Quality Assurance Automation Developer

Thales • Vancouver, BC

28d • $88,716 - $151,679 • Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic QA Engineer to join our Vancouver-based team. This hybrid role combines the benefits of team collaboration in the office with the flexibility of remote work, promoting a healthy work/life balance. As a key member of our team, you will contribute to automated test development, with focus on cloud-based environments and concurrency testing for a proprietary data warehouse, the cornerstone of our cutting-edge data security platform.

Requirements

• Great problem solving skills
• Detail oriented and meticulous
• Team player, collaborate well with others
• Open to feedback and willing to work on self-improvement
• Great written and verbal communication skills
• B.Sc./M.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent
• 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance
• Experience with automated testing
• Experience with Linux operating systems
• Experience with scripting languages (preferably Bash and Python)
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, validation and verification processes
• Experience with GitHub Action

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of NoSQL database and/or data warehouse internals
• Familiarity with containerization tools (e.g. Docker)
• Exposure to cloud-based systems (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Experience with Agile development methodologies

Responsibilities

• Design detailed test plans for new features, provide estimations and write automated tests.
• Balance automated and manual testing, with goal of full automation where possible
• Setting up and maintaining cloud-based environments (eg AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Perform functional, integration and performance testing across multi-cloud environments.
• Validate configurations such as authentication and role-based access control.
• Plan for and execute concurrency testing on big data machines, using complex database queries and pipelines.
• Monitor and report any issues found; work with developers on issue resolutions
• Enhance existing tests to run on scaled data machines.
• Analyze how workload performance is affected in big data environment for operations such as data ingestion, query performance, replication and failover
• Investigate and report bugs in the tracking system
• Reproduce and troubleshoot reported issues, verify bug fixes
• Collaborate with developers to provide ideas, feedback and suggestions for improvement
• Proactively document and share knowledge about automation best practices, methods and tools
• Collaborate with the QA Team responsible for E2E testingS

Benefits

• Company paid Extended Health, Dental, HSA, Life, AD&D, Short-term Disability, Cancer Care Program, travel insurance, Employee Assistance Plan and Well-Being program.
• Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP, DCPP, TFSA) with a company contribution and a match to a DCPP, with no vesting period.
• Company paid holidays, vacation days, and paid sick leave.
• Voluntary Life, AD&D, Critical Illness, Long-Term Disability.
• Employee Discounts on home, auto, and gym membership.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level