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Company Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
All employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 which includes receiving a COVID-19 vaccine booster or qualifying for an accommodation from the Bank's COVID-19 Vaccination Policy; individuals who are unable to be vaccinated due to a medical condition or sincerely held religious belief may request an accommodation from the Bank.Here at the Cleveland Fed, we're excited to play a major role in the transformation of the U.S. government's largest digital tax collections system. Led by both customer and data-driven insights, we are committed to developing a new service with the best, most innovative technologies available today.To be considered for this role, candidates must be a U.S. citizen.Position SummaryResponsible to develop and run automated tests to validate both functional and non-functional performance of software systems. Partner with Product Owners and Developers to ensure code changes meet the agreed upon acceptance criteria. Communicate test results and anomalies to their team and others.Essential Accountabilities- Write automated tests for APIs, user interfaces, batch processes, ETL processes, and serverless components to ensure overall quality of the product and that the system meets defined acceptance criteria.
- Design tests scenarios through the review of user stories, requirements, and technical specifications
- Partner with other team members to include automated tests in CI/CD pipelines.
- Sets up test cases and prepare test data for testing particular scenarios.
- Participate in peer reviews of automation code and test cases.
- Participate in root-cause analysis for problems encountered during testing and provide recommendations on resolution.
- Monitor and review results of automated tests and makes results visible to other members of the team.
- Contribute to automated test methods, procedures, and standards, serving as a subject matter expert on automation methodologies.
- May conduct manual testing.
- Participate in team daily stand ups and reports on testing progress, offers ideas to improve the testing process and communicates testing blockers.
- Partner closely with all members of the development team to ensure quality is ingrained in all aspects of the Software Development Lifecycle Performs other duties as assigned or requested.
- Senior: Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of related work experience
- Associate's degree or software testing certificate with 7+ years of related work experience
- Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of related work experience or
- Associate's degree and/or Software Testing Certificate and 5+ years of related work experience
- Experience working within a highly collaborative agile environment utilizing Scrum or Kanban methodologies
- Experience with Agile Testing Methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, Test Driven Development, and Behavior Driven Development
- E xperience with Quality Assurance Engineering methodologies and practices
- E xperience with test case management and automated deploy practices such as CI/CD
- Understands how to test across a full software stack
- General knowledge of databases is a plus
- Data analysis and or data testing experience is a plus
- General understanding of Software development
- Cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, Azure
- API and Microservice architecture
- Object oriented design patterns
- Knowledge of a Programming language is a plus
- Experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Office365
- CI/CD practices
- Ability to perform independent research
- Creating test cases that meet functional and non-functional requirements
- Navigating through challenges with defect remediation and demonstrate effective escalation of high severity defects.
- Strategic thinking/planning
- Written and verbal communication as well as active listening skills
- Problem-solving and analytical skills
- Ability to understand software from the customer's perspective
- Comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, 401k savings plan, retirement plan, paid time off, transit benefit, onsite gym and subsidized cafeteria
- A learning environment with opportunities to gain new skills and grow your career.