QA Assurance Automation Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• The Development family is responsible for creating, designing, deploying, and supporting applications, programs, and software solutions.
• May include research, new development, prototyping, modification, reuse, re-engineering, maintenance, or any other activities related to software products used internally or externally on product platforms supported by the firm.
• The software development process requires in-depth subject matter expertise in existing and emerging development methodologies, tools, and programming languages.
• Software Developers work closely with business partners and / or external clients in defining requirements and implementing solutions.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead technical processes and designs considering reliability, data integrity, maintainability, reuse, extensibility, usability, and scalability.
• Review code of development team to ensure quality and adherence to best practices and standards.
• Mentor junior developers to develop their skills and build strong talent.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure partners to identify and deploy optimal hosting environments.
• Define scalability and performance criteria for assigned applications.
• Ensure application meets the performance, privacy, and security requirements.
• Verify test plans to ensure compliance with performance and security requirements.
• Support business and technical presentations in relation to technology platforms and business solutions.
• Mitigate risk by following established procedures and monitoring controls.
• Help develop solutions that balance cost and delivery while meeting business requirements.
• implement technology-specific best practices that are consistent with corporate standards.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure the success of product strategy and project deliverables.
• Manage the software development process.
• Drive new technical and business process improvements.
• Estimate total costs of modules/projects covering both hours and expense.
• Research and evaluate specific technologies, and applications, and contributes to the solution design.
• Construct application Architecture encompassing end-to-end designs.
• Mitigates risk by following established procedures and monitoring controls, spotting key errors, and demonstrating strong ethical behavior.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree required with Masters, or equivalent experience preferred
• Minimum of 7 years of related experience.
• 7+ Years of Active Development Experience/ Expertise in Java/J2EE Based Applications proven ability with Hibernate, JPA, Spring, Spring MVC
• Exposure to XML/XSD, JSON and similar data presentation components
• Familiarity with Microservices based architecture and distributed systems.
• Ability to develop and work with REST APIs using Spring Boot framework.
• Knowledge of IBM MQ and messaging protocols such as JMS
• Understanding of Unix/Linux OS including shell scripting
• Strong database and PL/SQL skills
• Experience with CI/CD technologies like GIT, Jenkins, JoCoCo and Maven
• Experience with UI frameworks - Angular, NodeJS and NPM is a plus
• Experience with CSS, HTML, JavaScript, and similar UI frameworks (jQuery, React Angular) is a plus
• Familiarity with Agile development methodology

Development Projects

Backlog Create: Work with cross functional teams to breakdown the quarterly objectives into tasks and create backlog in Jira

Groom: Review the backlog regularly for each product / team and keep the items up-to-date and prioritized

Planning: From the backlog create sprint plans for all our products and cross functional teams every two weeks

Estimation: Ensure all the tasks in sprint have assignments, estimates added in Jira and the time spent is recorded

• Ensure all the tasks in sprint have start and end dates - Scheduling, Tracking, Releases
• Work with team to plot the tasks in the sequence as they would be delivered to ensure the planning is realistic
• Attend regular sprint meetings and monitor the progress against the plan o Find out the dependencies and work with cross functional teams to resolve them. 
• Find out the risks, create plans to mitigate them
• Work with cross functional teams to determine the scope of each release o Prepare release plans
• Review the release progress regularly 
• Manage the dependencies and risks

Documentation

• Process Documents : Document the processes that the teams follow and their life-cycle

• Product Documents : Work with cross functional teams to ensure the documentation artifacts are created for each release, reviewed and signed off before the release

Reporting : Weekly Progress Reports o Sprint Reports

Communication

Apart from regularly reporting the project manager need to be able to communicate with teams and management on a day-to-day basis on ongoing product development and release activities to be effective

Customer Projects

• Meet regularly with customers to understand the issues, solution to the use-cases, update implementation schedule and key milestones                                                                                                                   
• Work with customers to plans, schedule and execute the deployment, integration, upgrade, migration activities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Obtain feedback on product and service performance and take them to management and cross functional teams to ensure they are added to the product backlog                                                                                                                   
• Serve as the primary voice of the customers within Acceldata and advocate on customers’ behalf                                                                                                                   Engage in and coordinate efforts to provide customer support and solutions by leading cross-functional efforts to ensure customer success                                                                                                                   
• Attend periodic business review meetings, as required, to provide progress on specific customer accounts                                                                                                                   Develop and manage improvement strategies for customer success. Hold retrospective reviews after every key milestone, document the outcomes and ensure the actions are implemented                                                                                                                   
• Coordinate with the Site Reliability team to drive value with key accounts
• Prepare periodical reports on customer’s health and report out to management to identify customer experience risks and drive internal change to support continuous customer experience improvement                                                                                                                                                                                            

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:                                                                                                    

• To succeed at this job, you must have 5 - 8 years of experience in managing development projects   
• 3 - 5 years of experience in managing releases /roll out to customers 
• Be Customer Success driven to Have strong leadership and influencing skills 
• Have the ability to track and manage multiple customer programs from inception to implementation o Be able to collect, analyze, present data in support of recommendations 
• Possess the ability to foster working relationships and establish trust across the organization both internally and with customers.

About Company:

Working with a multitude of clients populating the FTSE and Fortune 500s, Audit Partnership is a people focused organization with a strong belief in our employees. We hire the best people to provide the best services to our clients.

APL offers profit recovery services to organizations of all sizes across a number of sectors. APL was borne out of a desire to offer an alternative from the stagnant service provision on offer in the profit recovery industry.

Every year we cover million of pounds for our clients and also work closely with them, sharing our audit findings to minimize future losses. Our dedicated and highly experienced audit teams utilize progressive & dynamic financial service solutions & industry leading technology to achieve maximum success.

We provide dynamic work environments focused on delivering data-driven solutions at a rapidly increased pace over traditional development. Be a part of our passionate and motivated team who are excited to use the latest in software technologies within financial services.

Headquartered in the UK, we have expanded from a small team in 2002 to a market leading organization serving clients across the globe while keeping our clients at the heart of all decisions we make.

Job description:

We are looking for a high-potential, enthusiastic SQL Data Engineer with a strong desire to build a career in data analysis, database design and application solutions. Reporting directly to our UK based Technology team, you will provide support to our global operation in the delivery of data analysis, conversion, and application development to our core audit functions.

Duties will include assisting with data loads, using T-SQL to analyse data, front-end code changes, data housekeeping, data administration, and supporting the Data Services team as a whole.  Your contribution will grow in line with your experience and skills, becoming increasingly involved in the core service functions and client delivery.  A self-starter with a deep commitment to the highest standards of quality and customer service. We are offering a fantastic career opportunity, working for a leading international financial services organisation, serving the world’s largest organisations.

What we are looking for:

• 1-2 years of previous experience in a similar role
• Data analysis and conversion skills using Microsoft SQL Server is essential
• An understanding of relational database design and build
• Schema design, normalising data, indexing, query performance analysis
• Ability to analyse complex data to identify patterns and detect anomalies
• Assisting with ETL design and implementation projects
• Knowledge or experience in one or more of the key technologies below would be preferable:
  • Microsoft SQL Server (SQL Server Management Studio, Stored Procedure writing etc)
  • T-SQL
  • Programming languages (C#, VB, Python etc)
  • Use of Python to manipulate and import data
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  • Experience of ETL/automation advantageous but not essential (SSIS/Prefect/Azure)
• A self-starter who can drive projects with minimal guidance
• Meeting stakeholders to agree system requirements
• Someone who is enthusiastic and eager to learn
• Very good command of English and excellent communication skills

Perks & Benefits:

• A fantastic work life balance
• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Exposure of working with Fortune 500 organization
• Expert guidance and nurture from global leaders
• Opportunities for career and personal advancement with our continued global growth strategy
• Industry leading training programs
• A working environment that is exciting, fun and engaging

Product Development

At E2open, you will be an integral member of a dynamic organization, working on cutting-edge technology that transforms the way companies do business with their trading partners in complex, multi-tier supply chains. Currently, E2open is seeking an energetic Application Engineer to join our Research & Development Group. This position involves the development of leading-edge Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) supply chain management applications that drive complex multi-company supply chain management dashboards, workflows, and business-to-business supply chain data interchanges.

Technical Requirements

• Strong experience in Core Java 8 and above, Collections and Data structures.
• Develop solutions using core java, Spring / Spring Boot, JSON, Rest API and other web technologies.
• Ability to design and develop UIs like Javascript, HTML5, Angular and end to end integration.
• Object oriented analysis and design using common design patterns.
• Enforcing and Writing code following good standards (well documented with good code coverage and properly tested code).
• Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (Hibernate and Mybatis). Ability to model & design databases for high availability and high volume.

• Good knowledge of STLC, SDLC
• Various manual testing concepts and techniques
• Compatibility testing on various environments
• MS Excel formulas
• Database queries
• Experience in testing agile projects
• Finance and accounting domain knowledge
• Effective Test planning and Test Effort Estimation Skills
• Suggest improvements to enhance the overall user experience of the software.
• Able to deliver bug-free software within the deadline with minimum supervision
• Quick learning capabilities. Young and Dynamic. Work closely with team members, support team