Role Overview

Design an effective test automation suite for your SCRUM team to validate application functionality and performance based on refined acceptance criteria, using methodologies, tools, strategies, and standards based on best practices in Agile software testing and continuous integration and deployment.

Responsibilities

Assist the Agile team in the continuous validation of web applications, system to system interfaces and complete software solutions
Design and develop test automation scenarios to validate system to system interfaces and complete software solutions (for API and UI tests)
Interact with business and development stakeholders to define test plans and schedules
Translate complex system requirements and specs into test requirements and testing methods
Identify and implement complex automation efforts, including refactoring of automation code where needed
Work closely with software engineers to build quality in, ensuring proper test and requirement coverage, configuration quality, monitoring, early performance testing
Generate test data for defined test cases, recognize test environment preparation needs, and execute existing test plans and report results
Participate in project-level reviews, walkthroughs and inspections, and conduct test reviews, including test plans, requirements, cases and automation coverage
Document performance test strategies and test plans, and execute performance validation
Collect quality metric data and communicate test status/risks to stakeholders
Work closely with developers to identify code defects or regressions
Closely adhere to quality standards and assist team members in validating application functionality through the implementation of test strategies, frameworks, tools, reports, etc.
Assist in planning and documenting test strategies and acceptance criteria based on customer needs
Participate in requirements review, story elaborations and testing activities
Design, code, and construct automation tests; escalate issues during testing
Provide automation tests for operations teams to use in Ci/Cd automated quality gates
Perform Exploratory testing as required
Raise process improvement opportunities
Act as first-review for project-level reviews, walkthroughs and inspections
Provide technical support and mentoring to junior team members
Perform demos of new product functionality to stakeholders

Requirements

At least four year degree in a related field (or certifications and comparable experience)
Experience in code development, code review, and construction and use of automation frameworks
Experience in building automation frameworks, acceptance and integration test automation scripts
Successfully developed high quality test strategies and text execution; recognized test environment preparation needs
Ability to analyze application logs and assist engineers by utilizing basic debugging techniques
Successfully led multiple test paths simultaneously
Successfully validated one or more application codebases via automation, for new feature functionality and regression testing
Experience in Agile testing methodologies and tools, unit and integration testing, and data virtualization tools
Basic understanding of validation techniques and Continuous Testing
Familiarity with UI automation frameworks, tools, and techniques to validate user interfaces (mobile, portal, web, etc.)
Able to mentor peers and guide less experienced Team members

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.