QA Engineer II

Grade: 9 The Role: Quality Engineer The Location: Princeton, NJ, Virtual The Team: The team works in agile environment and adheres to all basic principles of Agile. As a Quality Engineer, you will work with a team of intelligent, ambitious and hard-working software professionals. The team is independent in driving all decisions and responsible for the architecture, design and development of our products with high quality. The Impact: Achieve Individual objectives and contribute to the achievement of team objectives. Work on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors. ETL Testing from various feeds on server (S3, SQL ,HIVE, Data Bricks, Snow Flake) using different testing strategy to ensure the data quality and data consistency, timeliness Knowledge of API Testing Build automation scripts/framework for improvement of QA effort during testing. Achieve the above intelligently and economically using QA best practices. What is in it for you? Be the part of a successful team which works on delivering top priority projects which will directly contributing to Company’s strategy. Drive the testing initiatives including supporting Automation strategy. This is the place to enhance your Testing skills while adding value to the business. As an experienced member of the team, you will have the opportunity to own and drive a project end to end and collaborate with developers, business analysts and product managers who are experts in their domain which can help you to build multiple skillset. Responsibilities: As Quality Engineer, you are responsible for: Defining Quality Metrics Defining quality standards and metrics for the current project/product. Working with all stake holders to ensure that the quality metrics is reviewed, closed and agreed upon. Create a list of milestones and checkpoints and set measureable criteria’s to check the quality on timely basis. Defining Testing Strategies Defining processes for test plan and several phases of testing cycle. Planning and scheduling several milestones and tasks like alpha and beta testing. Ensuring all development tasks meet quality criteria through test planning, test execution, quality assurance and issue tracking. Work closely on the deadlines of the project Ensure, you are focusing on automation along with manual testing. Keep raising the bar and standards of all the quality processes with every project. Thinking of continuous innovation. Review test strategies and see that all the various kinds of testing like unit, functional, performance, stress, acceptance etc. are getting covered. Managing Risks Understanding and defining areas to calculate the overall risk to the project. Creating strategies to mitigate those risks and take necessary measures to control the risks. Communicating or creating awareness to all the stake holders for the various risks Understand & review the current risks and escalate. Process improvements Challenge yourself continuously to move towards automation for all daily works and help others in the automation. Create milestones for yearly improvement projects and set. Work with the development team to ensure that the quality engineers get apt support like automation hooks or debug builds where ever and whenever possible What we are looking for: Basic Qualifications: Bachelor's/PG degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent. 3-5 years of strong experience in QA/testing or application development Strong in Database and ETL testing Strong at preparing the test plan and ensure that that test plans get reviewed by all stakeholders and strong in peer reviews. Strong command of Essential technologies: SQL scripting, PL/SQL. must have strong skills in writing complex and automated SQL scripts Strong command of any Programmatic Language (Python /Java preferred) Knowledge on API testing Hadoop & Big Data Concepts and Data validation on HIVE tables Proficient with software development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies like Agile, QA methodologies, defect management system, and documentation. Experience in automation, automation frameworks and automation delivery preferred. Good at setting Quality standards in various new testing technologies in the industry. Good at identifying and defining areas to calculate the overall risk to the project and Creating strategies to mitigate those risks and escalate as necessary. Excellent Analytical and communication skills are essential, with strong verbal and writing proficiencies Preferred Qualifications: Strong in Database and ETL testing Good in SDET Professional skills. Strong knowledge on Coding Skills in any programmatic language Python/ Java skills value added. Compensation/Benefits Information (US Applicants Only): S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $46,200 - $129,200. Base salary ranges may vary by geographic location. In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive bonus/a sales commission plan. This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, visit https://spgbenefits.com/ About S&P Global Corporate: At S&P Global, we don’t give you intelligence—we give you essential intelligence. The essential intelligence you need to make decisions with conviction. We’re the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks and analytics in the global capital and commodity markets. Our divisions include S&P Global Ratings, S&P Global Market Intelligence, S&P Dow Jones Indices and S&P Global Platts. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer committed to making all employment decisions without regard to race/ethnicity, gender, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status (including domestic partnerships and civil unions), sexual orientation, military veteran status, unemployment status, or other legally protected categories, subject to applicable law. ----------------------------------------------------------- Equal Opportunity Employer S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment. If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: [email protected] and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.  US Candidates Only: The EEO is the Law Poster http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf describes discrimination protections under federal law. ----------------------------------------------------------- IFTECH202.1 - Middle Professional Tier I (EEO Job Group) Job ID: 273715 Posted On: 2022-07-05 Location: Princeton, New Jersey, United States