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Python Automation Specialist
Ottawa, Ontario · Information TechnologyBased in our Kanata offices, we are looking for a hands-on Quality Assurance Engineer. As a member of the team, responsibilities will cover a broad range and include participating in test development (manual and automated) and execution, identification, and investigation of issues, and advancing QA process. A team player, you are a self-starter and must be able to communicate well, multitask, proactively solve problems, and deliver against tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Key responsibilities
Key responsibilities
- Quickly acquire a solid understanding of our clients’ products and features
- Participate in Quality Assurance test development (automation and manual) and the execution of test
- Participation in the development of test plans, procedures, tools and reporting
- Develop automated test scripts and tools in current python-based framework to verify new feature functionality
- Execute, maintain, and add unit / regression tests during the development phase
- Run regression tests and debug failures
- Maintain defects to track issues and failures
- Peer reviews to ensure that new feature will comply to the development standard and best practices
- BSc degree OR a 3 year+ technology related diploma in Computer Science, Software / Hardware / Electrical Engineering, or other Information Technology related field
- 7+ years of industry experience in information technology and engineering
- 3 ~ 5+ years’ experience in Quality Assurance
- Working knowledge of QA methodology, processes, and best practices
- Strong hands-on coding experience in Python
- Strong English language verbal and written communication skills
- 3+ years of experience in Selenium based automation
- Understanding with basic networking protocols
- Familiarity with build process and tools like Gradle, Jenkins, Git
- Capable of working in an Agile/Scrum development process