Corporation is an American insurance company, headquartered in Northfield Township, Illinois, near Northbrook, since 1967. Founded in 1931 as part of Sears, Roebuck and Co., it was spun off in 1993, but was still partially owned by Sears until it became completely an independent company in June 1995.
Job Description
The Test Engineer Consultant, provides Test execution on software development projects, focusing on the creation/ execution of functional and automated test scripts for low to medium-complexity projects including database validation and web services testing. They are responsible for helping develop the test plans for the team and are the quality advocate responsible for helping identify acceptance criteria and defining the test conditions when stories or requirements are created.
Job Responsibilities
Roles and Responsibilities:
Primary Skills: Selenium Testing
Experience constructing test cases and executing them across functional, regression and system testing
• Experience with at least one of the following areas: Java, C#, Python, .NET, Selenium, UFT, SQL
• Experience using test management tools (e.g. HPQC, Jira – Zephyr)
• Understanding of agile software development and CI/CD pipelines in relation to testing
• Strong understanding of Source Code Management Tools (e.g. Git, TFS, RTC)
• Knowledge and understanding of Web Services in relation to software testing
• Strong communication skills
• Strong analytical ability
Desired Skills
• Experience working in an agile scrum team
• Experience executing test cases in at least one of the following areas: performance, stress load testing
• Experience utilizing automation tools (e.g. Eclipse, IntelliJ, Maven, TestNG)
• Understanding of Web Service Testing Tools (e.g. CA LISA, SoapUI, other WS tools)
• Understanding of performance testing tools (e.g. LoadRunner, ALM performance center, JMeter)
• Knowledge or experience of Relational Database Management (e.g. Oracle, SQL, MySQL)
• Industry knowledge & experience in Insurance and Telematics experience is a plus