Quality Engineer Plain English - Madrid, España - Cognizant

Descripción

• Identify requirement defects by adopting shift left levers eg:Requirement Ambiguity Matrix, ADPART ,and other cognizant solution accelerators * Perform KT on user stories.
• Design estimates (time /effort) based on the requirements analysis. In case of critical technology, create test scripts and seek review inputs from the test lead.
• Understand and analyze the requirements (through review of requirement document) to identify the testable requirements.
• Prioritize the requirements based on the time required.
• Prepare highlevel flow documents.
• Organize and drive the requirement walkthrough session. Prepare/Review the flow diagrams.
• Seek clarification on the requirements from the customer. Perform Proof of concepts or evaluate different tools if required.

• Document the test plan based on the understanding of test strategy (covering project details, items under scope, items out of scope, type of testing, assumptions, dependencies, risks foreseen, entry/exit criteria) for each cycle.
• Seek signoff on the test plan from the client.
• Provide inputs for test plan creation including number of test scenarios and test cases used for estimation of the test cycles /schedule, dependencies etcin addition to the other dependencies from various teams like environment availability , third party interfaces and test data etc. * Participate in collaborative sprint goal definition session to determine what the team plans to achieve during the sprint. Participation in status calls/meetings between onsite and offshore teams to discuss the project status.

• Identify the test scenarios based on the understanding of systems, interfaces and application.
• Identify end to end business critical scenarios. * Assist / support development team in unit test automation, identify environment dependencies, deployment strategies, build release cycle, test data dependencies etc.
• Create/Review the test scenarios (created by the Quality Engineer. * Identify and validate test scenarios for automation. * Perform In Sprint automation. * Perform Automation Script Maintenance.
• Share created test scripts with test lead for review.
• Conduct pilot automation test run to validate the test scripts.
• Validate the test environment set up.
• Participate in customer review meetings and seek sign off by customer on the review comments.
• Identify regression scenario and the impacted areas on need basis.
• Perform effective automation through automated code coverage tools/ manual code review with minimal review comments.
• Develop supporting structures for all test automation including mocks, stubs, & test harnesses

• Able to estimate and commit task level effort and deliver activities on time.
• Effective technical communication by participating in architectural/design reviews.
• Performance Development Process.
• Comprehensive understanding of full development lifecycle and is actively involved in all phases.
• Participate in the defect triages to gather evidence for defect identification on periodic basis for defect prioritization and fix.
• Track defect metrics to ensure testing effectiveness as generated by tool. * Involvement with development teams, architects early in the project life cycle to identify the dependencies on architecture design, coding standards, deployment environment, deployment methodologies.

• Test the defect and update the status, if required.
• Conduct root cause analysis of the defects logged.
• Conduct dry run/smoke testing to ensure scripts readiness.
• Perform high level/Sanity testing to ensure testing is intact.
• Provide automation/white box and other status to Test Lead/Test Manager.
• Develop automated test scripts using technology concepts.
• Create test automation framework that suites the application under test using the identified test automation tool.
• Incorporate the automated tests into continuous integration process. * Coordinate with the stakeholders to make gono go decision based on test results and test closure summary report. * Possess knowlesdge on continous integration practices & identify appropriate CI tools based on project development model. * Ensure CI Setup is done for each round and job creation is done using CI tools. * Perform Frequent monitoring & Failure analysis will be done. * Perform Script fixing for any errors/issues. * Status is shared to onsite across all teams. * Frequent Optimization /Maintenance.

• Support business on faster timetomarket activities.
• Adopt best practices to maximize savings and minimize redundancy. Feasibility Study – new technology/ framework concept. Code coverage analysis.

• Develop and sustain positive relationships with peers. * Identify training needs of team members. * Identify, groom, reward and develop high performers. * Resolve escalated conflicts and grievances.

• Creation of knowledge base with quality test automation process documents.
• Coordinate with team members, to upload the relevant document in knowledge management portals and keep it updated with the latest document.
• Improvise already existing processes based on the experience.
• Institutionalize systems and processes in place to implement innovation suggestion made by the team (eg adoption of Cognizant proprietary best practices / tools, process optimization like usage of tools, automation, etc ).
• Identify the time and cost savings made due to adoption of the best practices.
• Foster innovative culture in project team.

• Possess fundamental of software configuration management including revision control and the establishment of baselines.
• Possess handson working knowledge of atleast 2 software configuration management tools.
• Adhere to all customer standards, policies and governance practices. * Strong project management knowledge with ability to create plan, identify dependencies, risks & constraints & mitigation plans. * Create timely status reports & provide timely deliverables & upload in project management tools. * Identify suitable project metrics & continously track/monitor. * Able to come up with preventive & corrective actions for risks.