The Senior QA Engineer (Automation Tester) is responsible for building and contributing the Test Automation framework built in Java and Selenium. This includes enhancing and maintaining a test automation framework to support a development organization. This is a hands-on role. The successful candidate will drive continuous improvement activities and will work closely with developers and operations staff to continuously improve the efficiency and efficacy of the tests that feed the CICD pipeline. Be proactive in resolving issues, demonstrate well-honed critical thinking skills when working through problems and solutions and be excellent influencers, collaborators and communicators.About You – experience, education, skills, and accomplishmentsMinimum of 5 years experience as a Test Automation Engineer/SDET in progressively more challenging roles.At least 3 years of experience writing code in JavaAt least 3 years of experience building and maintaining automation frameworks using SeleniumAt least 3 years of experience creating component/contract tests working within development organizationsAt least 3 years of Front and Back end automation experienceBachelors degree in computer science or relevantIt would be great if you also had . . . REST APIs and web services experienceDemonstrated success implementing tests and creating environments for CICD pipelineWorking in cross-functional Agile teamsComfortable researching, proposing and implementing efficient ways of automation that improve the quality of our deployments and our customers experienceExperience and comfortable with Jira, Confluence, Test Rail or like toolsExperience using Azure DevOps or Jenkins for build pipelinesExperience using Docker and KubernetesExperience with virtualization and basic networking principlesWhat will you be doing in this role? Develops, maintains and continuously improves testing frameworks in support of CICD goals in collaboration with Development and DevOps teamsProvides reporting/transparency of tests and results to organization in Jira/ConfluenceConducts learning sessions to increase in-house competencyInvestigates, recommends and implements new automation/reporting toolsParticipates in team agile ceremonies, providing estimates/schedulesReviews automation approach and conducts code reviews of automation codePart of the team that designs/reviews the CICD pipelineProvides recommendations for environment needsAdvocates for modern development and test automation methods throughout the organizationAbout the TeamWe are a small, tight knit team spread across the US supporting the Sierra Library System. The application is an established solution used by more than 500 libraries of all types around the world to automate both their front end (publicly accessible and searchable catalog, self-service functions including users' access to electronic resources, and more) and back end (check in, check out, renewals, as users borrow and return materials, tracking purchases and subscriptions, managing descriptive metadata of print and online materials, and more). The team is the most senior and experienced of several local and remote teams working to develop, enhance and support the specific product family, and has responsibilities which include the core product. The team is a six member scrum (3 developers, 2 QA and dev lead), supported closely by 3 technical staff (analyst, devops, doc) who also support other product level activities from other teams. Hours of WorkFull time, permanent Hybrid working model Must live within a commutable distance to one of our US offices: Alexandria, VA; Ann Arbor, MI; Denver, CO; Kansas City, KS; Philadelphia, PA; Tempe, AZClarivate is an Equal Opportunity Employer Vets/Minorities/Women/Disabled
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