Remote QA Automation Engineer - Agile, CI, Selenium

Ascendum Solutions; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascendum Solutions in Cincinnati is seeking an experienced QA Automation professional to drive automated testing in an Agile environment. You will develop and maintain automated scripts, perform diverse testing types, and validate backend data with SQL while collaborating across remote and on-site teams.

The role demands strong automation knowledge, CI workflow experience, and excellent communication to improve QA processes and drive quality across projects.

Qualifications

• Experience with CI tools in Agile environments is required.
• Experience in QA processes and deliverables within Scrum teams.
• Proficient in defect tracking and root cause analysis using Jira/Rally.
• Strong automation concepts and practical scripting experience.
• Comfortable with working on remote teams.
• Knowledge of risk-based testing techniques.
• Experience with test environments and test data management.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Effectively work in a fast paced environment utilizing the Agile methodology
• Develop and maintain functional automation test scripts utilizing modular frameworks and best practices
• Execute test scripts to validate correct functionality of application
• Use SQL for back-end database validation
• Perform various types of testing including smoke, white box, black box, integration, end-to-end, regression, and system testing as needed
• Participate in requirement & design review sessions; evaluate requirements & design docs from a quality test automation standpoint
• Manage test coverage based on risk analysis
• Document defects and evaluate priority of defect based on overall application functionality
• Coordinate test script reviews with stakeholders as appropriate
• Adhere to requirement review, defect writing & test script writing guidelines
• Ensure completion of all deliverables within schedule, budget and quality constraints.
• Participate in Root Cause Analysis sessions
• Ensure that projects follow prescribed software development life cycle standards.
• Develop and maintain good relationships with project team.
• Multi-task to meet assignment deadlines
• Accurately estimate work assignments
• Show assertiveness
• Identify obstacles and roadblocks; and offer suggestions to work around obstacles
• Help drive and improve QA process within the team you are assigned

Skills

CI tools

QA in Agile/Scrum

Defect tracking

Automation concepts

Remote teams

Risk-based testing

Test env/data management

Communication/collaboration

JUnit/TestNG

Selenium Grid

Agile/Scrum experience

SAFe Agile

Automation test scripts

Selenium usage

SQL validation

Tools

Jira

Rally

Quality Center/ALM

Jenkins

TeamCity

GitLab

Job description

Ascendum Solutions in Cincinnati is seeking an experienced QA Automation professional to drive automated testing in an Agile environment. You will develop and maintain automated scripts, perform diverse testing types, and validate backend data with SQL while collaborating across remote and on-site teams.

The role demands strong automation knowledge, CI workflow experience, and excellent communication to improve QA processes and drive quality across projects.