Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Minnesota.

📋 Description

• Create and implement automation testing for the NMDP Information Technology Quality Assurance team.

• Strategize, design, and develop automation frameworks to transition manual regression tests into automated processes.

• Provide mentorship to project teams on automation and performance testing methodologies.

• Oversee and carry out automation test activities, along with delivering comprehensive reporting.

• Offer QA leadership and advocate for best practices, a culture of quality, and ongoing improvement.

• Detect, report, and resolve quality-related risks, issues, and obstacles.

• Lead or coordinate various types of testing including performance, load, security, functional, smoke, regression, and user acceptance testing.

• Collaborate effectively with Product Owners, Business Analysts, customers, IT project teams, business partners, and operations partners.

• Design, construct, organize, and maintain test scripts and libraries for automation frameworks.

• Develop test scripts for web services, messaging, database validation, file handling, and XML parsing.

• Monitor and report on automation testing outcomes.

• Create utility programs and explore new automation tools and methodologies for installation.

• Support production testing, defect triage, hot fixes, release regression, smoke testing, and post-implementation transitions.

• Guide QA team members and developers in adopting automation best practices.

• Contribute to the establishment of enterprise-wide QA automation standards and initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, mathematics, or a related technical field that requires programming; equivalent experience and/or education may be considered as a substitute.

• A minimum of 10 years in IT, encompassing QA experience with software testing tools, techniques, and methodologies.

• At least 5 years of formal software test automation experience with Windows and client-server applications.

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in Agile development.

• 3 years of experience in Salesforce automation and/or development, applicable only to Salesforce roles.

• Familiarity with quality assurance principles, including integration, system, regression, performance, and user acceptance testing.

• Proficient in object-oriented design and programming using languages such as Java, C#, JavaScript, Python, or other modern object-oriented languages.

• Experience with tools such as GitLab, GitHub, Maven, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Drone, JIRA, ALM, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, JUnit, or similar software.

• Proven experience in designing test strategies and plans, conducting quality reviews, implementing quality standards, tracking defects, and addressing system/environment issues.

• Demonstrated experience leading QA teams and providing project status updates and risk assessments.

• Experience in implementing a Quality Management System evaluated by ISO 25010 and familiarity with ISO 9001 standards.

• Background in regulated industries like healthcare or life sciences, applying GxP or FDA-aligned validation practices.

• Proficient in test automation and performance testing techniques.

• Experience in measuring QA effectiveness and developing enterprise metrics.

• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional/matrixed teams.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate with executive management.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical benefits

• Dental benefits

• Vision benefits

• Life benefits

• Disability benefits

• Accident/critical illness/hospital benefits

• Well-being benefits

• Legal benefits

• Identity theft benefits

• Pet benefits

• Retirement plan

• Paid time off and holidays

• Leave benefits

• Incentive plans