Automation Developer – Senior
Transportation Client
4 month contract
Toronto – 2 days onsite

Education:

Completion of a university degree or college diploma, preferably in computer science/engineering, information technology, business administration, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
Certified Manager of Software Quality (CMSQ) is an asset.
Test Automation Engineering Certification (ASTQB) or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
CSM (Scrum Master) is an asset.

Any individual proposed to fill this role must possess the following qualifications:
Must have skills:

6+ years of experience in developing automation testing scripts
Experience with Continuous Integration with Performance Testing
Experienced with SoapUI, PyTest, Selenium, Python, Azure DevOps or similar
Experience with UI, API and DB automation

Other experience/skills required:

4+ years of experience in programming with any program language
Proven experience in Agile DevOps delivery model
Experience leading meetings with a variety of business stakeholders, including the executive level
Experience in Microsoft .NET Technologies, Github, JIRA, Confluence,SharePoint, and SQL Server, and familiarity with transportation operations terms and concepts are beneficial.
Good communication skills are essential, as are advanced MSOffice skills.

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

Establish and evolve formal QA automation processes, ensuring that the team is using industry-accepted best practices
Hands on with all aspects of test automation including establishing metrics, and developing new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met
Automation projects planning, development of automation scripts, development of automation frameworks, testing suites, execution, reviewing, tracking, reporting and documenting
Review project requirement and design documentation to ensure that requirements stated are correct, unambiguous, and verifiable
Act as a key point of contact for all QA automation aspects of releases, providing QA automation services and coordinating manual QA resources internally and externally
Conduct compatibility tests with vendor-provided programs
Lead and mentor QA team members, as well as manage outside contract testers
Develop test plans, test data, automate test scripts from scratch, update and maintain existing scripts
Participate in functional, non functional and technical design reviews, perform integration/functional/non-functional and system testing, and verify test results
Prepares reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data; making recommendations
Engage 3rd party vendor(s)/cross team in test planning and coordination of end-to-end testing activities
Perform manual test scenarios on need basis.
Guide and lead hands-on development of SOA testing scripts using various automation tools
Manage, facilitate and attain resolution for identified testing issues with system or business processes requiring cross-functional team input/resolution
Make recommendations for improvement
Able to travel and work from different work locations within GTA depending on the project.