Hitachi America

Company Description

Hitachi Solutions is a core IT Company of the Hitachi Group, which employs over 400,000 people worldwide. Through systems integration, Hitachi Solutions strives to provide business solutions and products to customers in a diverse set of countries and regions including Asia, North America and Europe.

The Business Solutions division of Hitachi Solutions' is a fast growing and leading Microsoft Partner in providing industry-based solutions using Microsoft Dynamics365 and cloud technology. Our teams provide advice and expertise to a diverse range of customers before designing and deploying bespoke ERP, CRM and business intelligence applications that we continue to service and support post go-live. Our people are passionate about technology, whether they are developers with deep technical expertise or more general technology practitioners with business acumen.

Job Description

We are growing our consulting team and looking for a Senior QA Consultant to join us on our exciting journey and be part of the Hitachi Solutions family.

Key Accountabilities

• Accountable for automated test delivery, supported by the Project Support team, reporting to the Project Manager
• Accountable for the delivery of the automated testing to an agreed and timeline and to an acceptable level of quality
• Accountable for test scope, and adhering to the published methodology and project controls
• Ensuring that automated test meetings are effectively organised and meeting minutes, where necessary, are taken
• Accountable for automated Test Progress reporting
• Acceptance that the work submitted by all test team members, including subcontract staff, meets the required Quality standards of the project

Key Responsibilities

• The overall delivery of the testing on a day-by-day basis to time, quality and budget
• Responsible for providing input into Test Strategies and conducting Test Workshops around automated testing
• Responsible for developing automated Test Plans for the relevant phases of testing
• Planning, delegating, monitoring and controlling all of the automated Test Team's activities in accordance with the Test plan
• Responsible for ensuring that the automated Test plan is resourced throughout all phases of the testing lifecycle
• Ensuring that the testing process is followed, and that all deliverables, milestones, and test phases are accepted
• Act as a point of contact for the automated Test Team and escalate any required actions, issues, or risks to the Project Team/Steering Group
• Organising and Managing of automated Test Meetings

Qualifications

Key Competencies

• A good understanding of the software test and development process and the business approach.
• Significant experience in HTML & CSS.
• Javascript experience.
• Good exposure to SOAP, REST based APIs.
• Good exposure to DevOps / Test Plan APIs.
• Experience in performance testing and Azure load testing, using toolsets like JMeter, BlazeMeter, and K6, is highly desirable.
• Accessibility testing experience desirable.
• Significant experience in Selenium Grid & WebDriver C#, SQL, Ruby, Specflow, Playwright, and Cucumber desirable.
• Significant experience in: .Net, C#, ASP .Net MVC, Entity Framework Core desirable.
• Significant experience in Appium, Win Driver Protocol and mobile app testing desirable.
• Structured and disciplined with good interpersonal skills.
• Ability to produce high quality and professional written documentation.
• Good presentation skills.
• Strong conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills.

Additional Information

What we offer:

• Competitive salary
• Annual bonus
• Additional Premium Health Insurance
• Monthly Vouchers
• Additional Holidays
• Specialised Training
• Option for Flexible working hours or home office
• Modern Office with excellent access to transport
• Drinks & Fruit Office Supply
• Professional & Friendly work environment
• Company events and Team Building
• Opportunity to grow your career and work with international team
• Qualified electronic signature

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