Quality Assurance Automation Specialist

The Quality Assurance Automation Specialist will plan and execute the most effective approach to achieve optimal quality and reduce risk, given time constraints and other limitations. The person will be reporting to the Manager of Quality Assurance. Excellent analytical, communication and documentation skills are critical to this position. The ideal candidate has grown from a Manual QA or Developer role into one focused on planning, script development and maintenance of Automation frameworks. Responsibilities include reviewing project requirements to estimate effort, cost and timing for delivery of manual and automated testing services based on given scope, defining test plans and test cases, working closely with product owner, development team and QA manager to integrate, regression test and manage all tasks associated with software release certification, performing manual and automated web-based applications and web services testing, data validation and release management, and developing QA processes utilizing the Software Development Life Cycle and best practices. Additional responsibilities include analyzing current suite of applications to identify opportunities for automation design, development and maintenance, working with other QA team members in creating and automating reusable business-level tests that are easy to maintain even when underlying feature changes, documenting defects uncovered and communicating findings to the development team, and educating QA team members on automation frameworks and skills for developing or maintaining automated tests.