Software Test Engineer II

Company: Cox Automotive
Location: Wilmington
Posted on: April 10, 2021

Job Description:

Primary Location: 3268 Progress Way, Wilmington, OH, USADivision: Cox AutomotiveJob Level: Individual ContributorTravel: NoSchedule: Full-timeShift: Day JobRequisition Number: 210817 Job Summary:The Software Test Engineer II is responsible for developing automated testing strategies and implementing them in industry standard testing frameworks. The Software Test Engineer provides testing automated testing expertise and oversight and also plays a role in providing advice and guidance and monitoring emerging technologies.Due to current COVID-19 restrictions, this is a temporary work from home role but will ultimately work in the Cox Automotive offices in Wilmington, OH or Sacramento, CA.Primary Responsibilities:Agile Planning

• Understands the challenges that delivery and operations teams face in their day-to-day work and partner with them to design viable solutions.
• Recommends improvements to testing processes, technology, and interfaces that improve the effectiveness of testing teams and reduce technical debt.Automation Development
  • Owns the testing automation strategy, test data management strategy, and test automation framework architecture.
  • Develops new or maintains existing test automation frameworks for all applications that automation currently supports.
  • Writes, debugs and executes code used in automated testing efforts.
  • Coordinates regression test automation activities across supported applications.
  • Defines, implements, and manages processes and "best practices" with regard to automated testing.
  • Establishes processes to continually review and select manual test cases for automation test suites.
  • Provides metrics on business process and code coverage for automated test suites.
  • Presents test results to stakeholders.
  • Partners with feature developers and other automation engineers to build the tools and infrastructure to ensure production code is thoroughly tested to the highest standards.Application Support
    • Provides ongoing support, monitoring, and maintenance of deployed products.Advice and Guidance
      • Actively works with less experienced software test engineers providing technical guidance and oversight.Emergency Technology Monitoring
        • Actively participates in the engineering community, staying up to date on new testing technologies and best practices and shares insights with others in the organization.Qualifications:
          • Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent combination of industry related professional experience and education
          • Scrum Developers Certification or equivalent
          • 2+ years of working experience
          • Experience with Test Automation of web based applications
          • Experience with manual testing of web based applications
          • Experience testing API based interfaces
          • Working experience with software test tools and processes, building and testing frameworks, and consumer-facing applications and databases
          • Working experience with regulatory standards testing processes
          • Working experience of scripting and configuration tools
          • Working knowledge of delivering products in an engineering, operations, or release role
          • Working knowledge of development lifecycle methodologies (e.g. waterfall, agile, iterative)
          • Working knowledge in analysis, design and programming
            Who We AreAbout Cox AutomotiveTheres nothing ordinary about Cox Automotive. We are people of every background driven by our passion for mobility, innovation, client success and community outreach. We make buying, selling and owning (or simply using) cars easier for everyone. Touching more than 40,000 clients across five continents, we bring together the best brands and the best teams to propel the automotive industry forward. Some of those team members work for our iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book, while others are creating the future of automotive at industry-facing brands like Dealer.com, Manheim and vAuto. About Cox We are the Cox family of businesses. Weve been making our mark since 1898 by building and evolving world-class businesses, staying true to our values, and encouraging top talent to always look for growth and impact while building a career with us. Our primary divisions - Cox Communications and Cox Automotive - are driving a new wave of innovation, powering smart cities with powerhouse broadband communications and pioneering greener, more progressive transportation alternatives for individuals and fleet operators. Were also expanding into new spaces like cleantech and healthcare to rev up our momentum toward building a better future for the next generation. Were looking for the talent today who will be our leaders tomorrow. Sound intriguing? Learn more about where we are today, where we hope youll be going with us, and the common purpose that unites us at coxenterprises.com. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer - All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individuals age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.Statement to ALL Third-Party Agencies and Similar Organizations: Cox accepts resumes only from agencies with which we formally engage their services. Please do not forward resumes to our applicant tracking system, Cox employees, Cox hiring manager, or send to any Cox facility. Cox is not responsible for any fees or charges associated with unsolicited resumes.

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