JOB TITLE: Quality Engineer

LOCATION: Englewood Cliffs New jersey /NYC (Hybird)

Duration : Contract

JD :

Provide high-level test effort estimate
Create detailed and well-structured test plans and test cases
Set up a test harness to test functionality
Automation feasibility study, development & maintenance of API, functional, integration and load/performance scripts across platforms
Build, deploy application & conduct manual and automated testing as per defined process
Report and follow up of defects found until closure
Analyze logs in order to understand the root causes of issues
Participate in agile ceremonies - standups, planning sessions and retrospectives
Perform automated nightly application regression & performance test
Functional/Integration/Production testing by leveraging CI/CD Pipeline
Work both independently and in close collaboration with others in the team and across the business to achieve quality & performance engineering goals
Bring the quality consciousness, test leadership and customer advocacy
Create and maintain HOWTOs and other materials for quality & performance engineering team
Knowledge Management/Retention - Cross training & documentation
Actively coach/mentor quality engineers
Publish KPIs & metrics, ensure process compliance
Onsite - Offshore co-ordination, if needed

Minimum Requirements
B.S degree or higher in computer science or related education
5+ yrs. of experience in software engineering - QE testing
3+ yrs. of experience in testing news website, subscription products, SEO, ads, metrics, video players (live/on-demand) & streaming media content on desktop & mobile platforms
3+ yrs. of experience in software engineering - QE automation
Must be proficient in Java
Must have experience implementing automation frameworks (Selenium WebDriver/Appium/TestNG/Junit)
Must have experience with performance testing tools to measure server & client-side metrics
Must have experience using Version control (GIT), SQL, CI/CD Tools (Jenkins), Build Tools (Maven, ANT, etc), Debugging Tools (Charles/Fiddler), Monitoring tools (New Relic), Agile Management Tool (JIRA), Test Management Tool (TestRail)
Any certification related to QE/Process/Automation/Performance Test