QA Engineer - Automation

Job Description

Company SummaryFirst American (India) is a Global In-house Center (GIC) of the First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF) family of companies, a proud member of the FORTUNE 500 companies and was named one of FORTUNE s 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2020. First American Financial Corporation provides comprehensive title insurance, closing/settlement, property data and technology solutions. First American (India) creates quality solutions for its customers by combining software, back office and knowledge processing operations to fulfill First Americans business requirements. Our priorities are our employees, customers and shareholders - in that order. FAI has been recognized as one among India s Top 75 workplaces in IT & IT-BPM 2019 by Great Place to Work Institute. Software Services helps build First Americans product suite that encompasses the best in class Title Insurance, Settlement and Mortgage solutions platforms. Leverages technology product stack across Microsoft platform predominantly to develop, enhance and maintain the best in class applications. The R & D division delivers solutions for the title insurance industry leveraging the best of NLP, AI and ML. Job SummaryJob Profile SummaryQA Engineer shall be responsible for understanding the nature of the domain and the business requirement; information required to write test plans and test cases. This Role needs to create, maintain and execute automated test scripts; Analyzing automation execution results; Performing lifecycle testing and identifying system breakage points (investigative, production readiness etc.). Develop & execute test cases in alignment to test strategyJob DescriptionQA Engineer shall be responsible for understanding the nature of the domain and the business requirement; information required to write test plans and test cases. This Role needs to create, maintain and execute automated test scripts; Analyzing automation execution results; Performing lifecycle testing and identifying system breakage points (investigative, production readiness etc.). Develop & execute test cases in alignment to test strategyCompetencies:

• Understanding production infrastructure, product flow and design
• System requirement specifications, analyzing requirements/seeking inputs for writing test plan, understanding of functional / non-functional requirements & applying accurate probing techniques (Focused group discussions and Interviews) wherever appropriate
• Independently deriving the test cases from the requirements
• Ensuring correctness and completeness of builds by using CM tools and its features (check in, checkout, merge, build, work area, branch, version and release numbering etc.)
• Independently undertaking both functional and non-functional testing
• Understanding software development lifecycle and overall application development space
• Adopting agile framework accurately for a given situation by understanding Agile manifesto and ceremonies
• Assessing and diagnosing issues across the various testing environment
• Using right datasets/files/tools for independent testing; Understanding of functional and non-functional testing
• Identify & manage risk while facilitating project planning & closure through application of metrics
• Understanding of product Architecture and design is an added advantage

Technical Skills:

• Testing principles & methodologies, testing methods (Regression testing, Usability testing, Acceptance Testing, System testing, Performance testing, Load Testing etc.), automation tools/techniques, software testing infrastructure, Continuous Integration / Deployment processes.
• Hands on experience doing Automation testing of web applications using C# with Selenium.
• OOPS concepts, SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle), Problem solving techniques.
• Agile practices, Alternative programming approaches (ADM/Scrum or Xtreme programming, KanBan, Re-factoring), ALM tools (TFS, Stat, Jira, etc.) at work
• Scoping, Scheduling, Resourcing, Effort estimation techniques, Software Development methodologies (AGILE, SCRUM, XP etc.), Work breakdown structures, Gantt charts and similar planning tools, Project requirements and goals, Communication/Escalation procedures, Microsoft Tools such as Visio and Microsoft Project

Educational Qualification and Experience: Minimum of 15 years of formal education - Graduate / Post Graduate in Computer Science / Information TechnologyProfessional work experience of 3 to 4 years in QA Automation Testing (C# , Selenium)FAI invests in it s employee s development and well-being, empowers them to provide superior customer services and encourages them to serve the communities where they live and work. FAI is committed to diversity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer. For more information about our company and dedication to putting People First, check out https://firstam.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/faicareers.,

Keyskills :
test casesregression testinginspectionqualityautomationsoftware development life cyclesoftware development methodologiestest scriptsload testing