Sr. Automation Engineer (hybrid onsite, Omaha NE)

First National Bank of Omaha•Omaha, NE

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

At FNBO, our employees are the heart of our story—and we’re committed to their success! Please see below the details of this career opportunity and how it fits into our organization’s success. Summary of the Job: We are seeking an experienced Senior QA Automation engineer with a strong focus on Banking and Agriculture Lending to join our team in Omaha, NE. The Senior 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 advanced automation solutions and strategies within their team. The Sr. Engineer will provide technical advice and direction to help team and practice to deliver effective automation solutions. 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. We are looking for someone with Playwright and Javascript skills to help drive automation on an AG focused team. About This Role:

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience and/or certifications
5+ years experience using UI and/or API automation tools - examples: Playwright, TestComplete, Selenium, Cypress, Postman, Swagger, GitLab, Postman
5+ years hands-on experience programming/scripting with JavaScript and/or Java
5+ Experience executing all levels of testing (System, Integration, and Regression)
5+ Experience in web, microservices, and database automation
3+ Experience with Git as a version control system, in conjunction with solutions such as Bitbucket, GitHub or GitLab
Experience working with automation metrics using tools like Gitlab or BrowserStack analytics.
Experience setting up and maintaining automation frameworks
Experience using CI/CD practices
Experience planning, developing, documenting, and maintaining a regression testing strategy
Working knowledge of Test-Driven and Behavior-Driven development along with STLC (Software Testing Life Cycle)
Strong understanding of Agile QA methodologies, tools, and processes
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience communicating complex information
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, SQL, XML

Responsibilities

Apply Quality Engineering principles throughout the Agile lifecycle
Lead and 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
Participate in and conduct regular test case peer reviews and automation code reviews
Lead and 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
Lead by example in exhibiting initiative for self-learning of new technical skills and tools
Drive consistent improvement and knowledge sharing principles across the team
Lead automation strategies/solutions and projects within team and across discipline
Evaluate and propose use of new tools for continuous improvement and driving automation strategies forward
Experience building, testing, deploying, monitoring, and maintaining effective test automation solutions
Setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
Setting up and maintaining Automation Frameworks
Mentors’ others in test automation, programming, and QA best practices
Works independently researching, solving, and programming complex automation solutions