QA Automation Engineer

Overview World Travel Holdings is seeking a remote QA Automation Engineer. This role will support our internal enterprise application team that is responsible for design and development of our agent and support application. The ideal candidate for this position will have expert level technical skills in creating and maintaining cohesive automation scripts with strong experience in Java, REST API testing, and Selenium. About World Travel Holdings World Travel Holdings is the nation’s largest cruise agency and award-winning leisure travel company with a portfolio of nearly 40 diverse brands. In addition to owning some of the largest brands distributing cruises, villas, resort vacations, car rentals, resort day passes and luxury travel services, World Travel Holdings has a vast portfolio of private-label partnerships comprised of top leisure travel providers, including almost every U.S. airline, leading hotel brands and prominent corporations. The company also operates a top-rated travel agency franchise and is consistently recognized as an industry leader in employee engagement and work-at-home employment. Its global presence includes operating multiple cruise brands in the United Kingdom. World Travel Holdings has offices in Wakefield, Mass.; Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; and Chorley, England. For more information, visit . Responsibilities Collaborate with your scrum team to understand all requirements to ensure sufficient test coverage for each user story Create, manage, and execute automation tasks within stories Provide coding support in the existing automation test suites to ensure scripts are functioning as designed Use GIT to version and manage code Script SQL database queries to validate data & troubleshoot defects Review and analyze user stories in SCRUM ceremonies to provide accurate work estimates Resolve script failures during development and execution Communicate effectively in both verbal and written forms throughout the software development lifecycle making sure to advise the SCRUM teams of potential risk areas as early as possible Identify and log defects in a timely manner, work with developers to resolve, and verify fixes when implemented, work with SCRUM team to coordinate test effort on each story Work with automation engineers from other scrum teams to understand how changes in your team’s code changes may affect maintenance of existing test scripts in other testing environments Troubleshoot defects found and enter bugs when needed Qualifications BS/BA in Computer Science or related field with 5+ years in Automation testing Proven experience creating UI automation test scripts; using Java and Selenium is preferred Experience working with automation frameworks like Maven and TestNG Experience working with version control (GIT or similar) Experience creating SQL queries to support automation scripts; experience with Oracle Database is preferred Understanding of continuous integration/continuous deployment and experience with Jenkins(or similar product) Efficiency in Scrum, and knowledge of how automation is performed within a scrum team Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills Ability to shift priorities and multi-task based on business needs Exceptional analytical and troubleshooting skills More ways to wow us Experience creating automated scripts for a React.js website Experience with Jenkins administration and Pipelines scripts Experience with Docker containers and their usage in parallelization with Selenium Grid Proven experience creating automation test scripts for RESTful APIs; using Unirest is preferred Experience working with Xpath, XML schema validation, and JSON schema validation Travel Experience a plus Options Sorry the Share function is not working properly at this moment. Please refresh the page and try again later. Share on your newsfeed CONNECT WITH US Not ready to apply? for general consideration. Software Powered by iCIMS