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Our vision for the future is based on the idea that transforming financial lives starts by giving our people the freedom to transform their own. We have a flexible work environment, and fluid career paths. We not only encourage but celebrate internal mobility. We also recognize the importance of purpose, well-being, and work-life balance. Within Empower and our communities, we work hard to create a welcoming and inclusive environment, and our associates dedicate thousands of hours to volunteering for causes that matter most to them. Chart your own path and grow your career while helping more customers achieve financial freedom. Empower Yourself. The Lead Quality Engineer role supports our strategic roadmap delivery with strong testing automation background and experience in the API Testing Automation space. Essential Functions: Design, Implement and manage Testing Automation solutions using Core Java, Javascript, RestASSURED, Python and custom frameworks. Install, configure and maintain testing automation frameworks and environments. Effectively troubleshoot technical integrated solution implementation issues As a project technical team lead contribute product and solution expertise and provide project planning support as required to deliver a successful customer engagement. Serve as a mentor to others who are actively engaged as part of the project team Help build the knowledge base in the testing automation communities - including lessons learned, best practices, tools, and methods and learning events. Qualifications: Bachelor Computer Science / Software Engineering or equivalent degree required. Seven to Ten years experience in a QA/Testing technical role. 3+ years development and maintenance experience with multiple testing automation including RESTful API s. Experience on frameworks, tools and technologies, including some of the following: RESTAssured, Postman, SoapUI, Newman, Swagger, TestNG, Custom JAVA Solutions, Junit, BDD and DDD approaches. Hands on experience with OO programming languages (JAVA) and scripting (Javascript, Beanshell, Python, Gherkin). Hands on experience with using on of the following DB applications and SQL programming languages - SQL, SQLServer, SQLExpress, Oracle, DB2, etc. 2+ years experience using configuration management, build, and deploy tools including GitLab/ GitHub, Maven, Docker, Jenkins/GitLab CI/CD Pipelines, etc. 2+ years experience using test management tools including JIRA, Zephyr/ALM. Knowledge of HTTP/S methods - GET, POST, PUT, DELETE etc. in API testing contexts. Understanding of SDLC process across all phases. Working experience in SDLC methodologies like Agile/Scrum and waterfall. Strong understanding of system, integration, regression and user acceptance testing, familiarity with testing tools to include functional automation tools and test case management and defect management tools. Ability to ensure comprehensive test coverage, including positive, negative and edge case scenarios. Ability to provide professional documentation (diagrams, specifications, technical requirements, proposals).
