QA Engineer 3 - API Testing

Comcast Advertising is driving the TV advertising industry forward, from delivering ads to linear and digital audiences to pioneering the tech that makes it possible. We help brands connect with their audiences on every screen using advanced data, technology, and premium video content. Our media sales division helps local, regional, and national brands reach potential customers through multiscreen TV advertising. Our ad tech division FreeWheel provides comprehensive adtech that makes it easier to buy and sell premium video advertising across all screens, data types, and sales channels.
Job Summary
Effectv, the advertising sales division of Comcast Cable, helps local, regional, and national advertisers use the best of digital with the power of TV to grow their business. It provides multi-screen marketing solutions to make advertising campaigns more effective and easier to execute. With offices throughout the country, Effectv has a presence in 66 markets with nearly 35 million subscribers represented. We are dedicated to helping our clients meet their business goals by connecting them with their customers through multiscreen television advertising. Working with companies from local startups to nationwide corporations, we provide support to help each business reach its target customers. By applying data to television advertising in new ways, we bring our clients the best of digital media, coupled with the power of TV. To learn more, check out www.effectv.com. Join a fast-paced exciting engineering team working in the Advanced Advertising industry and be a part of how we transform our industry by bringing cutting edge applications and platforms to life. This is an exciting time for us and our team is growing. We are looking for a highly motivated hands-on QA Engineer who will play a critical role in the design and implementation of some of our core applications. You will be involved in every aspect of software development from design through to implementation and maintenance, while bringing a focus on quality and security in our software. This individual should champion good engineering fundamentals, be motivating, and inspired to mentor team members, helping them to grow. Our Technologies include AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker containers, Angular, .Net, C#, Python, CICD processes and pipelines. A successful candidate will have an established background in SAP BRIM testing Cloud and customer facing experiences, technical ability, project management skills, effective communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment.
Job Description
Responsible for validating software solutions in various testing environments. Contributes to the development of test strategies and the design of quality assurance practices. Collaborates with other Engineers to identify, reproduce and document defects, bugs, or problems. Maintains technical quality assurance and control systems and activities. Utilizes clearly defined standards, methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision, accuracy and reliability of company products. Assists product support areas in gathering and analyzing data. Has in-depth experience, knowledge and skills in own discipline. Usually determines own work priorities. Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience.
Core Responsibilities

• Understands requirements ,writes and executes tests to validate products and software applications.
• Understanding of agile methodology to be able to scope QA efforts effectively
• Working knowledge in Enterprise level integration system testing to test end to end integrations
• Ability to create test data as per testing scenarios
• Working knowledge in API testing
• Proficient SQL skills to analyze data sets.
• Contributes to the development of Quality Assurance test philosophies and methodologies. Identifies viable test strategies in order to support testing product functionality.
• Test Automation Experience is a plus.
• Knowledge in SAP ABAP system is a plus.
• Collaborates with product and development teams to identify product and technical requirements.
• Reviews and verifies requirements and design specifications for validity in overall product design, with an emphasis towards product testability and verification.
• Ensures proper generation and execution of regression test procedures and automated test suites and scripts. Participates in design, code and functional product reviews.
• Works with other Quality Assurance Engineers or Software Engineers to identify, reproduce and document bugs or defects.
• Assists in providing guidance and mentorship for junior-level Quality Assurance Engineers. Provides technical leadership and consultation with regards to practices, procedures and techniques.
• Supports trials of new infrastructure designs/services.
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) and overtime as necessary.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Employees at all levels are expected to:

• Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
• Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
• Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
• Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
• Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company - by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
• Drive results and growth.
• Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.
• Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

Disclaimer:

• This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

Comcast is an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. Comcast will consider for employment applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the requirements of applicable law, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Please note that federal state, or local laws and regulations may restrict or prohibit Comcast from hiring individuals convicted of certain crimes. Additionally, an applicant's criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the job duties of this position, which may result in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment.
Skills:
Quality Assurance (QA); Technical Quality Assurance; Scheduling; Design; Automated Testing
Salary:
National Pay Range: $62,680.09 USD-$146,906.46 USD Illinois Pay Range: $66,597.60 USD - $129,277.68 USD Colorado Pay Range: $70,515.10 USD - $135,153.94 USD Hawaii Pay Range: $82,267.62 USD - $123,401.43 USD Washington DC Pay Range: $90,102.63 USD - $135,153.94 USD Maryland Pay Range: $74,432.61 USD - $135,153.94 USD Minnesota Pay Range: $70,515.10 USD - $123,401.43 USD New York Pay Range: $74,432.61 USD - $146,906.46 USD Washington Pay Range: $70,515.10 USD - $141,030.20 USD California Pay Range: $70,515.10 USD - $146,906.46 USD New Jersey Pay Range: $78,350.11 USD - $141,030.20 USD Vermont Pay Range: $74,432.61 USD - $117,525.17 USD
Comcast intends to offer the selected candidate base pay within this range, dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience. The application window is 30 days from the date job is posted, unless the number of applicants requires it to close sooner or later.
The application window is 30 days from the date job is posted, unless the number of applicants requires it to close sooner or later.
Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits to eligible employees. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That's why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality - to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.
Education
Bachelor's Degree
While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.
Relevant Work Experience
5-7 Years