Test Automation Engineer – SDET

Industry/Sector: Not Applicable

Time Type: Full time

Travel Requirements: Up to 60%

A career in our Quality Management and Testing practice, within Application and Emerging Technology services, will provide you with a unique opportunity to help our clients identify and prioritise emerging technologies that can help solve their business problems. We help clients design approaches to integrate new technologies, skills, and processes so they can get the most out of their technology investment and drive business results and innovation.

Our team helps organisations with enterprise wide quality management and testing of Information Technology solutions to improve quality, reduce compliance challenges, and lower delivery risk. As part of our team, you’ll help with testing management, strategy development, execution, and data analysis to enhance our clients enterprise technology.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

Responsibilities

PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to

As a Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution.

• Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
• Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
• Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
• Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
• Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
• Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
• Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
• Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

Basic Qualifications

Job Requirements and Preferences:

Minimum Degree Required

High School Diploma

Minimum Years Of Experience

4 year(s) of progressive roles focused on information technology applications and its overall impact on business strategies and productivity.

Degree Preferred

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor Degree

Preferred Fields Of Study

Computer Applications, Computer Programming

Preferred Knowledge/Skills

Demonstrating extensive abilities and/or a proven record of success as a team leader in the following areas:

• Designing & developing Test Automation Frameworks written in Javascript and C#;
• Possessing an understanding of Typescript & ES6 Javascript;
• Understanding of C# and C# .NET Core;
• Understanding Design Patterns & Principles;
• Understanding Asynchronous/Promise patterns for parallel execution;
• Utilizing Testing Tools (Selenium, Cypress, Wdio, etc);
• Understanding Web technologies (HTTP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS etc), data formats (XML, JSON, YAML) and data stores (NoSQL/SQL);
• Understanding Automate Testing Web & Mobile Applications (Angular / Ionic);
• Understanding Automate REST API Testing;
• Understanding Behavior Driven Development (Cucumber);
• Using Unit Testing tools (Jest, Mocha, nUnit, MOQ);
• Integrating Tests with SauceLabs and Headspin;
• Understanding Azure Devops Test Plan integrations and Continuous Integration testing pipelines; and,
• Working with remote and offshore teams and agile environments.

Demonstrates extensive abilities and/or a proven record of success as a team leader in the following areas:

• Utilizing technical systems and solution architecture to translate business plans into application technical objectives;
• Serving as a trusted advisor to business stakeholders and relationship teams providing thought leadership to promote innovation and/or cost reduction;
• Working within established Software Development Lifecycles and methodologies including agile, scrum, iterative & waterfall to support the success of the organization;
• Learning rapidly and continuously taking advantage of new technologies, concepts and business models; demonstrated history of staying current in emerging technology trends;
• Displaying initiative and ability to develop applications in a self-directed and self-disciplined manner;
• Researching and evaluating emerging technologies and novel approaches to enhance business processes and/or create competitive advantage to PwC;
• Working collaboratively with other developers, including participating in code reviews;
• Communicating effectively both verbally and written with project team members;
• Demonstrating robust analytical thinking skills with the ability to identify, debug, and resolve technical issues;
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams in resolving complex technical issues: providing design guidance that follows the enterprise architecture vision and adheres to application technology guidelines; and understanding and mitigating the impact of technical design to security, performance and data privacy;
• Demonstrating significant contributions to deliver solutions within an Agile methodology, while establishing quality, timeliness and adherence to good architectural practice and guidelines;
• Designing, improving and integrating business processes across disparate systems; and,
• Participating in design standards work streams up through ratification in the governance process, working with multi-territory representatives and technical architects.

For positions in Colorado, visit the following link for information related to Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act: https://pwc.to/coloradoadvisoryseniorassociate.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy

For positions based in San Francisco, consideration of qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records will be in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

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Please note that, at this time, to be in-person at a PwC office, client location or PwC-sponsored events, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.