Automation Developer

Description

• Identifies opportunities for automation within software testing processes
• Designs and executes QA tests using scripts that automatically test functionality.
• Designs and writes test automation scripts
• Utilizes test automation frameworks
• Works with QA analysts and software developers to find solutions
• Review test automation approach improvement.
• Analyze testing, DevOps processes, standards, and best practices and drive necessary improvements.
• Provide technical support to Test Automation tools.
• Participate in Sprint Retrospective to examine current Quality Assurance practices to identify potential improvement opportunities.
• Evaluate test automation tools and processes and provide recommendations to promote best practices.
• Transform functional, business, and system knowledge into effective test case planning and execution.
• Create test data according to the test plan; analyze testing results and retesting until expected results are obtained; perform reviews with users and ensures client acceptability levels are met (e.g. participating in walk throughs); recommend changes to ensure acceptable testing results; retest all criteria in a live environment and recommend user sign off for implementation.
• Work closely with developers, architects, product owners, and others in establishing effective test plans based on feature documentation.
• Apply QA and technical expertise and engage other expertise to track and resolve testing and production issues and other IT related problems with quality deficiencies and maintain client service integrity.
• Ensure that testing automation is under source control, documented and disaster recovery is in place.

Experience Requirements

Public Sector Experience

• 5+ years of experience working with federal/provincial/broader public-sector healthcare providers
• ?Knowledge of Public Sector Enterprise Architecture artifacts (or similar), processes and practices, and ability to produce technical documentation that comply with industry standard practices
• ?In-depth knowledge of industry standard such as Project Management Institute (PMI) and Public Sector I&IT project management methodologies.
• ?Knowledge and experience with Public Sector Health related projects
• ?Knowledge and understanding of Ministry policy and IT project approval processes and requirements Public Sector Experience adopting and adhering to Public Sector Unified I&IT Project Methodology, Public Sector Enterprise Architecture and Public Sector Gating process, and OPS Standard Systems Development Methodologies
• ?Experience with large complex IT Health-related projects.

5 points

QA and Automation & Testing Knowledge and Experience

• 7+ years of experience in the following:
• Experience in identifying opportunities for automation within software development and testing processes
• Design, develop, and execute automated QA tests to validate application functionality.
• Design and maintain test automation scripts using established automation frameworks (tools such as Selenium framework).
• Experience in identifying and documenting bugs and quality issues in development, service or business processes.
• Experience with installing applications and databases relevant to automation?
• Knowledge and understanding of testing methods in an object-oriented environment
• Knowledge and experience working in traditional and agile teams using standard and DevOps processes and tools
• ?Knowledge and experience using at least one programming language
• Experience with enterprise-level performance testing tools involves a structured process of scripting, scenario design, execution, and analysis using tools such as LoadRunner
• Performing functional and non-functional system testing of the following: Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) solutions including testing of patches, new releases, acceptance testing of enhancement request functionality for modules of the product and other enhancements, and regression testing for implementation; in house web applications; HL7-FHIR based webservices (RESTFUL/JSON/XML); Application Programming Interfaces (API); reporting solutions; integration components, extensions, and enhancements
• Performing testing of Security Components including use of SAML and JWT
• Creating complete system testing documentation and artefacts such as: test strategies, test plans, test use cases, test scripts
• API testing tools to query and test interfaces at the messaging layer, web service queries using tools such as SOAP-UI, POSTMAN or via Programming Languages
• Knowledge and experience with information retrieval packages, and data queries and ad-hoc queries (using SQL) and