Quality Assurance Engineer

Career Opportunity Role Title Quality Assurance Engineer (12-month Contract)

Purpose of role:
This position is responsible for ensuring (through the application of manual and automated techniques) that changes to workflow, business, product rules and administrative systems, function correctly and do not adversely affect the existing business environment. This position is also responsible for system and procedural training for the business community on new or upgraded systems and for providing ongoing support to Foresters Operations.

• Design, develop and execute Automated as well as Performance test scripts
• Conduct peer review of automation test scripts and provide corrective actions
• Work with the Dev Ops team to incorporate test scripts into the CICD pipelines
• Provide input into the design, creation and maintenance of our Test Automation Framework and Automation guidelines
• Provide and review effort estimates for the automation of Test Cases
• Work with project teams and/or business subject matter experts to identify test cases suitable for Test Automation
• Identify, analyze, track and manage detected automation system/program errors
• Stay up to date with automated scripting practices, automated tools and DevOPs practices
• Report automation development statuses and findings to the Test Automation Lead and/or project team
• Ensure that project requirements are met by applying Web, API and Mobile Automation Testing techniques
• Optimize Test automation scripts to reduce technical debt and improve their performance

• Review test plans, test scenarios and test cases with team members to ensure sufficient test coverage
• Generate and maintain test documentation (test plan, test scenarios/cases, Test data and defects)
• Coordinate and execute tests for testing phases (Unit Testing, Functional,System Integration and Regression), ensuring project adherence to testing standards, methodologies and tool usage
• Work closely with Project Managers/Project Architects/Business Analysts/Business Systems Analysts/IT Security SMEs/Business Subject Matter Experts to ensure that detected system errors are resolved
• Maintain up-to-date business, system and testing knowledge across all Foresters products, processes and systems, through research of business and systems documentation, liaising with peers, IT staff, business experts and formal training courses and seminars
• Ability to review and understand documentation in order to validate the business requirements
• Report test status and findings to QA Lead or Test Automation Lead and/or project team
• Adhere to Foresters security standards, our IT Policies and procedures during solution implementation and support
• Report security incidents as per the Foresters Information Security Incident Management Standard

• 3-5 years of Insurance business experience OR 3-5 years experience testing applications(mainframe, client-server, web based, mobile) in similar organizations to Foresters Financial (Life Insurance, Financial Institution, etc.)
• 2+ years of Test Automation experience
• Hands-on experience or working knowledge of Web, API, and Mobile Automation testing
• Strong hands-on experience with Playwright using Type Script for automation
• Hands-on experience integrating automated scripts into CI/CD pipelines in Azure Dev Ops (ADO)
• Ability to leverage Git Hub Copilot or similar AI-assisted coding tools to improve productivity
• Hands-on experience or working knowledge of Performance testing using JMeter
• Experience or working knowledge of Test-Driven Development (TDD) or Behavior Driven Development (BDD)
• Experience working on Agile and Waterfall projects
• Hands-on experience of integrated development environments, such as VS Code, Intelli
  
  J, Eclipse
• Hands-on experience or working knowledge of Extract, Transform & Load (ETL) Testing
• API Testing experience or knowledge on how this can be accomplished using Postman
• Hands-on experience or working knowledge of automated mobile testing
• Working knowledge or experience using a software version control system, such as Git Hub
• Intermediate SQL skills to identify and modify test data for…