Lead Test Specialist - Automation

Job description

Introduction
In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world.​ Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.
A career in IBM CIC is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.
You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat.
Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your Role and Responsibilities
As an entry level Test Specialist at IBM, your technical skills will directly impact the quality of the software we create, and your recommendations and findings will help us make sure we're delivering the best of the best. Come work in an agile environment where you will help each iteration reach the next level. Whether the testing is manual, automated, or cognitive, you hold a key role in releasing the best deliverables to our clients and IBM alike. In your role you may be responsible for:
Building automated tests using tools such as Selenium, Protractor, Katalon, Cucumber, etc.
Create test data and test environments
Write and execute test scripts under the direction of a senior tester and test lead and identify errors and validate successes for any software solution
Identify, understand, and document all programming errors and operational characteristics that are inconsistent with stated requirements and design specification goals for the given program, application or set of applications
Do a deep-dive and present test results to clients and project teams clearly.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise
Must have: Experience of writing test automation scripts using Selenium. Model office testing, experience in performing end to end testing and UAT testing, business testing.
Experience with automation builds for the testing IT systems and applications.
Highly expereinced in multiple test automation tools and technologies and use these to build and maintain automation solutions to test applications and IT systems across the levels of testing.
Understands testing requirements, builds optimized test scenarios, develops automation to execute test along with test data and environment related automation, executes automated testing and achieves test outcome.
Has understanding to all the contemporary technology trends: Agile, DevOps, Containers and has the ability to integrate testing automation into overall delivery automation.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
- ISTQB certification
- A4Q - Selenium certification