QA Engineer
National Grid is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world - covering Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island and the UK.
We are at the heart of one of the greatest challenges facing our society, delivering clean energy to support our world long into the future. Every day we work with stakeholders to promote the development and implementation of sustainable, innovative and affordable energy solutions.
We offer:
- Competitive and robust benefits and compensation package with Bonus potential
- Opportunity to be part of a growing team
- Growth potential through company leadership programs
- Numerous wellness programs and Company-endorsed community programs
- Be part of a team building the Gas Enablement group
About the Position:
The Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer provides leadership and quality control to the Business Systems Team Engineers and Product Managers as we develop and launch new features in our Enterprise Asset Management applications. We utilize constant backlog maintenance, good user story development and estimation, and sprint planning and retrospective meetings. The QA Analyst is a critical role that guarantees the success of delivering the project, as well as estimating the testing effort required in the design and execution of the project features. The person in this role works with cross-functional teams including the application developers, the DevOps Engineers, Product Managers and business stakeholders to ensure we're delivering features expected from the project and product roadmap
Position Responsibilities (including but not limited to):
- Apply software quality practices to design and drive quality and testability of SaaS systems like Salesforce, Click, web services/APIs, ETL tools and event logging
- Leadership qualities around QA processes
- Automation and Manual testing experience is needed
- Leverage best practices and technologies for quality assurance testing from internal stakeholders and external resources
- Coordinate technical dependencies with other teams required for testing
- Participate in the definition of project objectives and provide testing estimates in the design and sprint planning
Qualifications
Knowledge & Experience Required:
- BS in Business or Computer Science or equivalent related experience
- Experience with Manual and Automated Software testing
- 3 7 years, depending on level, direct experience as a QA Analyst for application integration and/or application product releases with SaaS applications and custom built apps and web services
- Extensive experience with core software applications, including web and mobile applications
- Must have demonstrable knowledge of QA best practices, solid understanding of Agile, and QA tools for front end and back end testing
This position is one of National Grids career path roles which provide for promotional opportunities within and across salary bands as you develop and evolve in the position by gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills.
National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise.We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve.National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.
Job:Information Services
Primary Location:MA-Waltham
Organisation:Information Services
Schedule:Full-time
Job Posting:Mar 20, 2017, 9:50:15 AMUnposting Date:Ongoing
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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