Software QA Engineer (Automation)

Company Description

Portonics is a team of technology consultants that specialize in application design, software & mobile application development. Our goal is to help clients understand and make full use of digital technology that can heighten brand awareness and lead to better business.

We are a diverse team of engineers, analysts, solution architects working on the latest technologies, and running a wide range of projects from business-critical applications to applications serving a large number of customers daily. 

We build and manage in-house, client products, and end-to-end services locally and globally. Services include server management, software management, networking, development, deployments, information security and consultancy.

We are an agile team who are very passionate about what we build. We design solutions to reduce/automate operations. Along with building custom solutions, we leverage open source technologies. Our teams build, manage, and automate monitoring systems, alerting, and deployments.

As a digital transformation team, we are big on Dev, DevOps culture, and collaboration.

Job Description

• Understand project requirements, and technology dependencies, and develop solutions for test planning and execution;
• Plan & Develop Automated Testing for Native Android Applications;
• Plan & Develop Automated Testing for Native iOS Applications (Swift);
• Plan & Develop Automated Testing for APIs;
• Incorporate testing as part of our build pipeline CI/CD flows;
• Plan, build, and design new automation to support new builds and release of the code;
• Collaborate with the squad to continuously refactor and improve the automation framework for reusability and speed;
• Develop complex data-driven automation, manage automation scripts and framework to support code drops in various environments to support development, test, and builds;
• Participate in project planning and scoping activities and work independently and efficiently to meet agreed-upon deadlines;
• Provide business development support by laying out the test requirements for a proposed solution in order to ensure proper verification and validation testing can be performed efficiently;
• Define Test Plans and Procedures for Data Warehouse implementations and application interfaces;
• Assist developers and testers with root cause analysis and resolutions;
• Collaborate with clients and internal teams to develop appropriate test solutions for varying technical components;

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree - Computer Science or Computer Engineering. Will consider other fields of study with good Software QA experience;
Must have:

• At least 3 years of experience in related software development where test planning and execution were a part of job responsibilities;
• Experience in test automation is required;
• Experience with development and/or testing in C#, JSON, REST, HTML versions, JavaScript, Microsoft TFS, VMware, Desktop Application Testing and Web Application Testing;
• Create a test plan, test case, and execute test cases in JIRA;
• Experience with databases such as (MySQL, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, MongoDB, etc.) testing, maintenance and support;
• Proven experience in performance and load testing against large, scalable, cloud-hosted services;
• Experience in SQA principles, accompanied by a strong drive to generate quality software with a customer-based focus;
• Familiarity with low-level data protocols specifically CAN bus and TCP/IP related along with Vector CANoe and/or CANalyzer ECU and Network analysis tools is desirable;

Good to have:

• Automation skills;
• Programming knowledge;
• Experience in performance testing;
• Experience in security testing;
• API testing skills;
• Analytical skills, Communication skills, Attention to detail, Problem-solving skills;
• Experience in testing documentation;

Additional Information

• Communication is extremely important; our engineers work across every team in the organization. Candidates need to be able to communicate not only with other developers but also with management, non-tech team members & external parties.
• Someone who will take ownership of a feature or application from initial conception through release while also assisting others when the need arises.
• Have an understanding of virtualization and containerization as a tool for growing scalability, reliability, and expediency.
• Ability to learn and teach new technologies and skills as new technology is introduced.
• Sound mature judgment and decision-making ability.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• We are looking for honest, dedicated, and responsible individuals.
• This is a hybrid position and will require you to come to the office and work from home.