Senior Software Test Engineer

Company

Cox Enterprises

Job Family Group

Engineering / Product Development

Job Profile

Sr Software Test Engineer

Management Level

Individual Contributor

Flexible Work Option

Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week

Travel %

Work Shift

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $88,300.00 - $147,100.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Job Description

Cox Enterprises is looking for a talented Senior Software Test Engineer to join our software quality assurance team.

In this role, the Senior Software Test Engineer will conduct testing activities in an Agile team / environment supporting UKG Pro Workforce Management and HCM applications across the enterprise.

The ideal candidate has a strong functional background with an understanding of Kronos WFC / UKG Pro WFM application.

What You'll Do : Collaborate

Collaborate

• Partner with analysts, customers, and developers to gain an understanding of functional requirements and business processes.
• Proactively influence design reviews by sharing subject matter expertise and highlighting risks.
• Identify and prioritize high value test cases.
• Partner with Quality Engineering team on manual and automation testing strategy / standards and the build-out of automation test scripts.

Execute

• Drive results while completing quality assurance testing on an agile team.
• Participate in the development and execution of test strategies, test plans, and test scripts.
• Execute test cases that may include unit, functional, system, stress / load, regression, integration, performance, and usability testing.
• Provide accurate metrics and status on testing progress.
• Certify readiness for User Acceptance Testing.
• Facilitate functional, regression and UAT testing with business users for all new features in UKG Pro WFM application

Improve and Grow

• Support continuous improvement of our QA process by receiving feedback and implementing changes.
• Apply advanced knowledge of testing principles, methodologies, and techniques to test and ensure software / platform quality.
• Exhibit a growth mindset while learning innovative technologies and techniques.
• Formalize test procedures.
• Create efficiencies with both manual and automated testing capabilities.

Qualifications

Required :

Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 4 years' experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 2+ years' experience;

a Ph.D. and up to 1 year of experience; or 8 years' experience in a related field

• Hands-on experience performing manual testing within UKG Pro WFM / Kronos WFC (Functional experience in testing Timekeeping, Attestation, Scheduling, Accruals and Attendance strongly preferred)
• Hands-on experience in writing test plans and test cases
• Experience in API and Integration testing

Preferred :

• Experience in automation script development, preferable to have experience in using TOSCA for test automation
• Experience with testing Dell Boomi integrations
• Kronos Mobile application testing
• Support the testing workstream on a UKG Pro WFM migration project
• Test management tools (e.g. Tricentis, qTest, Zephyr, HP ALM, Jira)
• History of working with off-shore QA teams
• Participate in the agile ceremonies, such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives.

Benefits

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations;

seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members.

Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, parental leave, and COVID-19 vaccination leave.

About Us

As our primary divisions Cox Automotive and Cox Communications drive new waves of innovation, Cox Enterprises is entering spaces like cleantech, healthcare, esports and more.

We're a family business guided by a legacy of bold innovation that's driven by those who want to make their mark. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation / wellness days, and / or PTO).

For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer - All qualified applicants / employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual's age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.