Sr. QA Engineer

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Denver, CO (Greenwood Village) time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted 5 Days Agojob requisition :
JR100267
** Job Description
** The Sr. QA Engineer supports our Metadata services, which are critical, revenue driving services for our OTT platforms. The primary function of the Sr. QA Engineer is to successfully create, maintain and execute both manual and automated test cases, by designing tests to validate the functionality of our backend systems. The Sr. QA Engineer will also design and perform load tests on these systems.
The selected candidate MUST have experience integrating different backend systems/platforms together, with the ability to define the associated testing requirements for integrations within our own team and making sure those work for the customer facing application development teams who will consume those services.
Successful applicants will have strong SQL skills and the ability to write complex queries to both gather data for testing and interpret test results.
The selected candidate MUST have experience testing different backend systems/platforms, with the ability to define the associated testing requirements within our own team, support project documentation and making sure those work for the customer facing application development teams who will consume the services.
Successful applicants will be very familiar with websites, REST APIs, apps, and console platforms, third party billing integrations/ platforms and OTT subscriber data sets.
** Responsibilities:
*** Responsible for writing and executing test-cases for large and complex features across multiple systems by analyzing user stories, acceptance criteria, creating initial test designs, writing scripts, installing the automation testing tools, and be able to perform manual testing when applicable.
* Responsible for defining and designing performance, load tests.
* Troubleshoots automation software issues.
* Effectively communicates issues and corrective actions to management.
* Identifies cross-functional dependencies and potential risks and quality issues.
* Logs bugs in the defect tracking system and keeps the state of the ticket up to date, escalating where necessary to expedite resolution.
* Works closely/collaborates with the services development team, client engineering and QA teams to troubleshoot issues in production and lower-level environments.
* Assists in managing test case repositories and any automated testing tools that are in use.
* Reviews test cases and assists more junior team members.
** Education / Work Experience Requirements
*** BS degree in computer science, software engineering or equivalent technical field
* 5+ years as a QA Engineer
* 5+ years working directly as a member of a technical team, preferably writing test cases/supporting/innovating for a consumer-facing product
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* Required Skills:

*** Understanding and knowledge of Software Engineering Concepts and Methodologies.
* In depth knowledge of test cases - negative, positive and regression testing.
* In depth understanding of both manual and automated testing, and commercial experience writing and executing such tests.
* Experience with writing automation tests using one of the following:
Ready

API (preferred), Post Man (preferred), JMeter, Cucumber, Cypress, Selenium, WebDriver

IO, Fiddler or Charles.
* Experience with logging tools like Splunk.
* Experience with AWS Lambdas and SQS or their equivalents in Azure/GCP.
* Proficient with designing and delivering load testing solutions for highly scalable systems; experience with K6 (preferred), JMeter or any other load testing tool.
* Expert understanding of RESTful APIs.
* Advanced SQL knowledge.
* Experience working with CI/CD pipelines, for automated deployments.
* Experience with system/platform integrations and the ability to work cross-functionally.
* Shows strong initiative and is motivated to learn; works independently. Provides guidance to interns or less junior testers.
* Strong communication skills (oral and written); ability to communicate technical information to non-technical people.
* Strong interpersonal, collaboration and consultative skills.
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