Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Summary

Join the California Independent System Operator (ISO) as a Sr Software Quality Assurance Engineer and apply your test engineering and product knowledge to design tests and testing strategies for the validation and quality assessment of CAISO production software products. You will ensure testing processes align with CAISO quality practices, including security, performance, integration, and functional testing. Lead technical improvements for CAISO Enterprise Test Methodology, procedures, guidelines, and tools. Responsibilities include planning and executing security, integration, and performance tests, establishing testing methodologies, and leading testing teams. You will also establish and maintain the Software Test Automation and Performance Test Engineering code base. This position offers a flexible hybrid or local remote schedule and relocation assistance.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Information Technology, Management of Information Systems, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field
• Equivalent years of education and training, plus five (5) or more years related experience
• Experience in software quality assurance in one or more areas: software performance testing, UI test automation tools, or web service testing
• Experience in an IT software development and maintenance environment with an emphasis in test automation, tool selections, and software quality assurance
• Familiarity with IT best practices
• IT Service Management (Change, Configuration, Problem Management), or Process management concepts
• Experience with test automation tools and VBS for UFT; Python, SQL Python for Selenium or equivalent
• Proficiency in performance testing tools, and web service testing
• Experience with tools such as ALM, Jira and Confluence
• UFT, Selenium or equivalent
• Load Runner Professional, Parasoft SOA Test, SOAP-UI, HP Quality Center (ALM), Linux, Windows, Oracle, SQL, XML, VB Script, Python, Perl, Java Script, SPLUNK SPL, Rest API, JSON, Kafka
• Must be able to work effectively in a team environment as facilitator and team member
• Excellent analytical, verbal and written communication and documentation skills required, with a demonstrated attention to detail
• Ability to use deductive reasoning and analytical thinking with sound judgment and decision-making skills
• Excellent interpersonal and conflict resolution skills are also essential
• Must be self-starting and willing and able to work independently in a dynamic corporate organization under pressure of tight deadlines and aggressive expectations
• Self-motivated, problem solving skills and the ability to influence others without direct authority

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the planning and execution of the optimum level of Security, Integration and Performance Tests, assessing test results and making recommendations for areas and prioritization to address variances and performance tuning as needed, including recommendations to the QRB, with inputs from the Quality Assurance Lead
• Establishes testing methodologies, standards, tools and techniques for Security, Integration, Load/Performance Test Engineering and functional testing for adapters
• Leads technical aspects of test planning, determines the quantity and quality of tests, and ensures requirements are testable and software meets ISO’s requirements
• Responsible for estimation of Integration, Security, Performance, and Functional tests (for adapters) as well as Test Automation efforts
• Optimizes the sequencing and scope of technical testing aspects to drive lower Total Cost of Quality for ISO solutions
• Leads testing teams, related to the quality of tests and test records, to ensure all ISO software meets or exceeds the established quality standards and drives sustained reduction in defect escape rates to higher environments
• Establishes and maintains ISO Performance and Test Automation framework, performs code-reviews and maintenance of related scripts
• Establishes and maintains ISO product baseline tests and incremental test labs/cases and evidence for software security, performance and integration
• Provides input on enterprise level test framework architecture, integration, and security principles related to software testing as well as high-value optimal scope for test automation

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree preferred
• Testing certifications from reputable organizations such as ISTQB desirable
• Security Testing, performance testing and transaction analysis, integrating automated tests within HP ALM desired

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements
• Flexible hybrid or local remote schedule
• Relocation assistance is available