Quality Engineer – Bethesda, MD

Marriott•Bethesda, MD

1d•Remote

About The Position

This role is for a Quality Engineer on the Data Platform team, responsible for leading test engineering efforts and delivering high-impact initiatives. The position involves developing and executing testing strategies, optimizing test cycles, and ensuring the quality and performance of the data platform. The engineer will also contribute to the automation strategy, troubleshoot automation scripts, and collaborate with both onshore and offshore vendor resources. A key aspect of the role is to champion an automation-first mindset and ensure maximum automation coverage across digital channels.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Computer Applications or related technical field followed by 5 years of progressively responsible experience in Test Automation or Quality Assurance using open source and enterprise testing technologies using both coded and codeless automation frameworks.
4 years of experience in creating test strategies, test plans, and test cases in the data area.
4 years of experience in testing the Snowflake, AWS, Nifi, PowerBI, python and/or Tableau.
4 years of experience using Automation tools (AirFlow, Tosca, Datagaps, Pytest, NeoLoad, TestNg and/or similar tools).
4 years of experience using workflow automation tools (Confluence, Jenkins and/or Service now,) in an Agile development environment.
4 years of experience delivering results under challenging conditions, particularly when faced with complexity, ambiguity, and execution in an Agile development model.
4 years of experience working in a fast-paced, Agile/Scrum engineering environment delivering incremental software with high quality.
4 years of experience defining and delivering automation strategy, next generation automation technologies and roadmaps.
4 years of experience configuring, updating, and leveraging parallels for executions in Browser stack and in Jenkins and/or Harness.
Any combination of education that has been evaluated to be the equivalent of an U.S. degree will be accepted.

Responsibilities

Be a testing expert and lead test engineer for the Data Platform team.
Deliver large, high-impact initiatives, projects, and enhancements and supporting the data platform.
Work with the QE Manager, Engineering team, Service Provider team, and others to define and deliver the testing strategy and plan and lead end-end testing activities.
Execute test cases to support both automated and manual testing initiatives, bring new automation ideas to life, optimize test executions, and shorten testing cycles in a fast-paced development environment.
Assume technical ownership of Service Provider deliverables and leads their technical resources to ensure high quality, compliance with our technical standards and best practices, and performance at scale.
Research emerging technologies that will provide future capabilities and seek solutions for complex technical issues.
Make decisions on complex, non-routine requests to support analytics-based decision-making by Marriott business teams.
Add/Enhance and maintain the Digital QA automation strategy across Digital channels.
Assist teams with troubleshooting for automation developed script errors, and managing Git Pull and Push PRs.
Assist manager/leadership to take technical decisions around current and future automation needs.
Ensure maximum automation development coverage through automation to support quality releases across the digital channels.
Partner with other QA engineers and leaders to identify gaps, opportunities, and resource needs to champion automation first mindset.
Daily responsibilities include working with vendor resources across Digital channels in an onshore and offshore model.
Collaborate with geographically dispersed teams while being sensitive to all cultures and norms.
Monitor and adhere to the Automation Test Strategy and play a pivotal role in the implementation of Automation efforts across the enterprise.
Ensure Test artifacts are consistent and of the high-quality Balance maximizing automation coverage by minimizing risk so that key business projects have a clear path to production with very low risk from lesser priority projects.
Manage effective communication and escalations in a timely manner as needed for reducing delivery risks.
Accountable for Planning, Estimating and Projecting automation effort estimations for new projects and initiatives.
Define quality metrics related to automation, and drive data driven process improvements.
Develop, review, and deliver Integration and Regression test plans to certify the product quality before production releases.
Maintain vendor relations and periodically review their work as per Marriott standards.
Perform other duties assigned by Digital QA leadership.