Test Automation Specialist

Position Description:

At Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrows transportation. As a Software Automation Test Engineer working in Ford Credit IT, you will join a team that supports to develop digital products on platform engineering. You will work on a balanced product team to define, design, develop and deploy innovative software solutions. Additionally, you will conduct proof-of-concepts to support new features, ensure quality, timely delivery using Agile Extreme Programming practices

Skills Required:

Test Automation

Experience Required:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent work experience o 5+ years of professional experience on Software / Requirements Verification projects (Test Suite and Automation solutions for multiple Verification / Validation scopes & integration levels) o 5+ years of experience with test design

Experience Preferred:

Advanced experience with Requirements Engineering, and development Types and Strategies. • Advanced experience on Functional Architecture, or Software Architecture. • Effectively uses software configuration management (source control, DevSecOps, CI/CD, etc.). • Proven experience with: o Java Full stack development (Springboot, Microservices, React) o Persistence - Buckets, PostgreSQL Bigtable • Work effectively on an agile team following agile practices with Internal SW Development groups as well as Tier I&II (external suppliers) • Cloud technologies experience (such as GCP, AWS, Azure). • Experience with software operations (DevSecOps, SRE, observability, support/maintenance, etc.). • Experience in secure coding practices and modern software development methodology, such as pair programming, test-first/test-driven development OR demonstrated delivery of singular focus programming. • Proficient with Automation tools such as Selenium, Cucumber, REST Assured.

Additional Information :

Ability to design and execute test methods and automation scripts for requirements verification purposes, at multiple integration / solution levels. • Leads incidents triage, performs root cause analysis and contributes with Preventive Actions design. • Uses Test Management tools for test planning review, execution, monitoring review (proficient key metrics interpretation) and reporting of Test Results. • Uses defect management tools for defect creation, and monitoring of resolution. • Fully understands and applies Ford Standards and tools for pipeline development. • Follows code artisanship best practices, quality and security standards; and contributes to the improvement of them. • Understands and applies industry Software Quality Assurance standards (ASPICE, ISTQB, ASAM, INCOSE, etc.) • Often provides professional advice on technical or procedural issues. • Creates initial reports/analysis for review by team members; provides feedback on draft reports/analysis for further improvement and may deliver final report. • Demonstrates professional communication style in team, cross team and partner settings, and effectively identifies and adapts communications for different audiences; provides feedback to newer team members on communication style. • Communicates effectively with peer-to-peer interactions and with 2 levels above (+2 rule). • Demonstrates strong relationships within team through knowledge of problem domain. • Starts to identify patterns of interactions with others that may help or hinder team success. • Direct contribution via own work as well as team level contributions through mentoring.