Senior QA Automation Engineer

The Senior QA Automation Engineer will define and build a new automation system for testing Comscore's on-device meters. The first usecase for the new system will be automating application and website testing on Windows. The Senior QA Automation Engineer will collaborate with developers, testers and engineering management to define the system's MVP, and its implementation timeline. Once available, they will work with product developers and QA to integrate the new automation system into existing engineering workflows and pipelines and will help to migrate existing manual tests into the new system.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Evaluate existing automation tools, languages, and systems for usefulness in this effort. 
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define the MVP and follow-on automation feature priorities.
• Build the new system using a combination of off-the-shelf- tools and custom programming they provide.
• Provide periodic project status reports to project managers and other stakeholders.
• Help to migrate existing test cases into the new automation system, once possible.

 

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• 5+ years of experience in a QA role; 2+ years in a senior role
• 2+ years developing and maintaining a software automation solution
• Experience testing / automating multiple, full-cycle software releases.
• Experience automating native Windows software applications, to include:
• Automating the management of VM sessions, updates, and configurations
• Automating software installations, simulating user behaviors, and validating website content.
• Defining automation test cases; managing test case runs and produced artifacts
• Generating quality reports and delivering progress updates to management and stakeholders.
• Creating new automation features, including design, effort estimation, development, and peer review.
• Familiarity with AWS concepts and topics related to AWS deployments and testing.
• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and practices. Bonus:  prior, 1st-hand experience integrating test automation into a CI pipeline.
• Experience in both 'Waterfall' and Agile project methodologies, with a basic understanding of each's SDLC.

​Technologies: Languages of interest:

• PhP, Java, JavaScript, Python, C#, SQL, Auto IT
• Tools / Frameworks of interest:
• Microsoft testing ecosystem experience (e.g. 'Winium', 'CodedUI', MSTest, UIA/MSAA, etc.)
• Atlassian suite (Jira, SourceTree, Confluence, BitBucket, etc.)
• Git
• Selenium
• Zephyr, or other integrated testcase management solution.
• Virtualization technologies (Hyper-V; VMWare, etc.)

About Comscore:

 

At Comscore, we’re pioneering the future of cross-platform media measurement, arming organizations with the insights they need to make decisions with confidence. Central to this aim are our people who work together to simplify the complex on behalf of our clients & partners. Though our roles and skills are varied, we’re united by our commitment to five underlying values: Integrity, Velocity, Accountability, Teamwork, and Servant Leadership. If you’re motivated by big challenges and interested in helping some of the largest and most important media properties and brands navigate the future of media, we’d love to hear from you.   

Comscore (NASDAQ: SCOR) is a trusted partner for planning, transacting and evaluating media across platforms. With a data footprint that combines digital, linear TV, over-the-top and theatrical viewership intelligence with advanced audience insights, Comscore allows media buyers and sellers to quantify their multiscreen behavior and make business decisions with confidence. A proven leader in measuring digital and set-top box audiences and advertising at scale, Comscore is the industry’s emerging, third-party source for reliable and comprehensive cross-platform measurement. To learn more about Comscore, please visit Comscore.com.

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