Remote QA Tester - Python Required

Role: QA Tester Location: 100% Remote (EST Hours) Duration: 6 month contract If you are interested in hearing more about this position, ple...

Role: QA Tester
Location: 100% Remote (EST Hours)
Duration: 6 month contract

If you are interested in hearing more about this position, please send your resume to Trevor Hix at .

*The candidate must be highly skilled in Python; this is the most important technology for this role

Description:
• Identifies acceptance criteria required by the business stakeholder, test environment and test readiness requirements, develops automated testing scripts, conducts testing activities using/developing automated testing tools, and provides status of testing in the course of a 2-week Sprint cycle.
• Takes ownership of development and execution of test cases, verifies of system capabilities and system enhancements or changes, supports / leads script development, requirements verification, performance testing, regression testing, high availability testing, end user testing, system and software level integration troubleshooting, test plans, test reports, root-cause analysis, and performs backend data validation and interface operability verification, and coordinates across project teams for information gathering and sharing required to perform testing activities.
• Have expertise / hands-on experience with QA Automation script programming, and is capable of identifying test that can be automated

Responsibilities:
• Works closely with the application architects to develop a solid testing solution, working towards the future state of the application architecture that includes automated testing for continuous integration;.
• Develops automated test scripts for new features based on acceptance criteria and user stories during each development Sprint;
• Executes the test scripts on routine basis based on test objective (regression, functional, performance, acceptance etc) and shares automated test results
• Develops, implements, documents, and monitors best practices for test automation developers across Scrum teams;
• Communicates issues found, automation goals, priorities, and status across the organization;
• Is capable of supporting CI/CD automation and develops solutions to keep the pipeline running
• Identifies innovative solutions to solve complex test problems;
• Provide input into improving the Automation test framework for the organization;
• Define automated test criteria to be used to determine which functionality should be automated;
• Develop automated test for all functionality that meets the specified automation criteria.
• Works in agile environment, attends daily stand-up

Desired Skills:
• Languages: Python / Pyspark, R / SparkR, Scala, SQL, Bash scripting, Groovy
• Software: Databricks, Jupyter notebooks, Rstudio, PowerBI, Gitlab, Jenkins, SonarQube, Jfrog