Senior QA Automation Test Engineer

Centene Corporation

1d•$87,000 - $161,300

About The Position

You could be the one who changes everything for our 28 million members by using technology to improve health outcomes around the world. As a diversified, national organization, Centene's technology professionals have access to competitive benefits including a fresh perspective on workplace flexibility. Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Sponsorship and future sponsorship are not available for this opportunity, including employment-based visa types H-1B, L-1, O-1, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, or CPT. Position Purpose: Designs and develops moderately complex automated tests scripts using automation tools and scripting tools, refining the acceptance criteria into automated acceptance test cases/scripts, and executing automated test scripts and individual tests in support of IT changes to business processes. Conducts test automation code reviews and evangelizes test automation best practices to the entire engineering organization. Designs, develops, maintains, and executes moderately complex test automation scripts and builds reports to show results summarizing defects and recommends resolutions Develops and executes manual and automated tests using appropriate tools and requirements to report defects for specific product functions and verify resolutions for all defects for an assigned project Develops and implements standards and methods for inspection, testing, and evaluation relative to the organization's quality management system Enforces quality standards by identifying and recommending new procedures, standards, and resolution of outages Keeps updated with the latest industry developments and assure compliance of Centene’s products and processes Develops new procedures and standards, suggest improvements to existing standards, and participate in internal and cross functional code and design reviews Verifies product quality by analyzing product and technical artifacts Protects assets by ensuring that all work is stored appropriately in the proper repository (Quality Centers, Subversion etc.) in compliance with department standards Creates reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information to include accurate data for project reporting as well as a weekly personal status report Leverages synthetic data in partnership with TDM (Test Data Management) team for testing Integrates automated suite with CI/CD platform Mentors and provides guidance for lower level engineers Performs other duties as assigned Complies with all policies and standards

Requirements

A Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or business field (e.g., statistics, mathematics, engineering, computer science) and Requires 4 – 6 years of related experience. Or equivalent experience acquired through accomplishments of applicable knowledge, duties, scope and skill reflective of the level of this position.
Knowledge of Test Automation and Quality Engineering including strong experience designing, developing, maintaining and executing moderately complex automated test scripts aligned to acceptance criteria
Hands on Python development experience and a working knowledge of Java. Comfortable working in Python source code stored in version control
Experience integrating automated test suites with CI/CI pipelines including strong knowledge CI/CD tools such as GitLab
Familiarity with cloud technologies including AWS
Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
Ability to identify basic problems and procedural irregularities, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
Ability to work independently
Demonstrated analytical skills
Demonstrated project management skills
Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure
Demonstrates excellent judgment and decision making skills

Responsibilities

Designs and develops moderately complex automated tests scripts using automation tools and scripting tools, refining the acceptance criteria into automated acceptance test cases/scripts, and executing automated test scripts and individual tests in support of IT changes to business processes.
Conducts test automation code reviews and evangelizes test automation best practices to the entire engineering organization.
Designs, develops, maintains, and executes moderately complex test automation scripts and builds reports to show results summarizing defects and recommends resolutions
Develops and executes manual and automated tests using appropriate tools and requirements to report defects for specific product functions and verify resolutions for all defects for an assigned project
Develops and implements standards and methods for inspection, testing, and evaluation relative to the organization's quality management system
Enforces quality standards by identifying and recommending new procedures, standards, and resolution of outages
Keeps updated with the latest industry developments and assure compliance of Centene’s products and processes
Develops new procedures and standards, suggest improvements to existing standards, and participate in internal and cross functional code and design reviews
Verifies product quality by analyzing product and technical artifacts
Protects assets by ensuring that all work is stored appropriately in the proper repository (Quality Centers, Subversion etc.) in compliance with department standards
Creates reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information to include accurate data for project reporting as well as a weekly personal status report
Leverages synthetic data in partnership with TDM (Test Data Management) team for testing
Integrates automated suite with CI/CD platform
Mentors and provides guidance for lower level engineers
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all policies and standards