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Summary:

The Quality Assurance Engineer is responsible for the development and execution of manual, automated test scripts and executing Functional, Regression, and automated testing on-demand and via a CI/CD pipeline to ensure a high-quality product is delivered to our PDS 2 customers.

PDS 2 is a Cloud-Native application that consists of a set of microservices that are deployed on a Kubernetes-based Container Orchestration Platform. PDS 2 application relies on several services such as Relational Database, Key-Value store, Message Broker(s), Identity Provider, Secrets Manager. PDS 2 uses contemporary DevSecOps practices such as Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment that facilitate deployment strategies such as Rolling, Canary and Blue/Green.

Duties and Responsibilities:

This position is for a Quality Assurance Engineer who will provide technical guidance to small teams, perform maintenance of the automation framework, suggest improvements, and implement them. He/She would provide technical guidance and make recommendations for best practices in Quality Engineering and Automation. There will be no team members reporting to him/her.
Develop and execute maintainable automation tests for acceptance, integration, end-to-end, functional, and regression test cases
Should be willing to work with geographically distributed teams within normal US business hours
Ability to take ownership of small and medium-sized tasks and deliver while mentoring and helping Wabtec and Contractor team members
Perform design reviews to ensure the proposed approach meets functional requirements and follows best practices for developing automated test scripts.
Perform code reviews to ensure code and content meet defined standards and do not break existing functionality.
Provide guidance to junior members to maintain quality engineering, quality test planning, and proper test methodology.
Provide support in troubleshooting issues related to the automation tool, VMs, etc. and engage support teams when necessary.
Oversee efforts to build efficiencies in the automation framework to increase the robustness while reducing the runtime, maintenance, and script creation time.
Ensure understanding of issues and presents clear rationale. Uses two-way communication to influence outcomes and ongoing results.
Strong oral, written communication, and interpersonal skills
Interacting with customers in this role is possible to some extent
Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, MIS, Engineering, or a closely related field of study
A minimum of 4 years of professional experience OR Master’s degree with 2 years of experience
Extensive experience in test automation using Selenium, REST assured, and other automation tools with detailed knowledge of writing Java in a SAFe/Agile environment
Working knowledge of CI/CD to support continuous automation and deployment process, alongside experience in using Bash commands with Linux.
Experience in testing REST APIs using apps such as Postman and Java packages such as REST assured.
Experience with any issue-tracking and agile project management tools such as Rally, xWiki, HP ALM etc.
Knowledge of cloud technologies in AWS.

Desired Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Working knowledge of Docker, as well as awareness in container management tools such as Kubernetes.
Strategic and creative thinking to analyze issues that may arise and create solutions.
Demonstrates the initiative to explore alternate technology and approaches to solving problems
Ability to respond positively to feedback and implement change in process and procedures as needed.
Experience working with virtual machines (VMs) as part of a test/integration infrastructure
Understand the problems from a customer perspective and suggest creative solutions.
Demonstrates awareness about railroad industry, with knowledge on competitors and industry trends
Skilled in breaking down problems, documenting problem statements and estimating efforts.
Travel requirement may be 10%-20% annually, if remote to Melbourne, FL for quarterly planning activities
Continuously measures deliverables of self and team against scheduled commitments. Effectively balances different, competing objectives

Physical Demands:

Employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
Employee able to travel if needed less than 10%
Employee able to use a computer for programming and interacting with his team.
Remaining in a stationary position, often sitting for prolonged periods
Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers

Work Environment:

The employee will typically work in a temperature-controlled office environment, with frequent exposure to electronic office equipment
Wabtec works in a hybrid model giving employees the flexibility to work remotely on Monday/Friday and in-office Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday

Relocation lump sum is available for those who meet the eligibility criteria

Wabtec Corporation is committed to taking on the world’s toughest challenges. In order to fulfill that commitment we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity and inclusiveness. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences and styles…people like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.