Senior QA Automation Engineer
Posted: 27-Jul-2022
Location: Košice, Slovakia
Company: Deutsche Telekom Group
Purpose
Senior QA Automation Engineer works as technical lead within QA and test teams and oversees all aspects of software and product
testing and quality of development within the company. This includes developing test strategies, drawing up test documents, identifying
faults, and reviewing QA reports. Holder of the position leads evaluation of test automation tools and technologies used most appropriate
to the project and the transition of testing in various phases of testing process from a manual to an automated approach to minimize the
manual test effort. Also, leads the team and is responsible for building test automation frameworks and supports QA teams with QA knowhow. Senior QA Automation Engineeer is responsible for definition and update of company quality standards to meet high satisfaction of
customers, and for implementation of test frameworks, test architecture and setting up continuous integration in a CI/CD pipeline and
leads the entire QA process on one or multiple projects, which includes pre-testing analysis, appropriate software testing and test
automation, post-testing analysis from start to finish. Holder of the position is responsible for making sure all released products meet
company and industry quality standards and stays current on modern processes, established tools, techniques, and technologies and
ensures high degree of quality. Senior QA Automation Engineer has good overview about DevOps methodology and Scaled Agile
Framework or similar frameworks and methodologies.
Key accountabilities
• Meeting with the software/product designers to determine quality assurance parameters.
• Leading the QA team in designing QA test procedures.
• Leading evaluation of tools and technologies most appropriate for test automation on one or multiple projects.
• Create an approach and methodology for building a test automation architecture.
• Create overall test architecture within continuous integration in a CI/CD pipeline
• Overseeing the drafting of testing documents.
• Implementing testing procedures and overseeing the QA process.
• Identify quality assurance process bottleneck and suggest actions for improvement.
• Troubleshooting quality issues and modifying test procedures.
• Conducting analysis checks on product specifications.
• Identify key KPIs for product quality.
• Reviewing Quality Assurance reports.
• Ensuring the successful deployment of products into the market.
• Responding to requests from the design team and management.
• Mentor and support QA Automation Engineers and testers in test automation related tasks and evaluate their progress in regards to test
automation and support test team with automated testing know-how.
Requirements
Languages
• English B2 (must)
• German language is an advantage
You will have possibility to choose whether you prefer Front-End or Back-End Test Automation (Of course, you will have possibility to combine both of them)
Front-end
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Core skills |
Nice to have |
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Active knowledge of least one object-oriented programming language > preferable JAVA |
Knowledge of secondary OOP, e.g. Python, JavaScript, Kotlin |
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Active work in agile development (SCRUM & SAFe know-how preferable) |
Hands-on experience of creating test solution from scratch |
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Previous role with responsibility for delivery of test automation and its results to contribute to assurance of product quality |
Wide knowledge of test frameworks (focus on front-end) for different programming languages |
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Active work with Selenium and Selenium based test frameworks > preferable Selenide |
Experience with Cypress, Appium, PyTest or Robot Framework |
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Knowledge of TestNG test runner framework |
Active work with CI/CD solution for automated builds |
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Active work with source code management > preferable Git |
Knowledge of cloud services > preferable AWS |
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Knowledge of CI/CD solution for automated builds |
Active work with Maven |
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Active work with Atlassian JIRA and Confluence |
Experience with Allure Framework |
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Knowledge of Maven |
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And \ Or
Back-end
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Core skills |
Nice to have |
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Active knowledge of least one object-oriented programming language > preferable JAVA |
Knowledge of secondary OOP, e.g. Python |
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Active work in agile development (SCRUM & SAFe know-how preferable) |
Experience with Allure Framework |
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Previous role in / responsibility for creating modern test automation architecture / strategy and responsibility for delivery of test automation and its results to contribute to assurance of product quality (focus on back-end test automation) |
Hands-on experience of creating test solution from scratch |
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Active work with:
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Wide knowledge of test frameworks for different programming languages (focus on back-end) |
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Be familiar in working within AWS / Azure |
Knowledge of Cocos (Kubernetes) |
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Active work with source code management > preferable Git |
Active work with Maven |
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Knowledge of CI/CD solution for automated builds |
Active work with CI/CD solution for automated builds |
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Active work with Atlassian JIRA and Confluence |
Knowledge of BDD agile process and active work within any BDD framework Experience with load & performance testing and tools such as:
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Experience with SQL DB |
Experience with NoSQL DB |
Benefits
• Possibility of Teleworking or Home office
• Cafeteria - individual financial benefit
• Trainings and development opportunities (Coursera, Percipio full access for free)
• Pension savings contribution
• Extra vacation days
• Referral bonus /financial/
• Discounts at various providers in Košice
• Team buildings online
• Work-life Program and Coaching
• Health Weeks
• Sport Activities
• Weekend Events
• Doctors at workplace
• Credit card
• Rotations possibilities
Final salary is negotiable.
We are offering base salary depending on seniority level and previous experience of candidate. In addition to base salary we provide variable part and other financial benefits. Base salary will not be lower than 2300€ brutto.