Job Details

Position: TOSCA Automation Engineer

Location: Taylor, TX (Hybrid)

Duration: Contract (W2 only)

Job Description:

Client Notes:

• Must be local to Taylor/Austin area – or relocation from day 1.
• Client will ask for relocation as the first question – any hesitation and the interview will end in the first 2 minutes.
• Multiple rounds of interviews will happen – will be required to do live hands Tosca scripting and coding sessions in the interview. If the candidate is available for an in-office interview, all rounds can be completed in one day. 80% Tosca / 20% Programming.
• Hybrid position, 2 days in office. [Wed/Thu in office]
• Can turn into a contract to hire role if the candidate has the right skills
• Looking for a Senior level Tosca Developer
• Candidates in the past for similar requirements did not know Tosca enough.
• 1-2 years' experience with Tosca is not enough. Must have hands on 3-5 years on Tosca. Someone who has touched upon Tosca will not work.
• Must have some programming language experience. Java, Python etc.
• Should have Selenium or Microsoft Playwright experience.
• Should have integration knowledge between qTest and Tosca.
• Experience with Tosca upgrades, migration, Tosca Test Data Management, Tosca Server, Tosca DEX
• Candidates must validate Tosca certifications – having a certification is a must.
• Certification must not be very recent – should be 2-3 years old.
• Recruiters must validate LinkedIn profiles for TOSCA centered experience, Tosca certification should be tagged to LinkedIn, prior client recommendations etc.
• Client will be using Anti-AI tools – candidates must not use AI or other tools.

Good to have skills:

• Exposure to cloud technologies like Azure and AWS
• Experience with CI/CD and version control repository tools like Github, Bitbucket, GitHub Actions, Jenkins etc.
• Prior experience implementing Toscain CI/CD pipelines.

Member of ERCOT's Test Automation Development team in support of automation of smoke, regression, integration and security testing for ERCOT projects as assigned.

Works independently and with the guidance of Lead Automation Developer to develop a comprehensive automation suite per application area per the overall ERCOT Test Automation Framework. Leads efforts to validate business processes, procedures, systems integration and web services to design full suite of automation scripts. Adjust scripts as necessary.

Develop and support application testing strategies, create test plans and test scripts. Lead and coordinate quality assurance and testing activities in support of ERCOT projects with business testers.

Essential Job Duties

• Analyze and understand solution requirements, architecture, technical designs and processes to define necessary scope of automated testing.
• Define automation testing strategy and communicate strategy to relevant disciplines/stakeholders clearly and appropriately.
• Create automation test strategy and plan, develop and establish initial testing harness based on initial test scenarios and build detailed automated scripts per product design discussions.
• Ensure that automated testing is completed to agreed standards and that business and operational acceptance criteria are met.
• Liaise with other management and IT disciplines to ensure automated testing objectives are met.
• Participate when required in formal meetings with customers and subcontractors.
• Report to management on automated testing and quality requirements/activities, to identify deviations from plan and carry out corrective action.
• Performs automated functional, system, integration and regression testing
• Clearly communicates complex technical concepts both in a written and oral manner
• Implement and develop automated test practices for both web and thick client applications primarily using Tricentis TOSCA, Selenium-JAVA/Python
• Design and create test automation scripts using Tricentis TOSCA , Selenium-JAVA, Core Java and/or Python to address areas such as database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error or bug testing, or usability in preparation for implementation.
• Work with Test Automation Supervisor , Lead Automation Developer and Test Management Supervisor to define strategy and process associated with implementation and maintenance of automation across all supported application areas.
• Participate in product design reviews to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules or potential problems that may impact the quality of automation regression suite or overall product features.
• In addition to the duties and responsibilities listed, the job holder is required to perform other duties assigned by the supervisor/manager from time to time, as may be reasonably required of them.

Required technical skills

• Tricentis TOSCA
• TOSCA Integration with qTest
• TOSCA DEX
• Java/Python
• Experience with general software development life cycle practices.
• Oracle RDBMS. This includes competency with PL/SQL and a general familiarity with general concepts such as relational database analysis and design as well as SQL tuning.
• Experience with general Software Quality Assurance/Quality Control testing techniques, standards, practices, and related technologies.

Preferred technical skills

• Experience in using GitHub enterprise and GitHub Actions (Test automation stage implementation in CI CD pipelines)
• Experience with GIT, Pull requests and code reviews
• Experience in using containers for test automation execution
• Experience in cloud technologies such as Azure.
• Experience with Java/Python based automated functional testing frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright Rest Assured for API's or core Java for process automation. Selenium/Playwright expertise is strongly preferred.
• Java unit testing frameworks such as Junit and TestNG. TestNG experience is preferred.
• Experience with creating and running web application performance tests. LoadRunner or Apache JMeter or Tricentis Neo Load is preferred.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Sciences, Information Systems or related field or eight years applicable experience is required.

Work Experience

• 3-5 years in developing automation scripts with ToscaCommander.
• 2-3 years in TOSCADEX implementation.
• 2 years in TOSCA- Qtest integration and test data management.
• Exposure to TOSCACloud is a plus.
• Experience with ToscaModel Based framework and API scan for REST/SOAP testing.
• Mobile testing using Toscawith Sauce labs on iOS and Android (Xcode Simulator, emulator).
• Creating execution reports of automation scripts through ToscaReports.
• 5+ years in software system/application testing and QA/QC practices.
• 3+ years managing/coordinating system/application testing.
• 2+ years with Qtest and JIRA.
• Demonstrable experience creating quality assurance artifacts (test plans/scripts/reporting).
• Experience using PL/SQL for data validation.
• Strong oral/written communication skills.
• Proficient with MS Windows, Office (Excel, Word, Access), and business applications.
• Familiar with web services/applications (HTML 5, CSS, JQuery).
• Team player with source control systems knowledge (GitHub, Bitbucket).
• Familiar with Agile methodologies.
• Proven ability to deliver results in dynamic environments.
• Comfortable in Linux and Windows-based environments.

Best Regards,

T Chandra Sekhar - Technical Sr. Recruiter

Agile Global Solutions, Inc ....."Empowering Enterprises"

193 Blue Ravine Road, Suite 160, Folsom, CA 95630

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