QA Engineer

QA Engineer

Location: Piscataway NJ (3 Days Hybrid from Day 1)

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Job Purpose: The Automation QA Engineer with SRE background will be responsible for designing developing and executing automated tests to ensure the quality of software applications. Additionally this role involves applying SRE principles to improve the scalability reliability and efficiency of the systems.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Automated Testing:
   • Design develop and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts.
   • Work closely with the development team to integrate automated testing into the CI/CD pipeline.
   • Perform automated testing for backend systems APIs and frontend applications.
   • Identify track and report defects found during automated testing.

1. Site Reliability Engineering:
   • Assist in the design and implementation of scalable stable and efficient systems.
   • Apply SRE principles to automate operations tasks and improve system reliability.
   • Participate in oncall rotations to support critical systems and address incidents.
   • Collaborate with development teams to ensure that reliability concerns are addressed throughout the software lifecycle.
   • Lead postincident reviews and drive root cause analysis and followup actions to mitigate future incidents.

1. Collaboration and Planning:
   • Work with crossfunctional teams to understand requirements and develop effective testing strategies.
   • Participate in sprint planning retrospectives and design sessions.
   • Ensure that QA processes align with SRE practices and contribute to continuous improvement.

1. Monitoring and Performance:
   • Develop and maintain monitoring strategies for applications.
   • Analyze system performance and identify bottlenecks.
   • Suggest and implement improvements to enhance performance and reliability.

1. Documentation:
   • Maintain uptodate documentation for test automation frameworks and SRE practices.
   • Document incident reports and ensure knowledge sharing within the team.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field.
• Proven experience as a QA Automation Engineer.
• Solid background in SRE with a deep understanding of reliability challenges and solutions.

Skills and Competencies:

• Proficiency in automation tools (e.g. Selenium Appium TestNG Jenkins).
• Strong coding skills in one or more programming languages (e.g. Python Go Java).
• Experience with cloud services (e.g. AWS GCP Azure) and containerization technologies (e.g. Docker Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with monitoring tools (e.g. Prometheus Grafana) and log management platforms (e.g. ELK stack).
• Ability to work in a fastpaced everchanging environment