Automation Test Engineer

You will be a vital team member and an expert contributor to the S&P Global Rating Core Services Engineering Team. The team boasts diverse experience in technology stacks.

We seek out innovative testing solutions, reliable & transparent test execution, and strive for continuous improvement in achieving top quality.

1. Design and develop automation solutions that meet organizational standards and build reliable, reusable, and maintainable automated regression suites & test harnesses.
2. Create tools and frameworks with high-quality code to simplify testing scenarios.
3. Design and develop test plans, test cases based upon functional and design specifications, execute test cases, and analyze and report test results to the teams.
4. Collaborate closely with development teams to deliver business functionality on time with required quality that meets acceptance criteria.
5. Act as a test lead, planning the work of other testing staff and assigning tasks to meet project deadlines.
6. Mentor junior team members and provide guidance on best practices in test automation.
7. Participate in code reviews to ensure high standards of code quality.
8. Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies in test automation.
9. Use strong testing skills to provide guidance and assist project staff.
10. Review and approve the work of project team members in writing scripts, expected results, test results, and defect descriptions.
11. Ensure best practices are followed and testing activities stay on schedule.
12. Focus on building efficient solutions for web, services, API, and database testing requirements.
13. Participate in internal/cross-team meetings, project scoping, functional reviews, test specifications, technical reviews for assigned projects in an Agile environment.
14. Involved in requirements review and participate in architecture/design reviews with an emphasis on test automation/performance strategy and ensuring best practices.
15. Participate actively in functional, system, and regression testing activities.
16. Capture quality assurance data and metrics to provide insights and conclusions.
17. Estimate and perform risk analysis for quality delivery.

We are seeking candidates with:

• 3+ years of strong hands-on coding/scripting experience in automation testing & engineering.
• Experience of working with REST and SOAP services and understanding of SOA architecture.
• Experience in creating and maintaining test automation framework is mandatory.
• Experience using SQL to query databases required.
• Exposure to distributed source control systems such as Git.
• Experience with test data management techniques.
• Experience with change management and defect tracking tools.
• Zeal to be a domain expert and learn new technologies.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and written communications.
• High standards of confidentiality; ability to handle sensitive information with integrity and trust.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies like AWS/Azure and experience of testing micro-services, containers is preferred.
• Should be a self-motivated, result-oriented, and excellent team player.
• Should be able to work under a competitive time frame and deliver.
• Should be a very fast learner and have excellent problem-solving ability.
• Excellent understanding of QA and testing methodologies, best practices.
• Excellent hands-on in programming languages such as Python (preferred), Java or JavaScript.
• Experience in creating, maintaining, and executing automation tests utilizing tools such as Tricentis Tosca, Selenium required (Python preferred).
• Excellent logical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• 1+ Year of experience in Agile processes (Scrum preferred).
• Experience in CI/CD/CT tools such as Azure DevOps (preferred), Jenkins.
• Experience in Accessibility, Visual and Cross Browser/Device testing.