Quality Automation Engineer

Fisher Investments; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

401(k) match

Paid time off

Family support programs

Hybrid work option

Job summary

Fisher Investments is seeking a Quality Automation Engineer to partner with QA/QE, DevOps, and development teams to design and build robust automation frameworks for continuous delivery testing. You will maintain frameworks, train users, and support test automation, data management, and security controls across products.

The role emphasizes collaboration with DevOps and integration teams to embed automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, improve operational stability, and evolve testing practices

Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience in QA automation and testing across web and API-based solutions.
• Automation and test data management tools such as Test Complete Pro, Ready API, NeoLoad, GenRocket, and Zephyr Scale.
• Test applications developed in various SDLC methodologies like Agile.
• Build and maintain the test automation frameworks.
• DevOps tools, such as Github, Jenkins, or Splunk.
• Scripting languages like Shell Scripting, Groovy, Python, Java, or JavaScript, and Atlassian tools like JIRA or Confluence.
• 2+ years' experience: Implement BDD/TDD and relevant toolsets.
• Relational database management skills like MSSQL, MySQL, SQL, Postgres or MongoDB.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver automation and automation framework for products with a quality approach.
• Design, develop, and configure QE tools to lead application development efficiencies and improve operational stability of the applications that adhere to security and audit systems.
• Foster the adoption of Test automation, Performance and Test data management tools and capabilities across Technology groups.
• Work with Quality Engineering, App Dev Team Leads to define Quality Engineering processes, standards, tools, best practices, execution strategies, roadmaps to connect current designs to long-term architecture.
• Collaborate and implement strategies for DevOps and Integration teams to integrate Test automation suites as part of the CI/CD frameworks.
• Meticulously examine and evaluate our software applications to identify potential issues, defects or inconsistencies affecting the end-user experience.
• Work closely & collaboration with developers, business analysts, product owners, scrum masters & devops throughout the development lifecycle.
• Learn and understand business processes.
• Knowledge of testing methodologies.
• Review requirements to understand testing needs.
• Create, managing, analyzing and using test plans & test cases.
• Create & managing test data for test cases.
• Evaluate product features and functionality according to specifications.
• Analyze testing results.
• Identify, documenting and reporting software defects.
• Bug & defect tracking.
• Schedule & coordinating test execution.
• Leverage quality engineering tools to guide application development efficiencies and improve operational stability of the applications.
• Develop scripts and processes to increase automation of testing and adherence to security and audit systems and controls.
• Support automation of various testing activities across the enterprise.
• Must adapt quickly to new technologies, tools, and methodologies as the software development landscape evolves

Skills

Test automation

QA Automation

DevOps integration

Scripting: Python/Java

AGILE/SDLC

CI/CD pipelines

JIRA/Confluence

Education

Bachelor's degree in MIS/CS

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Test Complete Pro

Ready API

NeoLoad

GenRocket

Zephyr Scale

Github

Jenkins

Confluence

Jira

Job description

The Opportunity:

The Quality Automation Engineer will have responsibilities including partnering with QA/QE, DevOps, Functional and Integration teams to define, design, and build or modify the automation framework. You will create a robust set of automation tests to result in a deep and flexible set of tests that become the primary foundation of continuous delivery testing. You will maintain these frameworks by following the current standards and coordinating test execution, training users, and providing user support. You will be reporting to the Application Development Team Lead.

The Day-to-Day:

• Design and deliver automation and automation framework for products with a quality approach


• Design, develop, and configure QE tools to lead application development efficiencies and improve operational stability of the applications that adhere to security and audit systems


• Foster the adoption of Test automation, Performance and Test data management tools and capabilities across Technology groups


• Work with Quality Engineering, App Dev Team Leads to define Quality Engineering processes, standards, tools, best practices, execution strategies, roadmaps to connect current designs to long-term architecture


• Collaborate and implement strategies for DevOps and Integration teams to integrate Test automation suites as part of the CI/CD frameworks


• Meticulously examine and evaluate our software applications to identify potential issues, defects or inconsistencies affecting the end-user experience


• Work closely & collaborate with developers, business analysts, product owners, scrum masters & devops throughout the development lifecycle


• Learn and understand business processes


• Knowledge of testing methodologies


• Review requirements to understand testing needs


• Create, managing, analyzing and using test plans & test cases


• Create & managing test data for test cases


• Evaluate product features and functionality according to specifications


• Analyze testing results


• Identify, documenting and reporting software defects


• Bug & defect tracking


• Schedule & coordinating test execution


• Leverage quality engineering tools to guide application development efficiencies and improve operational stability of the applications


• Develop scripts and processes to increase automation of testing and adherence to security and audit systems and controls


• Support automation of various testing activities across the enterprise


• Must adapt quickly to new technologies, tools, and methodologies as the software development landscape evolves

Your Qualifications:

3+ years' experience:

• Salesforce


• Software testing and test automation of web and API-based solutions


• Automation and test data management tools such as Test Complete Pro, Ready API, NeoLoad, GenRocket, and Zephyr Scale


• Test applications developed in various SDLC methodologies like Agile


• Build and maintain the test automation frameworks


• DevOps tools, such as Github, Jenkins, or Splunk


• Scripting languages like Shell Scripting, Groovy, Python, Java, or JavaScript, and Atlassian tools like JIRA or Confluence

2+ years' experience:

• Implement BDD/TDD and relevant toolsets


• Relational database management skills like MSSQL, MySQL, SQL, Postgres or MongoDB


• Integrate test automation frameworks with DevOps pipelines in private cloud and public cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure, Google or Amazon AWS cloud services


• Regulated industry experience; financial services experience


• Bachelor's degree in MIS, computer science, or a related field required; advanced degree in a related field

Ability to:

• Train IT product delivery teams and motivate peers on the proper use of Automation frameworks, Test Data Management tools and capabilities


• Present to managers, technology, and business partners

Why Fisher Investments:

We work for a bigger purpose: bettering the investment universe. We take great pride in our inclusive culture, our learning and development framework customized for every employee, and our Great Place to Work Certification. It's the people that make the Fisher purpose possible, and we invest in them by offering exceptional benefits like:

• 100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for you and your qualifying dependents


• A 50% 401(k) match, up to the IRS maximum


• 20 days of PTO, plus 10 paid holidays


• Family Support programs including 8 week Paid Primary Caregiver Leave, $10,000 fertility, family forming, and hormonal health assistance, and back-up child, adult, and elder care


• This is an in-office role. Based on your role, tenure, and performance eligibility you may have the opportunity to participate in our hybrid work from home program. This program is subject to change.

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