Automation QA Manager at Connecture Inc in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Position Summary

Connecture - Milwaukee, WI

The Automation QA Manager is a fully hand-on senior automation engineer/architect who will lead a team of automation and performance QA engineers and manage everything related to automation and performance in QA.  This role manages the script development, processes, testing and projects in automation and performance.  The Automation QA Manager will work with team members in R&D including software developers/managers, product managers / product business analysts, QA members and another QA manager.

Essential Responsibilities / Duties

• Fully hand-on for performance and automation script development and be lead automation QA engineer and architect.


• Be automation script development lead providing guidance to automation and performance engineers.


• Be architect for automation script, platform and environment implementation and solve automation script development problems. 


• Drive test automation from the ground up


• Manages the activities of automation and performance QA engineers in the QA automation team.


• Works with R&D team members including development managers and QA manager to ensure effective management of automation QA team members and proper resource allocation.


• Effectively communicates project implementation and quality concerns to R&D leadership.


• Formulates strategic automation QA plans and process to increase quality and improve implementation efficiencies.


• Crafts a training program for less experienced automation engineers.


• Research tools for improving and upgrading automation capability.


• Functions in a consultative role to evaluate current QA business practices and offer insight to ensure success of Connecture products and/or services.


• Responsible for hiring, firing, performance appraisals, and pay reviews for all automation QA team members.


• Performs human capital responsibilities for staff which include interviewing and selection of new employees, promotions, staff development, performance evaluations, compensation changes, resolution of employee concerns, corrective actions, terminations, and overall employee morale.

Qualifications

• BS/BA Degree in computer science or related discipline


• 7+ years in software development implementation lifecycle focused specifically on quality assurance


• 1+ year in a manager role overseeing quality assurance resources working on various projects


• 5+ years QA Testing automation experience

Skills / Experience Required

• Experience in implementing complex products/technologies


• Time management, and prioritization skills


• Organizational/interpersonal skills


• Ability/experience to consult – identifying/ understanding business issues/needs and develop alternative course of actions


• Ability to meet deadlines and goals


• Written and oral communication skills


• Presentation skills both face to face and using MS Teams or similar programs


• Ability to be self-motivated and work independently


• Mainly QA Testing automation experience


• Automation Engineer/Architect Technical Experience/Skills
  
  
  • Expertise with JMeter or other protocol-level tool and performance testing.
  
  
  • Expertise in automation using Selenium WebDriver and/or similar frameworks with Java & Junit using IDE like IntelliJ IDEA.
  
  
  • Ability to manage code repository with TFS / Azure DevOps and Git client.
  
  
  • Experience with testing RESTful services.
  
  
  • Good knowledge about HTML, jQuery, CSS, JavaScript and Angular (SPA)
  
  
  • Good understanding about SPA and associated metrics for performance testing.
  
  
  • Experience with 3rd party testing platform like Blazemeter
  
  
  • Experience with issue tracking software such as JIRA etc.
  
  
  
  

Salary:

• $105,000 - $125,000 USD

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