QA Automation Engineer

The Team

Morningstar DBRS is a leading provider of independent credit rating services and opinions for corporate and sovereign entities, financial institutions, and project and structured finance instruments globally. Rating more than 4,000 issuers and 60,000 securities, we are one of the top four credit rating agencies in the world and a market leader in Canada, the U.S., and Europe in multiple asset classes.

Morningstar DBRS empowers investor success by bringing more transparency and a much-needed diversity of opinion in the credit rating industry. Our approach and size allow us to be nimble enough to respond to customers' needs in their local markets, but large enough to provide the necessary expertise and resources they require. Market innovators choose to work with us because of our agility, tech-forward approach, and exceptional customer service.

In addition to registrations in Canada, the U.S., and Europe with the relevant regulators, Morningstar DBRS is also recognized as a credit rating agency by regulators and central banks in various other jurisdictions.

Responsibilities –

• Define and establish automation strategy and process
• Understand complex nature of the application and come up with the automation testing framework
• Should understand the requirement, design and develop the automation test cases
• Take ownership of QA requirements and provide testing guidance to the technology team
• Should also work as Individual Contributor
• Lead and coordinate the application enhancement and tech ops testing activities with technology and business teams
• Participate in team communication and collaborate in planning activities, including stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Manage and communicate regular updates on project status (e.g., work completed, work in progress, next steps, risks, quality, KPIs, and costs) to stakeholders, peers, Product managers, and others.

Requirements – These are the most important skills, qualities, etc. that we’d like for this role.

• Overall experience of 3+ years in Quality Assurance and Testing with relevant 1-2 years hands on experience in Automation
• Framework understanding, Automation using Selenium Web driver, Exposure to test management and bug tracking tool (like ALM, Testrail, JIRA or others), Agile methodologies
• Strong experience in Automated Testing of Financial application and web portals
• Expert in UI Automation using tools like Selenium web driver and Automation framework development understanding
• Proficient in Java and JavaScript as programming language
• Good experience in JavaScript/Typescript libraries, jQuery, Angular
• Expert in API testing (manual and automation) using Rest Assured frameworks and Ready API
• Exposure and know-how of performance testing and security testing tools
• Knowledge of AWS / Cloud would be a plus
• Should be self-driven engineer with desire to use practical and professional concepts in QA along with application of QA standards and procedures to resolve routine issues
• Should be able to write use cases based on product requirements, execute them and report issues in bug tracking system
• Should be self-starter, lead and self-contributing to the QA team to build robust and flexible Automated Testing Framework
• Helps QA community to learn Automation, impart necessary technical knowledge
• Hands-on current experience authoring, building and adopting large scale, cross-functional automation frameworks with well-balanced coverage across back-end integration, database levels, UI.
• Integrate test automation into CI/CD process and instrument full SDLC automation, specifically cloud testing execution, reporting tools such as ALM, Jira
• Improve process and quality via test and process automation: defining right strategy and technology based on process and architecture assessment by engaging different roles and stakeholders
• Experience using SQL with regards to be writing and understanding queries and procedure

Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer

Morningstar’s hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to work remotely and collaborate in-person each week. We’ve found that we’re at our best when we’re purposely together on a regular basis, at least three days each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you’ll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.

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