JOB DESCRIPTION:

As a Senior Software Test Engineer, you will contribute to quality assurance of software systems and/or applications.

JOB RELATED STATISTICS:  

Indeterminate

JOB DUTIES: Responsibilities of the incumbents are to provide manual and/or automation testing of features and capabilities of platform and/or applications.

• Coordinate with scrum masters, process owners, lead and senior software engineers to perform root cause analysis and continuous improvement
• Works directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution.
• Competent to perform all testing, project management, and quality assurance assignments without close supervision; normally assigned the more complex aspects of systems work.
• Competent to perform all testing activities of new and existing software products.
• Use your understanding of systems, regression, integration, performance, and user acceptance testing
• Works independently on complex systems or infrastructure components that may be used by one or more applications or systems.
• Analyze business requirement to develop and execute manual and automation test cases
• Document software issues and defects in user story tracking software (example: Azure DevOps) and monitor for the resolution.
• Coordinate with product owner to resolve open issues/enhancements/upgrades and understand the use of a specific functionality as needed
• Communicate internal customers to help direct development, debugging, and testing of application software for accuracy, integrity, interoperability, and completeness
• Performs integrated testing and customer acceptance testing of components that requires careful planning and execution to ensure timely, quality results.
• Improve and maintain automated and manual metric dashboards for Quality and Velocity goals; Integrate metrics with Azure DevOps
• Employee is also responsible for performing other job duties as assigned by Caterpillar management from time to time.

Basic qualifications:

• Position requires a four-year degree from an accredited college or university.
• 7 years or more of software testing experience (manual or automation) or at least 5 years of experience with master’s degree in computer science or related field.
• 5 years or more of test automation framework design and development experience 
• 3 years or more of prior either functional or object- oriented coding experience in modern programming languages like ReactJS, C++, Java or Python (preferably Java)
• Strong development skills in two or more of the following technologies and tools: Java/Junit, Python, Cucumber, JBehave or other BDD testing frameworks

Top candidates will also have:

• Experience using Power BI
• Experience using Azure DevOps
• Experience using SonarQube
• Plan, design, develop, and maintain API test automation framework that facilitates automation scripting, execution, and analysis of results
• Develop of test automation code for Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), of systems, infrastructure, and test framework.
• End-to-end system integration testing experience for software platforms
• Proven experience developing test scripts, test cases, and test data
• Strong experience in testing Webservices (REST APIs)
• The ability to write queries in SQL or other relational databases
• Experience testing full stack and integration testing with 3rd parties
• Experience in TDD, continuous integration, code review practice is strongly desired
• Experience with Apigee or other API gateways is a plus
• Experience with DevOps concepts and tools (e.g., CI/CD, Jenkins, Git)
• At least 2 years working on an Agile team with a solid understanding of Agile/Lean practices.
• Understanding of a micro service Architecture
• Experience load and performance testing
• Strong documentation skills
• Ability to adapt quickly to a complex environment
• Pro-active, flexible and creative
• Very strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with developers and business users.

Visa sponsorship available for eligible applicants.

EEO/AA Employer.  All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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