Job Description

Required Technical Skills:

SaaS/Cloud applications testing with strong understanding of infrastructure
Team collaboration: Learning, and sharing knowledge/mentoring team members
Implementation/support of automation frameworks to improve test effectiveness
Development/implementation of UI Automation (Windows, Web Applications)
Delivering innovations in testing for continuous improvements and efficiencies
Programming or scripting languages (e.g. C#, .NET, JavaScript, Python, PowerShell)
Knowledge of relational databases and building SQL queries
Experience with cloud platforms, such as AWS or Azure
Experience with industry-specific ERP applications
Experience with transit scheduling and operations management applications, such as HASTUS, Trapeze FX or Trapeze OPS is a plus.
Contribute to defining the technology stack, infrastructure design, and testing approach; support scoping and specifying tool requirements for an effective automation framework.
Collaborate with QA and Application Team members on advancing the automation strategies for the target project
Evaluate solutions presented as a modular, scalable automation framework for Windows UI applications, with extensibility to Web UI applications.
Define and establish core automation framework components/ integrations (test case management, object repository, logging, reporting, data-driven testing, config management)
Help drive the evaluation of automation tools and libraries; create POCs and ROI analyses to select the most effective software stack for current and future needs
Define adoption criteria and best practices for tool usage and test design
Develop reliable, maintainable test suites (functional, regression, smoke)
Implement parallel execution strategies and optimize for speed and stability
Define/Enforce coding standards and adherence to QA best practices
Error management strategies, deterministic test data, environment controls
Integrate with build pipelines (where applicable) and test management tools
Automate test reporting and publish actionable metrics
Partner with developers, QA analysts, and product owners to define testable requirements, acceptance criteria, and risk-based coverage
Extend the framework to support web UI automation (e.g. Selenium)
Assessment of tools for Web Load Testing as an extension of automation
Enable unified reporting and artifact management across test suite types
Produce clear documentation, samples, and onboarding materials; conduct training for QA engineers and stakeholders
Mentor team members and contribute to continuous improvement of QA