QA Automation Engineer Oracle Utilities; CCS​/OUTA

Overview

City of Richmond DPU implementing cloud‑based billing system Oracle CCS. Role focuses on regression testing and release management activities for non‑base functionality and integrated third‑party applications.

• Lead regression testing activities using Oracle Utilities Testing Accelerator (OUTA). Create, maintain, and execute automation scripts for functional, regression, and end‑to‑end testing.
• Collaborate with business subject matter experts to develop and execute test scenarios for billing, payments, meter reads, adjustments, and collections.
• Mentor internal City QA resources, providing training on OUTA, Groovy, Java, XML, and automation best practices.
• Integrate OUTA with Azure Dev Ops CI/CD pipelines for automated regression execution and continuous delivery.
• Generate and analyze OUTA execution reports, identify failures, and provide root‑cause analysis.
• Support Oracle CCS upgrade testing and patch validation using automation.

• Strong experience with OUTA, Groovy, Java, and XML.
• Hands‑on knowledge of Oracle Utilities Application Framework (OUAF).
• Experience with Azure Dev Ops, CCS Database Actions, and SQL.
• Hands‑on knowledge of Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) and Oracle CCS.
• Experience performing data‑driven testing and developing validation logic for UI screens, REST/SOAP services, and integration endpoints.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to mentor and train internal QA teams.

• OUTA (Oracle Utilities Testing Accelerator)
• Groovy, Java, XML
• Oracle Utilities Application Framework (OUAF)
• Azure Dev Ops CI/CD pipelines
• CCS Database Actions, SQL
• Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC)
• Oracle CCS