DevOps QA Engineer II - Woodforest National Bank

DevOps QA Engineer II-065767

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Become a part of the diverse and inclusive team within our nationally recognized award-winning Bank that is one of the strongest in the nation. Woodforest National Bank is privately owned, and our Employee Stock Ownership Plan is the largest shareholder. We focus on building relationships and discovering opportunities to better serve our communities and understand the financial needs of every customer we serve. At Woodforest we care and prove it by volunteering with local charities and foodbanks to give back to the communities we serve. By joining Woodforest you will become a part of one of the largest employee-owned banks in the country!

The DevOps QA Engineer II will work with members of the applications development, product management, and QA resources within an agile environment, to ensure delivery of high-quality banking applications. This role will work closely with the entire QA team and provide guidance to more junior members of the QA team.

Key Responsibilities:
·  Effectively communicate issues, risks and dependencies with product teams, and product owners escalating where appropriate.
·  Plan, conduct and document tests on products, systems, components, and processes as determined within the product teams’ sprint planning.
·  Collaborate with cross-functional product teams.
·  Perform functional and regression testing on all software sprints and releases, ensuring that each software sprint and release successfully pass the test plan developed for each sprint and release prior to commencement of user acceptance testing. May be required to facilitate load and performance testing.
·  Follow software development/testing methodologies (such as agile/scrum) and maintain software development/testing (SDCL) methodologies and maintain software development/testing standards and procedures.

Competencies Required:
·  Knowledge of quality assurance and testing best practices and methodologies.
·  Familiar with all phases of the software development lifecycle: requirements, design, development, quality assurance, deployment and operations.
·  Experience working with cross functional teams to quickly solve problems.
·  Strong analytical, problem-solving skills coupled with initiative and accountability, encompassing attention to detail and data accuracy.
·  Ability to perform research when anomalies are encountered.
·  Organizational skills with the ability to prioritize workload, multiple priorities, multi-task, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
·  Exceptional verbal communication and technical writing skills with an ability to effectively interact with and convey information to people who possess varying levels of understanding on applicable topics.
·  Strong database query writing, understanding of relational databases.
·  Motivated self-starter, and eager to learn.
·  Knowledge of testing within specific competencies, which could include payment or transactional data processing across platforms or applications, would be beneficial.
·  Understanding of change and release management, with the desire and aptitude for identifying and escalating areas identified for process improvement.

 Minimum Qualifications/Experience:
·  6+ years in software testing required.
·  Extensive User Interface testing experience required.
·  Experience in API level testing preferred.

Formal Education & Certification:
·  Bachelors’ Degree in Computer Science, Information Management, Engineering, or other technology related fields, preferred.

Work Status:
·  Full-Time.

Supervisory Responsibility:
·  None.

Travel:
·  No travel expected.

Working Conditions:
·  Conditions involve lifting no more than ten pounds, sitting most of the time, but may involve walking, moving, or standing for brief periods, and occasionally lifting and carrying articles like files, ledgers, folders, etc.

Disclaimer:
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Nothing herein restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Woodforest is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or other status protected by law or regulation.

Job: Technology Services

Primary Location: Texas-The Woodlands

Schedule: Full-time

Work Locations: 

Unposting Date: Ongoing

Organization: Texas - Houston