Automation Engineer (Omaha, NE)

First National Bank of Omaha•Omaha, NE

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The QA Automation Engineer role is responsible for testing software applications with a focus on quality and reliability. They are responsible for defining, implementing, and maintaining automation solutions and strategies within their team. They will work closely with their agile team and participate in agile ceremonies, contribute to developing acceptance criteria, create test cases and test scripts needed for successful execution of manual and automated functional tests. In addition, the role is responsible for ensuring that quality issues and defects are appropriately identified, documented, tracked, and resolved prior to release. Apply Quality Engineering principles throughout the Agile lifecycle Drive ‘Quality / Automation as a Team Mindset’ within the team Exhibit domain knowledge and product expertise for supported applications Decompose stories/business requirements into test cases that clearly articulate test objectives, steps, and expected results Estimate, prioritize, plan, coordinate/perform and document results of test execution Report, track, and retest defects/bugs prior to release Ability to build, test, deploy, monitor, and maintain effective test automation solutions with minimal guidance and direction Participate in and conduct regular test case peer reviews and automation code reviews Collaborate with their delivery team to build automated testing into the CI/CD pipeline Analyze and understand the current technology architecture, system interdependencies and application stacks Exhibit initiative for self-learning of new technical skills and tools to grow in role Can work independently researching, solving, and programming automation solutions Helps cross-train and mentor new team members

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience and/or certifications
1-3 years experience using UI automation tools - examples: Smartbear suite (Testcomplete, QA Complete, Selenium / Appium, Cypress
1-3 years hands-on experience scripting with JavaScript and / or Java
1-3 years experience in web, API, microservices, database automation
Experience with API testing automation such as Postman, ReadyAPI, Swagger
Experience with Git as a version control system, in conjunction with solutions such as Bitbucket, GitHub or GitLab
Ability to build, test, deploy, monitor, and maintain effective test automation solutions
Knowledge of MS Office: Work, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Access
Candidates must possess unrestricted work authorization and not require future sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Additional scripting experience a plus: C#, Powershell, XML
Mobile testing experience - a plus

Responsibilities

Apply Quality Engineering principles throughout the Agile lifecycle
Drive ‘Quality / Automation as a Team Mindset’ within the team
Exhibit domain knowledge and product expertise for supported applications
Decompose stories/business requirements into test cases that clearly articulate test objectives, steps, and expected results
Estimate, prioritize, plan, coordinate/perform and document results of test execution
Report, track, and retest defects/bugs prior to release
Ability to build, test, deploy, monitor, and maintain effective test automation solutions with minimal guidance and direction
Participate in and conduct regular test case peer reviews and automation code reviews
Collaborate with their delivery team to build automated testing into the CI/CD pipeline
Analyze and understand the current technology architecture, system interdependencies and application stacks
Exhibit initiative for self-learning of new technical skills and tools to grow in role
Can work independently researching, solving, and programming automation solutions
Helps cross-train and mentor new team members