Quality Assurance Engineer - Lead
- Full-time
Company Description
pureIntegration is a technology consulting firm with over 20 years of experience servicing Fortune 100 clients headquartered in the DC area. We serve clients in the fastest growing industry of communications, media, and entertainment.
Job Description
We are looking for a Quality Assurance Engineer - Lead to join our team. In this role, you will be supporting applications, systems, and changes to existing software or launches of new software that meet business and organizational needs. You must also be comfortable looking at source code for the services being tested to understand API usage or failure points and collaborate with senior developers to understand the services being tested.
The ideal candidate should have experience supporting the implementation of scalable, microservices solutions, including familiarity or ability to gain familiarity with various industry standards and specifications related to video advertising, content standards, and classifications.
This position is based on-site in Denver, CO, USA, and is a full-time role.
The annual base salary is $70,000 –$ 85,000. Candidates will be paid within this range based on their work experience and skills. Candidates are also eligible for our full list of benefits linked here.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with Development and DevOps to build a test bed and generate test data supporting Audio/video ingest, workflows, system configurations.
- Provide technical expertise and recommendations in assessing new software projects and initiatives to support, enhance, and improve the efficiency of business processes.
- Serve as a liaison and facilitator between business units to assist in addressing and resolving issues (in collaboration with development and deployment teams and resources).
- Provide recommendations to help drive process improvements for quality engineering focusing on automation and regressions.
- Own deliverables such as, but not limited to, issues and risks logs, test strategy, test plan, scripts, automation maturity process, and communications (written and verbal) to stakeholders, including senior management and executives.
- Assist in user acceptance testing, documentation, and training for effective use of applications and technology.
- Help analyze and improve existing AWS cloud architecture, design, and delivery.
- Collaborate in deployment activities and conduct system integration validation.
- Work collaboratively with internal and external partners on current production system defects, changes, or upgrades to resolve problems and improve processes or systems.
- Investigate and resolve application and system functionality-related issues and aid with troubleshooting. Go the extra mile to hone into the root cause.
- Define, prioritize, and execute testing scope for end-to-end functional, non-functional, regression, integration, performance, regression, smoke testing.
- Promote the improvement of CI/CD automation and efficiency through code/scripts and process rigor.
- Establish open channels of communication with Engineering and Operations teams, facilitating efficient issue elevation and resolution.
- Manage software (SaaS) packaging and deployment.
- Drive on & offshore coordination of all QA/QE efforts as the lead of QA efforts.
- Assist in Production Operations Maintenance issues and customer service support activities.
- Interact and interface with customers directly with minimal supervision.
- Serve as a champion of quality elevation for our client delivery.
Qualifications
- 5+ years experience of quality engineering/assurance/hands-on testing.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science or a related field, or relevant work experience.
- Experience functioning through CI/CD pipelines and validating multiple deployment branches, while utilizing QA management toolsets and establishing best practices.
- Experience with software testing automation, including API/services, database-level validation and automation, and front-end and mobile-app testing.
- Microservice, AWS, cloud engineering & architecture experience.
- Familiarity with Software Development Methodologies such as Agile.
- Self-starter and motivated team member with strong communication, analytical, and process skill set.
- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
- Ability to Multi-Task and work under pressure.
- Should be flexible to understand technology dynamics and be adaptable using customer-desired tools/technologies.
- Should have an assertive personality and be able to elaborate on personal experiences throughout the process.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience zero downtime/impact releases, feature flagging, and experimentation.
Additional Information
pureIntegration is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE), qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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