Doran Jones Inc
Senior Quality Assurance Testing Engineer
Doran Jones Inc, Tampa, Florida, us, 33646
Doran Jones is seeking an experienced Quality Assurance Testing Engineer to join a highly skilled team of SDLC professionals and drive and execute our QA efforts, leveraging a blend of mature QA practices, DevOps, and Automation within an Agile framework.
The candidate will be working on a project that is an ongoing redesign of the Operational Risk Management application for a large financial services company. The application leverages Java Spring Boot microservices, an Angular frontend via pod deployments, and an Oracle database.
The project goal is to replace the legacy application with a more modern enterprise application capable of interfacing with many of the organization's external systems. The application's main goal is to monitor Residual Risk across Processes and assess the effectiveness of Controls across the firm's many global businesses.
This role is pivotal in developing, maintaining, and integrating Test Automation within our CI/CD pipeline, overseeing and helping to perform all QA approaches including Manual Testing, Regression Testing, Accessibility, Static Code Analysis, Performance Testing, and more.
Responsibilities
Requirement Analysis:
• Review and analyze system specifications.
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and stakeholders to understand product requirements.
• Ensure comprehensive manual testing coverage, including agreement on acceptance criteria and scripting.
Test Case Planning and Development:
• Develop and document comprehensive test plans based on project requirements and timelines.
• Design, create, and maintain detailed, comprehensive, well-structured test cases.
• Define QA standards in collaboration with development teams and third parties.
• Establish and maintain Test Data Management processes, standards, and automation.
Test Execution and Automation:
• Execute test cases (manual or automated) and analyze results.
• Perform regression testing to ensure new changes do not adversely affect existing functionalities.
• Lead the development of Automated Testing Scripts, regression testing, and smoke testing strategies.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts using various testing tools and frameworks.
• Integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline.
Bug Identification and Reporting:
• Identify, document, and report bugs and issues.
• Work closely with the development team to resolve issues.
• Track and verify bug fixes.
Performance Testing:
• Design and implement Performance Testing frameworks and Performance Engineering processes.
• Conduct performance, load, and stress testing to evaluate system behavior under varying conditions.
• Use tools like JMeter, LoadRunner, or similar for performance testing.
User Acceptance Testing (UAT):
• Coordinate and support UAT activities.
• Gather feedback from end-users and incorporate it into the testing process.
Documentation:
• Create and maintain testing documentation, including test plans, test cases, and test reports.
• Document testing processes and methodologies.
Collaboration and Communication:
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, project managers, and other stakeholders.
• Participate in regular meetings to discuss project status, issues, and progress.
• Coordinate test environment maintenance, troubleshoot issues alongside the DevOps team, and advocate for continuous improvement.
• Mentor and manage two Quality Analysts, defining and tracking quality metrics.
Continuous Improvement:
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends, tools, and technologies.
• Continuously improve testing processes and methodologies to enhance product quality.
Compliance and Standards:
• Ensure that testing activities comply with industry standards and organizational policies.
• Ensure that the final product meets regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Complete mandatory security training and comply with ISMS policies.
• Report any security violations or concerns to the appropriate departments.
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Required Experience
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.At least 7 years of IT experience, with a focus on Quality Assurance and DevOps.Extensive knowledge of QA procedures, automated testing tools/Frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cucumber), and experience with Agile Development.Experience with Security Scanning tools such as SonarQube, or equivalent.Proficiency in maintaining Test Environments and integrating test automation within Continuous Integration frameworks.Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.Exposure to test lifecycle management tools such as ALM or Jira is desired.Understanding of DevOps technologies, Software Configuration Management, and Infrastructure Operations.Solid understanding of different testing methodologies (TDD, BDD)Experience working with Postman/SoapUI or other REST API testing tools.Ability to write advanced queries in Oracle SQL or similar RDMS.Preferred Experience
Financial services experience.
Doran Jones Inc. (DJI) is the leading financial services Data Engineering and Application Development firm, specializing in Capital Markets, Risk, and Regulatory Compliance. We are US-based, helping our clients fill gaps in capacity and expertise, reduce risk, and accelerate change. Our leaders average over 25 years of experience in Financial Services and Technology. DJI is repeatedly engaged by the largest and most complex clients for our Agile transformation expertise and practical understanding of the critical relationship between data, architecture, and application development.
DJI has a mission to place more people from non-traditional backgrounds into sustainable technology careers. Through partnerships with non-profit technology programs in underserved communities and Veteran organizations, candidates transition from tech training programs into real IT careers at DJI. Our unique recruitment policy allows us to create exceptional teams, bringing a broad spectrum of experience to our company and creating anything but a traditional consulting firm.
DJI is a wholly-owned subsidiary of McLaren Strategic Ventures, a private equity firm, that invests in start-ups and scale-ups. They provide a full range of highly trusted domain consulting, advisory services, and innovative technologies globally. Doran Jones is able to offer a broad range of technology, deeper AI and machine learning tools, data intelligence, alternative resourcing capabilities, and capital access to invest and digitize at scale. Our clients benefit from this unique portfolio allowing them to accelerate the pace of their own digital transformations through innovative products and services designed around industry-wide issues.
Visit Doran Jones to learn more!
The candidate will be working on a project that is an ongoing redesign of the Operational Risk Management application for a large financial services company. The application leverages Java Spring Boot microservices, an Angular frontend via pod deployments, and an Oracle database.
The project goal is to replace the legacy application with a more modern enterprise application capable of interfacing with many of the organization's external systems. The application's main goal is to monitor Residual Risk across Processes and assess the effectiveness of Controls across the firm's many global businesses.
This role is pivotal in developing, maintaining, and integrating Test Automation within our CI/CD pipeline, overseeing and helping to perform all QA approaches including Manual Testing, Regression Testing, Accessibility, Static Code Analysis, Performance Testing, and more.
Responsibilities
Requirement Analysis:
• Review and analyze system specifications.
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and stakeholders to understand product requirements.
• Ensure comprehensive manual testing coverage, including agreement on acceptance criteria and scripting.
Test Case Planning and Development:
• Develop and document comprehensive test plans based on project requirements and timelines.
• Design, create, and maintain detailed, comprehensive, well-structured test cases.
• Define QA standards in collaboration with development teams and third parties.
• Establish and maintain Test Data Management processes, standards, and automation.
Test Execution and Automation:
• Execute test cases (manual or automated) and analyze results.
• Perform regression testing to ensure new changes do not adversely affect existing functionalities.
• Lead the development of Automated Testing Scripts, regression testing, and smoke testing strategies.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts using various testing tools and frameworks.
• Integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline.
Bug Identification and Reporting:
• Identify, document, and report bugs and issues.
• Work closely with the development team to resolve issues.
• Track and verify bug fixes.
Performance Testing:
• Design and implement Performance Testing frameworks and Performance Engineering processes.
• Conduct performance, load, and stress testing to evaluate system behavior under varying conditions.
• Use tools like JMeter, LoadRunner, or similar for performance testing.
User Acceptance Testing (UAT):
• Coordinate and support UAT activities.
• Gather feedback from end-users and incorporate it into the testing process.
Documentation:
• Create and maintain testing documentation, including test plans, test cases, and test reports.
• Document testing processes and methodologies.
Collaboration and Communication:
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, project managers, and other stakeholders.
• Participate in regular meetings to discuss project status, issues, and progress.
• Coordinate test environment maintenance, troubleshoot issues alongside the DevOps team, and advocate for continuous improvement.
• Mentor and manage two Quality Analysts, defining and tracking quality metrics.
Continuous Improvement:
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends, tools, and technologies.
• Continuously improve testing processes and methodologies to enhance product quality.
Compliance and Standards:
• Ensure that testing activities comply with industry standards and organizational policies.
• Ensure that the final product meets regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Complete mandatory security training and comply with ISMS policies.
• Report any security violations or concerns to the appropriate departments.
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Required Experience
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.At least 7 years of IT experience, with a focus on Quality Assurance and DevOps.Extensive knowledge of QA procedures, automated testing tools/Frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cucumber), and experience with Agile Development.Experience with Security Scanning tools such as SonarQube, or equivalent.Proficiency in maintaining Test Environments and integrating test automation within Continuous Integration frameworks.Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.Exposure to test lifecycle management tools such as ALM or Jira is desired.Understanding of DevOps technologies, Software Configuration Management, and Infrastructure Operations.Solid understanding of different testing methodologies (TDD, BDD)Experience working with Postman/SoapUI or other REST API testing tools.Ability to write advanced queries in Oracle SQL or similar RDMS.Preferred Experience
Financial services experience.
Doran Jones Inc. (DJI) is the leading financial services Data Engineering and Application Development firm, specializing in Capital Markets, Risk, and Regulatory Compliance. We are US-based, helping our clients fill gaps in capacity and expertise, reduce risk, and accelerate change. Our leaders average over 25 years of experience in Financial Services and Technology. DJI is repeatedly engaged by the largest and most complex clients for our Agile transformation expertise and practical understanding of the critical relationship between data, architecture, and application development.
DJI has a mission to place more people from non-traditional backgrounds into sustainable technology careers. Through partnerships with non-profit technology programs in underserved communities and Veteran organizations, candidates transition from tech training programs into real IT careers at DJI. Our unique recruitment policy allows us to create exceptional teams, bringing a broad spectrum of experience to our company and creating anything but a traditional consulting firm.
DJI is a wholly-owned subsidiary of McLaren Strategic Ventures, a private equity firm, that invests in start-ups and scale-ups. They provide a full range of highly trusted domain consulting, advisory services, and innovative technologies globally. Doran Jones is able to offer a broad range of technology, deeper AI and machine learning tools, data intelligence, alternative resourcing capabilities, and capital access to invest and digitize at scale. Our clients benefit from this unique portfolio allowing them to accelerate the pace of their own digital transformations through innovative products and services designed around industry-wide issues.
Visit Doran Jones to learn more!