Automation Engineer

About the company

Western & Southern Financial Group has 135 years of operating history, founded as a modest door-to-door life insurance business and built to last. The company is ranked 310 on the Fortune 500 and No. 29 among Fortune 500 companies as a best company for career growth. It has an award-winning Talent Development Team and was recognized as a Top 10 Top Spouse Employer and Military Friendly Employer in 2023. Headquartered in Cincinnati, the firm is committed to doing good for the community.

Western & Southern is built on a culture of integrity, top-notch performance, teamwork, and collaboration. The company is committed to hiring and developing professionals who strive for excellence, demonstrate strong ethics, and make fact-based decisions. Associates are empowered to chase their career dreams while being supported every step of the way.

About the role

The SQA Test Automation Engineer II works closely with management and Automation Engineer III to help define, implement, and continuously improve the automation design for the test automation framework. This includes contributing to standards and guidelines, as well as providing support and coaching to peers and junior Automation Engineers. The scope of Functional Test Automation encompasses both User Interface (UI) automation and API test automation. This role is critical to maintaining the quality, consistency, and long-term sustainability of test automation standards and practices.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on development of Functional Test Automation scripts for UI and API testing.
• Help lead test automation initiatives, support the design and development of robust, maintainable, scalable, and sustainable scripts using automation testing tools such as Selenium, JUnit/TestNG, Git, Maven, IntelliJ; programming languages such as Java, .Net, C#, etc.
• Support of the API and UI test automation framework by identifying opportunities for improvement and efficiencies.
• Identify and develop opportunities to enhance testing efficiencies, process quality, and implementation of innovative solutions as part of continuous testing within the software delivery pipeline.
• Collaborate with automation and non-automation Software Quality resources along with other key stakeholders such as development, business analysis, and project management teams.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3+ years hands-on experience in software test engineering using the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Minimum of 3+ years of hands-on experience with various Test Automation Frameworks using Selenium, JUnit/TestNG, Maven, and Git (or similar tools). Experience with Katalon is desired but not required.
• Minimum of 2+ years of hands-on experience with a programming language such as Java, C#, .Net.
• Minimum of 2+ years of hands-on experience in API Testing; currently using ReadyAPI (formerly SOAPUI); Postman experience is acceptable.
• Minimum of 1+ years of database experience testing using SQL to retrieve and/or set up test data.