*Location:* *Farmington Hills, MI & Boston, MA* *Duration: 12+*
*Rates: $50/hr* *Interview mode: Phone hire* *JOB DESCRIPTION* Read below (highlighted main points). Cultural fit will be important. We need someone who actually is really passionate about new challenges and learning. For them, this is an excellent opp. *HIGHLIGHTS: * •*Agile Quality Assurance (may not be spelled out like this in resume)* *•Experience with programming* *•Experience with automation tools (Selenium is important)* *•Test Driven Development* *TDD is critical because they WRITE TEST CASES before they even CODE. * *FULL JOB DESCRIPTION:* We are looking for a tester/developer who loves to learn. You will be joining a growing team. Having varied technical skills is important; however the desire to expand those skills, technologies, and experiences is even more essential. We are looking for extremely motivated individuals that have excellent analytical and communication skills, and are continually taking on new professional and technical challenges. We are looking for innovative individuals who value team work and strive to work with a company that values the highest quality software. *Key Responsibilities * *The Agile Tester-Developer II will be responsible for:* •Educating, coaching and mentoring other team members on “defect prevention” rather than just “defect detection” agile testing practices and tools. •Understand the *Quality Standards* and support Gale’s adoption of Agile through assimilation of QA practices in the development of low-to-no defect products •Collaborate with the agile teams to understand requirements and plan testing efforts to complement and facilitate effective execution of development projects. •Considering a fluid agile environment, business and technical requirements, risk and schedule needs, provide QA level of effort estimates for larger development projects. •As an integral agile team member, collaborate with developers to develop test plans, automated and manual tests, test code, test scripts and review and improve test plans and code design •Understand user behavior and ensure product usability as guided through Gale’s usability standards •Ensure product accessibility as guided through Gale’s accessibility standards •Helping to steer a team of agile testers, developers and business users toward collaborative, comprehensive testing that results in the highest quality software. •Working with and coaching developers to more easily *create automated GUI*and integration tests. •Coordinate all aspects of QA and testing for larger projects •Appropriate to each project, develop and execute test strategy, test plans, test cases, acceptance testing and test scripts •Create automation scripts for all aspects of functional testing using Cucumber, *FitNesse and/or TestNG and Selenium and other QA tools as required* •Be flexible and creative in handling multiple activities and contentions in priorities. •Helping foster an environment *where automated GUI* and integration tests complement developer unit testing in ensuring the quality of large scale solutions •Collaboration with developers in creating testable "Definition of Done" acceptance criteria for all phases of development •Designing test plans collaboratively with developers and business users early on in the iteration so as to guide development •Designing tests that clearly convey the business rules and code they are checking (i.e., Storytests or Automated Acceptance Tests), so that both business users and developers can understand their intentions. •Continuously asking questions of both developers and business users to ensure the test suite is comprehensive. •Performing manual exploratory testing of new and existing features •Developing, creating, and executing performance test plans and test cases which reflect expected usage. •Mining usage logs and creating scripts that reflect true customer usage of our systems. •Manage defect tracking and defect maintenance and *perform defect root cause analysis * •Coordinate with Customer Support Center. •Embrace continuous process and practice improvement •Researching New Tools and Superior Practices and suggesting new tools and processes for the agile team *Requirements * •Thorough understanding of the software development process and all *aspects of Agile Quality Assurance.* •BA or BS in Computer Science or related field; or equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience •Pay great attention to detail •Experience writing tests *in Java, JUnit, in an IDE like Eclipse* (or similar unit testing experience. in a different language/IDE) •Solid *OO programming and design skills* •An understanding of the principles in creating easily modifiable and extensible automated test suites •Experience using test automation frameworks ie: *Cucumber, FitNesse, TestNG, and Selenium * •The courage to drive exploratory testing to find better ways to produce high-quality software •Demonstrated collaborative skill in pairing with agile developers •An interest in working alongside the development team, including occasional pairing •Excellent communication skills, written and verbal •Self motivated and takes initiative •Work well with cross-functional organizations •Must be able to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where overtime hours are expected to meet deadlines and fulfill customer needs. •Demonstrated ability to work effectively independently and in a team environment •The ability to make cost/benefit analysis of proposed solutions for automated testing strategies •Knowledge of Continuous Integration like CruiseControl or Jenkins •The confidence to ask the tough questions necessary to ensure continuous improvement •*3+ years experience in system level QA Testing * •2+ years *experience programming in Java and/or JUnit* development •2+ years experience with Source Code Management like CVS, Git or SubVersion •2+ years experience with Defect Management like Jira •2+ years in an Agile environment •1+ years experience *with scripting /programming languages*; •1+ years working in a *Linux command* line environment •1+ years experience in *JMeter or Segue Silk Automation Tools * *A demonstrated working knowledge of: * *•Java & HTML * •An understanding of the concepts of TDD and how it applies to agile testing •*Automated Test Design * *•Selenium* •*Cucumber, Fitnesse and/or TestNG* •Web application testing and/or Web service testing •Ability to write and understand basic *SQL queries* to perform data verification and set up test data •*Defect Management like Jira* •Configuration Management Systems & build environments •Unix/Linux •Databases •API testing, test harness creation Thanks Regards *Swami A* Technical Recruiter *Ennovace Inc* Ph: 214-541-9378 F: 972-913-8300 sw...@ennovace.com www.ennovace.com 1801 S O'connor Rd Irving TX 75061 In my absence please contact Steven at ste...@ennovace.com (214-541-9081) Disclaimer: We respect your Online Privacy. 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