mobility team member, we offer an excellent package with market-competitive pay, comprehensive healthcare packages, 401k matching & profit sharing, schedule flexibility, work from home opportunities, paid time off, and organizational growth potential.

This position offers the opportunity to work fully remote within the United States (except for Alaska and/or Hawaii). Team members who choose virtual / remote work should have an adequate space to serve as their home office, and must be able to work a schedule within U.S. Central Standard Time core business hours. This position will require employees to come on site to one of our St. Louis campus locations a few times per year for meetings/events or as needed.

Responsibilities

• As a Lead Test Automation Engineer, you will be responsible for maintaining the current test automation platform that supports our suite of applications as well as driving improvements. We are looking for a talented individual that can serve as a subject matter expert with the ability to work with the leadership team on implementing an automation strategy and provide valuable metrics.
• You will design, produce, execute and maintain automated test plans and test cases.
• Additionally, you will be required to perform code reviews and debug automated test code.
• Design, produce, maintain and document detailed automated test plans and test cases based on requirements and specifications
• Increase the automation test coverage across all applications
• Develop test automation strategy for the department and drive execution of the plan
• Work closely with the manual QA testing team to resolve issues identified
• Analyze test results; leverage troubleshooting skills to identify, document, and reproduce issues; provide information to assist in defining root cause
• Coordinate and/or conduct re-testing after defects are addressed
• Provide and monitor quality control checkpoints throughout the test automation process
• Generate appropriate documentation for issue tracking, verification, and certification
• Establish, foster and maintain positive working relationships within the department
• Interact with other IT teams, business teams, and vendors, as assigned
• Perform task automation and implement process improvements; recommend enhancements that result in increased quality and service
• Represent the department as the subject matter expert regarding test automation
• May assist with the development of standards, processes, and procedures for the team
• Provide automation metrics

Skills and Abilities

• Expert in software quality and testing methodologies
• Good oral and written communication skills to effectively communicate with various IT teams and business representatives
• Facilitating code reviews of automated test code, debugs automated test code, and maintain associated system level interactions with the automated test code
• Assess and evaluate quality assurance test requirements to determine scope of functionality to be covered by the automated testing suite
• Maintaining documentation on automation modifications and updates
• Performing manual testing, if required
• Identify where task automation and process improvements can add value
• Maintain established service level agreements to meet customer expectations and quality service
• Troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Work in a fast-paced production environment and can handle multiple tasks
• Work independently with limited supervision
• Effectively collaborate and work with others in a remote work environment
• Ability to be flexible with changing priorities and requirements

Qualifications

Required:

• Must be presently authorized to work in the U.S. without a requirement for work authorization sponsorship by our company for this position now or in the future
• Must reside in the United States (does not include Alaska or Hawaii)
• Must be able to work a schedule within U.S. Central Standard Time core business hours
• Must be committed to incorporating security into all decisions and daily job responsibilities
• Bachelor\'s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems, or related field
• 5+ years of combined App Dev and Automation Testing experience with Java, distributed systems, web-based platforms, and web services
• 2+ years of database/query experience
• Create and maintain complex automated test code, scripts, data, and associated drivers per recognized SDLC methodology (Waterfall, Agile preferred)
• Experience with Karate, Selenium, CA DevTest, QTP, CALisa or similar
• Experience with Git/Jenkins for configuration management and software build/deployments
• Experience with one or more open-source test, build, or continuous deployment tools such as: JUnit, TestNG, Selenium Web Driver, Jenkins, Docker, Cucumber, JMeter, Appium, Postman
• Experience with JSON, XML, XSD, WSDL, REST and SOAP and a history working with web client software
• Experience of the HTTP protocol including an understanding of cookies, HTTPS/SSL, browser caching, HTTP status codes, HTTP headers, how sessions work, and experience identifying vulnerabilities like cross site scripting (XSS)

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans