Test Consultant

About the role

We're seeking a Test Consultant to join our team. This role involves performing and participating in application development and testing to ensure continuous quality and testability of code throughout the software development lifecycle. The ideal candidate will build quality within the software development process with automated testing suites, conduct performance, load, security, and service virtualization testing, and participate in all steps of the software development life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Participates in all steps of the software development life cycle and is accountable for helping to deliver quality code.
• Collaborates with peers to identify and recommend practices for quality assurance at the source using automation.
• Conducts impact analysis, evaluates, and identifies affects to regression test suites, testability of code, and application performance to reduce negative influences on continuous testing.
• Performs quality checks along with updating of automation scripts.
• Identifies and designs testing suites for test driven development (TDD) and behavior driven development (BDD) to allow early and frequent testing as the software is developed.
• Identifies process improvement and continuous quality measures across the development lifecycle.
• Writes and executes application tests at the source code level to prevent hidden errors (i.e., white box testing) within unit and component testing.
• Identifies and suggests improvements for code quality to improve deficiencies from functionality through structure of code for performance and maintainability.
• Builds, maintains, and reviews mid-level unit and component test suites and conducts automated white box tests.
• Identifies improper coding and code quality issues.
• Integrates white box test suites with continuous integration (CI) tools.
• Programs and creates mid-level test cases using unit and component testing tools for code level testing.
• Develops moderately complex software tools, frameworks, and utilities for validation / verification activities and end-to-end functional testing of software.
• Identifies and recommends tools and frameworks for testing and creates automated tools for generic use and maintainability.
• Writes moderately complex code that uses / exercises non-user interface (UI) components like application program interface's (API's), representational state transfer API (RESTful API), and web services similar to the end user to develop frameworks for testing.
• Installs and uses moderately complex CI frameworks in continuous testing and continuous deployment / delivery.
• Builds, customizes, and deploys moderately complex test environments and test automation frameworks.
• Performs moderately complex scripting, data generation, and other methods to maintain automation infrastructure throughout the development.
• Integrates CI tools with other testing infrastructure and develops moderately complex reporting / metrics on CI.
• Develops test scripts, test data, and analyzes / interprets performance, load and security testing.
• Conducts testing, analysis, and interprets results using service virtualization testing tools that emulate the behavior of necessary dependent system components that are unavailable or difficult-to-access.
• Identifies virtualization testing opportunities with approaches and designs to testing virtualized environments.
• Identifies performance testing opportunities with approaches and designs to test for application performance, load, security and service virtualization.
• Analyzes systems and database performance and responses during loads.
• Directs tests to avoid common application performance bottlenecks.
• Maintains and administers procedures, methodologies, and/or application standards to include payment card industry and security related testing compliance using automation and built-in security tests during development.
• Applies virtualization concepts to identify tests and application scenarios impacted by virtualization.
• Incorporates performance, load and security testing into CI environments.
• Works with stakeholders, business, developers, and test analysts to develop more intricate test plans, conditions, and cases to be used in testing.
• Develops and administers best practices to perform test data conditioning and execution of test sets.
• Works with programming to create certain account conditions and execute special testing requirements for test validation.
• Demonstrates a broad knowledge of the multiple environments by evaluating, interpreting, and communicating an understanding of the various components of systems and applications to leadership.
• Acts as a single point of contact for assigned moderately complex client projects with regard to test engineering activities.
• Coordinates the test activities assigned to the test team to include, reviewing of client test plans cases and scripts, prioritizing test execution when necessary, and providing feedback to internal and external clients.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree - Software Engineering, Information Systems or other Technical degree; additional experience in lieu of degree will be considered.

Typically Minimum 6 Years Relevant Exp - Professional experience with Software testing, coding, designing, and developing. It's a bonus if you have Typically Minimum 8 Years Relevant Exp - Experience developing automated testing strategies in a variety of environments and frameworks.

Qualifications

Our ideal candidate will possess:

• A strong foundation in software testing, coding, and development.
• Experience with software testing, coding, designing, and developing.
• Experience with automated testing strategies in a variety of environments and frameworks.
• Knowledge of continuous integration and continuous delivery processes.
• Ability to design and develop automation frameworks and test suites.
• Proficiency in scripting languages and data generation techniques.
• Understanding of performance, load, and security testing.
• Experience with service virtualization and application performance monitoring tools.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Passion for learning and staying updated with the latest technologies and trends in software testing and development.

Skills

• Software Testing
• Automation Testing
• Performance Testing
• Load Testing
• Security Testing
• Service Virtualization
• Continuous Integration
• Test Data Management
• Test Case Development
• Scripting Languages
• Data Generation Techniques
• Performance Monitoring Tools
• Service Virtualization Tools
• Application Performance Monitoring Tools

Benefits

Global Payments offers a comprehensive benefits package to all of our team members, including medical, dental, and vision care, EAP programs, paid time off, recognition programs, retirement and investment options, charitable gift matching programs, and worldwide days of service.