Quality assurance engineer job description

We are looking for an Accessibility Product Owner with experience working in a fast-paced, startup like environment. As the APO you'll work closely with the A11y Design and A11y Engineering teams to help manage and grow our digital platform and ecosystem by driving A11y into our integrated digital experiences. You will be an A11y champion across many teams, and will also partner with product owners, agile managers and leadership to mature the offering and ensure it exceeds the expectations of all customers and users.
Responsibilities

Lead A11y feature reviews and initiatives across Healthcare Digital's products and platforms as a member of the A11y Engineering Team.
Help lead the team to success by working across groups to drive discussion & engagement, and create & track user stories in an agile software development life cycle.
Act as liaison between the Product and A11y Engineering team
Assist Product teams in conceptualizing, planning and embedding A11y into features
Collect and interpret data on progress toward accessibility milestones and metrics
Ensure internal product stakeholders A11y needs /expectations are met and promote transparency by helping communicate through SAFe/SCRUM practice.
Assist with test plan iterations and management of improvements to the A11y process flow.

Qualifications

Ability to think from an end-user perspective
Commitment to meeting high expectations of end users
Ability to interpret and advise on standards, principles and techniques for meeting A11y success criteria (including WCAG 2.0 AA, WCAG 2.1 AA, and WAI-ARIA)
Strong knowledge of assistive technologies (JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver)
Experience with Agile/Scrum practices (SAFe a plus).
Experience leading cross functional project management initiatives.
Advanced communication/presentation skills needed to represent your team with stakeholders and management.
Provide leadership when necessary
Familiarity with Responsive Web Design and mobile apps
Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle
Strong understanding of supporting products in a SAFe environment specifically how current/future work is scheduled to come through planning, design, engineering and 3rd-party validation efforts
Knowledge of Rally, Teams, Confluence and other cooperation tools

Preferred Skills

Ability to train and coach colleagues on various A11y topics
Ability to promote and share the importance of A11y
Understanding the overlap between user experience and A11y

KPMG New Zealand is part of the international KPMG network, one of the world's leading professional services organisations. We provide audit, tax, and advisory services to individuals, SMEs, not-for-profit organisations, multi-nationals and government agencies.

KPMG Digital Lighthouse is comprised of several specialist chapters who combine to design, deliver and operate cutting edge digital solutions on a variety of architectures, supporting our cross-sector clients to digitally transform their organisations and thrive on a global scale. We are a passionate, inclusive and supportive team who care about our clients, our people and the work we do. Join us today and accelerate your digital career with KPMG.

The opportunity:As part of our cross functional agile development team, you will implement and maintain automation testing frameworks using many of the latest technologies, practices and tool in an environment of continuous integration and continuous development. Core to the software development chapter within Digital Lighthouse, you will also work closely with our other chapters as we collectively design, deliver and maintain complex digital solutions for our clients

Day to day you will: Work alongside the software development team embedding best practice, quality focused processes which underpin the robust delivery of our client solutions Design, implement and maintain automation testing frameworks and automation regression suites Produce test estimates for various test phases, test plans and test approaches Develop and maintain test scripts and perform manual and exploratory testing as appropriate Prepare test data to reflect business requirements and document test summary reports for every production release

What you'll bring to the team: Demonstrated experience in testing and developing QA automation frameworks using tools such as Selenium, Appium, Detox or similar Proficiency in cross-browser web and mobile testing using tools such as Browser stack or Chrome Mobile View with a good working knowledge of JavaScriptCapability with mocking test data for distributed microservice-based architecture, and contract testing methodologies such as PACTUnderstanding of how to build and maintain automation regression suites to ensure robust, efficient release to production in a CI/CD environment An agile mindset with a focus on value-driven iterative solutions and a powerful sense of ownership and accountability
Life at KPMG

We offer rewarding careers to talented individuals and a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstance. As a KPMG employee, we will offer you:
- An array of health and wellness benefits such as free flu jabs, subsidised sporting events, access to EAP, additional leave to support you if you are diagnosed with COVID-19, access to e-bikes and other facilities. You will also have access to our Wellbeing@KPMG portal which has an extensive array of health and wellness advice.
- Hybrid Working - a mix of working in the office and at home to enhance your work/life balance as well as access to technology to get your 'home hub' set up.
- Work from Overseas policy - extend time connecting with friends and family outside New Zealand
- Flexible leave options, including the ability to purchase additional annual leave.
- Access to ‘Whanau@KPMG' - 18 weeks' paid flexible leave for all new parents - primary and secondary carers
- Unlimited access to digital accreditations through our partnership with Microsoft, LinkedIn Learning, with bespoke learning pathways for all employees.
- Corporate discounts on a range of lifestyle goods and services.
- Opportunity to join any of our Inclusion, Diversity and Equity networks as a participant and ally.
- Opportunity to join our Social club and enjoy activities such as cooking classes, painting, quiz nights and more.
- Time off for volunteering.
- Eligibility to our annual discretionary bonus scheme.
- Opportunities for local and international secondments.

We believe that diversity of background and experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, clients and communities. Our goal is to be recognised as an employer of choice for all, irrespective of gender, ethnicity, generation, flexible work status, family circumstances, sexual orientation or disability. Further info can be found on our website

We are a 2022 Circle Back Initiative Employer - we commit to respond to every applicant.

Effectv, the advertising sales division of Comcast Cable, helps local, regional and national advertisers use the best of digital with the power of TV to grow their business. It provides multi-screen marketing solutions to make advertising campaigns more effective and easier to execute. Headquartered in New York with offices throughout the country, Effectv has a presence in 66 markets with nearly 35 million owned and represented subscribers. We're dedicated to helping our clients meet their business goals by connecting them with their customers through multiscreen television advertising. Working with companies from local startups to nationwide corporations, we provide support to help each business reach its target customers. By applying data to television advertising in new ways, we're able to bring our clients the best of digital media, coupled with the power of TV. To learn more, check out www.effectv.com.

The Test Engineer works within organizations to ensure that software systems and components are successful integrated across hardware systems and meet specified requirements. Responsible for testing products and software to ensure quality and a successful rollout. Assists in managing project teams, developing test scenarios and cases in line with the system requirements. Participates in defect triage process which includes identifying, reproducing, and documents defects, bugs, or problems. Assists product Trials in gathering and analyzing data as needed for addressing questions/issues.
Job Description

Job Specifications
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related engineering/technical discipline5+ years QA experience in an IT environment with formal test tools and common software quality standards Experience with SDLC (software development life cycle) Experience with testing integrated systems and enterprise-level applications Experience in Agile / Scrum methodologies.Understanding of QA processes, practices and systems.Experience executing and coordinating integration, system, regression and user-acceptance testing.Demonstrated ability to work on concurrent projects, activities and tasks under time constraints.Demonstrated ability to work in team-based environments.Experience performing API testing.Experience in automating applications using Selenium, Cucumber, Gherkin, Java, C#, Python and Junit.Experience in integrating and running automation suites with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins.Experience in building complex SQL, PL/SQL queries to validate data in the data warehouse Experience in REST APIs/ web services using SOAP UI, WINSCP, PUTTY, GEMS, XML Spy, POSTMAN, tools Experience using Confluence Team Collaboration software a plus.Knowledge of Video/Media platform technology a plus.Experience testing applications built in Angular web application framework a plus.

Core Responsibilities
Understand software development life cycle models and their applications. Understand core testing terminology (e.g. Expected Results, Expected Information). Partner with business analysts and project managers for proper understanding the requirements and planning of proper test case coverage Develop, and maintain test scenarios, test cases and test scripts.Establish and maintain traceability of requirements through test cases. Test system functions with real sample and simulated data sets Conduct Functional and Integration tests to ensure full user acceptance of the integrated application and interfaces Document and evaluate test results and defects Review Defects/Issues with senior level test engineers and assign proper severity Work with Development team and business to troubleshoot issues.

Employees at all levels are expected to:
Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company - by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.Drive results and growth.Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

Disclaimer:
This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

Comcast is an EOE/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer.

We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That's why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality-to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life.
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Education
Bachelor's Degree

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Certifications (if applicable)

Relative Work Experience
5-7 Years

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