QA Automation Engineer

QA Automation Engineer Metro Systems is looking for a QA Automation Engineer to help support a Fortune 300 financial client of ours. They are a leader in the web and mobile spaces. This role is 100% remote. MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES • Help create a culture that motivates teams to ensure zero defects leak into production.• Work across teams to understand enterprise quality requirements and ensure adoption of core processes and standards.• Implement the shift-left test strategy as the organization rearchitects our technology platform.• Partner with DevOps engineers to fully automate testing throughout the release & delivery processes in the CI/CD pipeline.• Leverage market-leading automation frameworks and tools across all levels of testing that integrate in the automated CI/CD pipeline.• Participate in product design reviews ensuring quality practices are baked into the software development and deployment life cycle.• Work with internal teams to document test environment and test data management container strategies and provisioning for the different types of testing activities.• Comprehend and decompose user stories/requirements to identify what tests need to be created and automated across all levels of testing.• Prepare, communicate, and deliver technical presentations related to the test strategy that is tailored to the audience.REQUIRED SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS • 6+ years of experience in testing automation engineering with both API based & UI based testing.• Preferred BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related subject.• Proficiency writing code in JavaScript ES6/TypeScript • Experience with Cucumber BDD testing framework (Gherkin syntax) • Experience with Node.js or other JavaScript runtime environments • Experience with continuous integration / continuous delivery (CI/CD) supporting technologies: GIT, GitLab, Docker• Extensive knowledge of: • White Box Testing practices. • Software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build and release processes, continuous integration and continuous deployment concepts (CI & CD), and test suite development and maintenance. • Working knowledge of: Automated Test-Driven Development (ATDD), Test-Driven Development (TDD) or Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) • Must be able to provide hands-on training for existing testers in writing and using automation scripts and ensuring best practices are followed. • Experience in troubleshooting issues and root cause analysis • Possesses a deep understanding of shift-left test practices and techniques along with the frameworks, and tools that support it. • Strong written and verbal communication skills. • Enthusiastic and energetic with an inherent curiosity to break code. PREFFERED SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS • Experience with testing frameworks/libraries like MS Playwright, Cypress, Jest or other cross-browser automation libraries • Experience with JSforce or other Salesforce API libraries • Experience in SOQL language is a plus • Experience with market tools: REST-assured, Postman, SoapUI, CA DevTest, Swagger Hub > SoapUI Pr • Experience automating API testing and extensive knowledge of creating and leveraging mocks, stubs, and virtual services to fulfill test automation requirement • Major plus with direct experience in the following: • Contact center services applications • Salesforce Lightning CRM – for customer interaction management, case management, workflow management, and 3rd party application integrations. • Open Span (Pega Systems) – for desktop automation, DOM manipulation, web data scraping, and computer-telephony integration (CTI) • Financial services technology/ consumer banking testing experience • AWS and Rest Services • Automating tests for the full solution stack (unit, business logic, contract, usability, functional, performance) MSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.