Automation QA Engineer Permanent

·         Job
Title: Automated QA Engineer

Location:
Abu Dhabi

Job
Purpose:

As an
Automated QA you will be someone who is fairly technology savvy and can cope
with using tools that aren’t limited to Selenium Web Driver or QC, and will
have some ability to code in languages such as Ruby/Java and can automate. We
expect familiarity with modern testing frameworks, approaches and some ability
to code, as well as working practices such as TDD, BDD, continuous integration,
continuous delivery and DevOps.

Job
Specific  Responsibilities

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Review requirements, specifications and technical design documents
to provide timely and meaningful feedback.

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Create detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and
test cases.

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Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities.

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Design, develop and execute automation scripts using open source
tools.

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Identify, record, document thoroughly and track bugs.

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Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved.

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Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products
to meet client needs.

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Liaise with internal teams (e.g. developers and product managers)
to identify system requirements.

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Monitor debugging process results.

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Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open
defect counts.

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Stay up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies.

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Proactively advice on best practices.

Experience: Minimum 3
years

Processes and practices

• Agile
• Scrum/Kanban/Lean
• TDD/BDD
• CI/CD
• XP

    Essential Skills    

       Ability to
program (One of either Ruby, Java, Groovy, Scala, Java Script).

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Build and
maintain test scripts using an automation test tool including TDD/BDD
techniques.

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Create test
automation frameworks.

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Select and
develop appropriate test automation tools, applying the latest techniques in
test automation.

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Use risk
driven techniques.

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Work with
the Development team to capture and re use automated unit test cases, stubs,
drivers and other development test objects.

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Work with
the development team to create and maintain an automated nightly test pack.

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Ensure
proper trace ability, version control and configuration management of all test
objects developed.

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Report
progress and provide any test metrics or reports required to support the team
Accurately and comprehensively record defects discovered during execution of
test cases.

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Prepare
test data and test estimates.

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Report
issues and risks to the team.

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Provide
support and knowledge to other members of the team.

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Understanding
of and experience with a range of approaches to testing application code and
systems for behavior and performance (any of Selenium, Geb, Wiremock, Jmeter,
Gatling, Sauce Labs).

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An ability
to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience.

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Working
knowledge of unix-like operating systems such as Linux and/or Mac OS X.

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Knowledge
of the git version control system.

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Ability to
quickly research and learn new programming tools and techniques.

Desirable Skills

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Mentor and
train others in a non-line management capacity.

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Experience
presenting work at user groups, business and to peers.

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Experience
of testing high-traffic websites.

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Experience
of testing large data sets.

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Knowledge
of relational and non-relational database systems.