Senior QA Engineer

Introduction & Summary
We are seeking a Senior QA tester who has a strong focus on functional and automated testing.

Main Responsibilities
The primary responsibility involves quality assurance across legacy applications, ensuring both functional and performance metrics align with expectations.

Key tasks include:
• Monitoring and reporting on quality regression.
• Building and maintaining automated and functional tests for legacy applications.
• Collaborating with product development QA resources to implement testing strategies.
• Conducting performance testing and reviewing outputs.
• Working closely with product development teams to create test harnesses.
• Utilizing QA tools like Gherkin, Selenium, and Jira.
• Engaging with various service and application development teams effectively.
Key Requirements
- Proven experience in testing enterprise Java applications (JSP, Spring/Spring Boot).
- Ability to define and execute risk-based testing strategies.
- Practical experience with Postman/Newman/REST Assured for API testing.
- Hands-on experience with Playwright/Selenium for web testing.
- Proficient in writing Gherkin/Cucumber test scenarios.
- Expertise in performance and load testing analysis.
- Experience with legacy frameworks requiring reverse-engineered test scenarios.
- Proficient in migration/modernization test strategy implementation.
- Ability to document application behavior and define acceptance criteria.

Nice to Have
- Familiarity with WebLogic to Java Enterprise Application Server differences.
- Experience testing legacy Java frameworks that have been modernized.
- Knowledge of CI/CD integration for testing.

Other Details
This role works under a hybrid model and requires this consultant to be onsite 2 days a week in the clients office in Dublin 2.