**Job Summary:**
The Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) applies practical knowledge of development and engineering to conceive, design, develop and implement test plans and automation for new and existing software systems and applications of moderate to high complexity. The Senior Software Engineer (SDET) owns the design and development of test plans, and drives development of automation through his/her own and subordinate engineers work. The Senior Engineer provides technical guidance and acts as a point of escalation and technical expert.
This role will be a part of the Travel Trade team within the Parks Commercial Systems organization. The team supports Travel Trade eCommerce solutions for multiple resort and theme park destinations which include the front-end website used by Travel Agents as well as web services that support eCommerce. As part of the team, the role will be responsible for the quality of delivery of existing applications as well as new applications that take full advantage of cloud native architecture and microservices.
**Responsibilities :**
+ Own end-to-end test strategy, analyze requirements, build test plan, design test cases and implement test automation for applications of moderate to high complexity
+ Build and maintain automated and reusable test frameworks for both frontend and backend components to improve quality and development velocity
+ Review and write test automation code for both frontend and backend systems
+ Diagnose, debug and perform root cause analysis for issues in production or test environments
+ Where vital, develop and execute manual test cases to detect issues that cannot be detected through automated means
+ Create and maintain test data for manual and automated testing
+ Track and accurately report test coverage, test execution and quality metrics
+ Execute test cases and report defects found in the issue tracking system
+ Participate in defining the quality strategy roadmap and contribute to the evolution of quality best practices
+ Participate in Sustainment and Project planning and oversee execution of quality strategy in Project and Sustainment activities
+ Mentor Junior SDETs
+ Serve as a high-level technical resource and go-to person for less experienced SDETs and consultants, providing technical guidance and oversight
+ Recommend improvements to processes, technology, infrastructure and interfaces that improve the effectiveness of the team
+ Interact and coordinate testing with other technical groups in the organization
+ Perform high level Security and user authentication testing for Credit Card payments where necessary
**Basic Qualifications :**
+ Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent
+ 7+ years of experience in Quality Assurance and test automation
+ Strong knowledge of test automation tools and frameworks such as Serenity, REST Assured
+ Strong experience and thought leader in Quality Assurance and testing practices
+ Proficiency in Java development and Java test automation tools like JMeter
+ Strong knowledge of service standards and technologies such as XML, JSON, REST and Maven
+ Proficiency in JavaScript development and web standards such as HTML, CSS, XPath
+ Strong knowledge of tools such as GitHub, Jira and Jenkins
+ Ability to interact with developers and technology managers at a technical level
+ Must be able to work with a geographically dispersed team
+ Ability to develop and implement high-quality code in a timely manner
+ Experience defining work for other resources
+ Effective verbal and written communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences
+ Ability to thrive in a dynamic, collaborative and fast paced environment
+ Strong interpersonal skills as well as strong problem-solving and analytical skills
+ Attention to detail
**Preferred Qualifications:**
+ Experience with Selenium, Selenium Grid, JBehave and/or WebDriver
+ Experience with Typescript and Angular
+ Familiarity with Behavior Driven Development methodology
+ Mobile testing experience
+ Accessibility testing experience
**Required Education :**
+ Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
**Job ID:** 2113904920220501
**Location:** Lake Buena Vista,Florida
**Job Posting Company:**
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