Role - Senior QA Automation Engineer
Shift - General
Job Description -
The Team -
Morningstar DBRS is a Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organization (NRSRO) that has earned a reputation for innovation and excellence in the structured finance market. This group aims to increase market transparency and provides the highest quality ratings through securities research, monitoring services, data, and technology solutions.
The Role -
The QA Engineer will work closely with cross functional teams, Development teams and other development teams to ensure a timely and high-quality delivery. Will have to coordinate and work with the members in a global team. We are looking for an individual that can apply discipline, create solid software products and be accountable for deliverables.
Responsibilities -
- Define and establish automation strategy and process
- Understand complex nature of the application and come up with the automation testing framework
- Should understand the requirement, design and develop the automation test cases
- Take ownership of QA requirements and provide testing guidance to the technology team
- Should also work as Individual Contributor
- Lead and coordinate the application enhancement and testing activities with technology and business teams
- Participate in team communication and collaborate in planning activities, including stand-ups, iteration planning meetings (IPM), and retrospectives.
- Manage and communicate regular updates on project status (e.g., work completed, work in progress, next steps, risks, quality, KPIs, and costs) to stakeholders, peers, Product managers, and others.
Requirements - These are the most important skills, qualities, etc. that we'd like for this role.
- Overall experience of 4 to 10 years in Quality Assurance and Testing with relevant hands-on experience in Automation
- Strong experience in Automated Testing of web-based application
- Expert in UI Automation using tools like Selenium web driver, Nightwatch & Automation framework development with HANDS-ON
- Used Java and JavaScript as programming language
- Expert in API testing (manual and automation) using Rest Assured frameworks and/or Ready API
- Exposure and know-how of performance testing and security testing tools
- Knowledge of Amazon Web Services / Cloud would be a plus
- Should be self-driven engineer with desire to use practical and professional concepts in QA along with application of QA standards and procedures to resolve routine issues
- Should be able to write use cases based on product requirements, execute them and report issues in bug tracking system
- Should be self-starter, lead and self-contributing to the QA team to build robust and flexible Automated Testing Framework
- Helps QA community to learn Automation, impart necessary technical knowledge
- Hands-on current experience authoring, building and adopting large scale, cross-functional automation frameworks with well-balanced coverage across back-end integration, database levels, UI.
- Integrate test automation into CI/CD process and instrument full SDLC automation
- Improve process and quality via test and process automation: defining right strategy and technology based on process and architecture assessment by engaging different roles and stakeholders
- Experience using SQL with regards to write and understanding queries and procedures
Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer
About Us
Morningstar DBRS is a leading provider of independent rating services and opinions for corporate and sovereign entities, financial institutions, and project and structured finance instruments globally. Rating more than 4,000 issuers and 60,000 securities, it is one of the top four credit rating agencies in the world.
Morningstar DBRS empowers investor success by bringing more transparency and a much-needed diversity of opinion in the credit rating industry. Our approach and size allow us to be nimble enough to respond to customers' needs in their local markets, but large enough to provide the necessary expertise and resources they require. Market innovators choose to work with us because of our agility, tech-forward approach, and exceptional customer service.
Morningstar DBRS is the next generation of credit ratings.
If you received and accept an offer from us, we require that personal and any related investments be disclosed confidentiality to our Compliance team (days vary by region). These investments will be reviewed to ensure they meet Code of Ethics requirements. If any conflicts of interest are identified, then you will be required to liquidate those holdings immediately. In addition, dependent on your department and location of work certain employee accounts must be held with an approved broker (for example all, U.S. employee accounts). If this applies and your account(s) are not with an approved broker, you will be required to move your holdings to an approved broker.
Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to work remotely and collaborate in-person each week. While some positions are available as fully remote, we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis, typically three days each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.
