Lead Software Quality Assurance Engineer

1 month ago


Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Sun Life Financial Full time
Senior Software Quality Engineer

Location: Waterloo, Ontario

Time Type: Full Time

Job Overview: At Sun Life Financial, we foster collaboration, uphold shared values, and promote professional growth and success. We invite you to become part of our skilled and diverse team and embark on a fulfilling career journey. As a Software Quality Engineer within Sun Life's Technology and Transformation Strategy division, you will play a pivotal role in revolutionizing our technological approach and delivering exceptional client solutions.

We seek an experienced Software Quality Engineer who possesses practical skills and competencies, demonstrated through substantial real-world experience rather than theoretical knowledge or academic credentials.

In this role, you will be empowered to implement innovative strategies that enhance the DevOps enablement team’s ability to deliver top-notch quality. You will be responsible for ensuring that the team adheres to quality principles and values. The DevOps team focuses on providing pipelines, metrics, and tools for application development teams. Your responsibilities will include actively gathering quality criteria from users, developing a prioritized backlog, and ensuring continuous delivery of these items.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with DevOps, Development, and Quality Engineering teams to design and execute exploratory and automated tests that ensure product excellence.
  • Develop and maintain test automation frameworks.
  • Create and manage test plans, test cases, and test data for system and regression testing.
  • Conduct API, integration, system, database, and acceptance testing.
  • Participate in cross-functional agile teams to deliver product features effectively.
  • Work closely with DevOps teams to facilitate automated testing of system integrity and integrate test automation into pipelines.
  • Identify, document, and track defects until resolution.
  • Promote continuous improvement by analyzing test coverage and identifying areas for enhancement.

Qualifications:

  • Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, including development and/or quality automation expertise.
  • Proficient in programming languages such as Java, Python, or Groovy for at least 5 years.
  • Extensive experience in building test automation frameworks using tools like Selenium, Cucumber/Gherkin, and RestAssured.
  • Familiarity with testing frameworks/tools such as Junit, TestNG, qTest, ReadyAPI, and JMeter.
  • Experience in designing and developing automated tests for both functional and non-functional requirements, including regression tests.
  • Background in Quality Engineering, Quality Assurance, and/or Testing.
  • Knowledge of TDD, ATDD, and/or BDD methodologies.
  • Strong communication and documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with tools such as Git/Bitbucket, Jenkins/Pipelines, Artifactory, SonarQube, CDD, Jira, Confluence, AWS, Kubernetes, Maven, and Gradle.
  • Solid understanding of APIs and microservice architecture.
  • Familiarity with DevOps practices, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Delivery concepts, along with a robust background in continuous testing.
  • Experience in scripting for automation purposes.
  • CSTE certification or equivalent is a plus.

At Sun Life, we value diversity and inclusion, recognizing that a diverse workforce with varied perspectives and innovative ideas enhances our service to clients and enriches our workplace. We welcome applications from qualified individuals of all backgrounds.

We strive to create a flexible work environment where our employees are empowered to excel. Various flexible work options are available and can be discussed during the selection process based on role requirements and individual needs.

We appreciate all applicants for their interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Salary Range: 82,000

Job Category: IT - Application Development

Posting End Date: 08/08/2024



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