Position: QA Automation Engineer (.Net)
Company: Luxoft
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

Project Description:
This position is to join a new team working on a SASS offering.
The team will support the high quality of software by independently verifying that software functionality conforms to business requirements using a combination of manual and technical testing techniques. The team will also responsible for verifying technical aspects of the implementation including the performance and scalability of the solution.

This position is a hands-on test build /execution role. It is a highly technical position and will require strong knowledge of automation and more specifically testing of microservices based architectures.
Responsibilities:
- Create overall Automation approach and provide ongoing effort estimations to build out tests for each user story for sprint
 - Demonstrable experience building deterministic, repeatable tests that assert business specifications
 - Closely working with PO/Dev and work toward signing off the stories
 - Proactively learn new languages, libraries, and platforms as needed. Adapt quickly to changing requirements.
 - Leverage frameworks for Contract Testing (eg PACT / DREDD or equivalent)
 - Implement the above frameworks in CI/CD environments / nightly runs in TeamCity/ GITLAB or Equivalent
 - Maintain and Contribute to existing framework
 - Implement Shift-left approach and execute system under test using API test-doubles/virtualization

 - Must have experience in implementing automation solutions within an Agile development lifecycle
 - Knowledge and experience of financial markets
 - Demonstrated ability to work in a globally distributed software development team
 - Define best-practice testing approaches
Mandatory Skills Description:
 - 8+ years of exp in IT industry
 - 6+ years of exp with C#
 - Proven experience in designing and implementing automation test frameworks especially for a microservice based architecture.
 - Experience in testing multi-tenant systems will be a plus
 - Experience in testing container-based systems will be a plus
 - Strong Experience in Test Automation Tool / Frameworks for example: Protractor / SPECFLOW / Selenium
 - Strong Experience in Docker, Ansible or Puppet
 - Practical experience with Service Layer Testing including but not limited to Rest APIs, XML, JAXB, JSON in creating a layered system.
 - Excellent programming skills.
Nice-to-Have Skills:
 - Able to provide regular progress and status updates on your development tasks to your manager and peers
 - Manage and track progress of ongoing items you depend on