QA Automation - Remote - Public Partnerships LLC

Public Partnerships LLC supports individuals with disabilities or chronic illnesses and aging adults, to remain in their homes and communities and "self" direct their own long-term home care. Our role as the nation's largest and most experienced Financial Management Service provider is to assist those eligible Medicaid recipients to choose and pay for their own support workers and services within their state-approved personalized budget. We are appointed by states and managed healthcare organizations to better serve more of their residents and members requiring long-term care and ensure the efficient use of taxpayer funded services. Our culture attracts and rewards people who are results-oriented and strive to exceed customer expectations. We desire motivated candidates who are excited to join our fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment, and who want to make a difference in helping transform the lives of the consumers we serve. (learn more at www.pplfirst.com (http://www.publicpartnerships.com/) ). Duties & Responsibilities: - Analyzes automation and tool requirements and user needs to determine technical design .- Participates in planning activities, collaborating and coordinating efforts across development teams. - Designs, builds and develops automated test frameworks. - Provides suggestions and adjustments as needed to deliver quality software within project scope and timeframes. - Automates testing of complex software systems, including defining and driving processes to reduce automation maintenance. - Design, document and implement software tools to support quality assurance teams. - Promotes and performs development work consistent with industry standards and best practices;design interfaces and integrations. - Supports unit testing efforts by product teams.- Work closely with software engineers to ensure and improve the ability to automate tests of software. - Applies continuous integration and continuous delivery techniques. - Conducts peer code reviews. - Works on R&D activities and prototypes. - Supports automation and tool systems once they are up and running. - Provide advice and mentoring of more junior members of the team.Required Skills: - Experience automating test cases using a variety of industry tools/languages. - Experience building measurement and continuous improvement into software - Ability to satisfy complex business requirements through simple design and execution. - Possess strong problem-solving and analytical skills. - Strong communication and influencing skills. - Experience with load and performance testing. - Debugging skills, strong knowledge of SQL for analysis and debugging. - Experience with front-office financial services operations a plus. - Experience with continuous deployment/integration a plus. - Ability to work independently and understand application functionality through reverse engineering code. Qualifications: Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience required. Experience: 7+ years of professional experience, including 2+ automating functional tests for software written using .Net stack - C# or VB.NET, ASP.NET MVC.SQL Server Competency in SQL - queries and stored procedures Experience with SQL Server2012 a plus.Familiarity with Selenium, Playwright, BrowserStack, Azure Dev Ops a plus. Familiarity with modern Azure design (Front Door, Key Vaults, Cosmos dB, API Management) a plus **_The above is intended to describe the general contents and requirements of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive statement of all duties, responsibilities, or skills of personnel so classified._** Public Partnerships is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to celebrating diversity and intentionally creating a culture of inclusion. We believe that we work best when our employees feel empowered and accepted, and that starts by honoring each of our unique life experiences. At PPL, all aspects of employment regarding recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, return from layoff, company-sponsored training, education, and social and recreational programs are based on merit, business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex, gender identity and/or expression, age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, sexual orientation, marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, citizenship status, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. PPL will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. PPL does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex, gender identity and/or expression, age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, sexual orientation, marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status, protected veteran status, citizenship status, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.