Quality Assurance Engineer II

Job Title: Quality Assurance Engineer II
Location: Pune, India

About This Role:

Comscore is looking for a new Quality Assurance Engineer, who will conduct thorough product testing and maintain agreed upon quality standards to provide the highest quality software products to both external and internal customers.
This engineer will work to understand the business requirements and objectives relative to the desired functionality of products and applications. Additionally, this role will evaluate and test new or modified software to determine that software meets user requirements and established quality standards and may provide mentoring or guidance to less experienced peers.

What You’ll Do:

• Work in close coordination with the developers in developing and testing the automation frameworks
• Identify functionality errors and potential risk with new development prior to Production launch
• Work on browsers and cross-browsers test automation using Python, Auto-IT Desktop
• Identify potential bugs in existing applications and document all issues into the defect tracking system
• Maintain communication channel with software engineers and project managers on current project status
• Assist Software Engineers with basic support in troubleshooting problems in development and production
• Understand and enforce the software release process for all application development
• Create and execute test suites and verify expected results
  Verify that all software releases conform to company policies on data handling
• Perform data investigations running SQL, analyzing data trends etc. to help resolve issues that are seen in production

What You’ll Need:

• 5-6 years of experience in a QA role including hands-on automation using Python and Auto-IT and a thorough and deep knowledge of software QA design and methodologies
• Solid understanding of networking protocols: HTTP/HTTPS, TCP/IP, DHCP conversation, SSL Handshakes etc. with minimum of 2 years of experience
  Knowledge of OS (i.e. Windows, Mac OS, Linux) and/or mobile platforms (i.e. iOS. Android, Windows Mobile, etc.) including editing the registry, manipulating host and/or config files.
• Should be able to work on terminal, shell, bash on Linux/MacOS with strong debugging skills. Minimum of 18 months of experience is required.
• Knowledge of following tools with 3+ years of experience in GIT and Applications: Selenium, JIRA, MS Project, SVN, GitHub
• 4+ years of experience in designing and executing software test plans based on customer use cases and performed end-to-end testing to identify defects
• Should have a minimum of 4+ years of experience in performing smoke, functional, integration, regression and exploratory testing
• Well versed (3+ years) with Web Debugging tools such as Fiddler, Wireshark, etc.
• Strong logic with basic PERL scripting skills (2+ years)
• 4+ years of experience with Web Services, Business Intelligence and Data Analytics
• Knowledge of languages like SQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, XML with a minimum experience of 3 years
• The candidate should have 4+ years of experience in QA and should demonstrate the following skills:
  • Strong analytical skills and detail oriented
  • Strong communication skills for both technical (developers) and non-technical (customers, management) audiences
  • A self-starter that is proactive, highly motivated and possesses good time management skills & has ability to multi-task
  • Ability to troubleshoot various integrating systems effectively, seek out bugs and resolve the issues
  • Required Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Business, Information Technology or related field

Shift Timing:

The regular hours for this position will cover a combination of business hours in the US and India – typically 5:30 PM-2:30 AM IST. Occasionally, later hours may be required for meetings with teams in other parts of the world. Additionally, for the first 4-6 weeks of onboarding and training, US Eastern time hours (IST -9:30) may be required.

Benefits:

• Medical: Comscore offers a collective Private Medical Insurance scheme which is 100% covered by Comscore. The benefit is applicable to employees, an employee’s spouse, up to two children and parents.
• Pension: Provident Fund: Comscore bears both the employee and employer contribution.
• Time Off Annual Leave: Comscore offers market competitive annual leave of 25 Annual Leave Days (12 Casual and 13 Privilege), following local guidelines and practices.
• National Holidays and Festival Holidays: 10 Days.
• Sick Leave: 10 Days.
• Additional Leave: Paternity, Bereavement, Marriage, Maternity, Additional Pregnancy / Birth Related Leave
• Christmas / New Year Paid Leave, Comscore offers a week of Company paid leave over the Christmas / New Year period.
• Summer Hours: Comscore has a culture that rewards employees for their hard work. When you work hard, you need time to recharge and refresh. Early releases on Fridays are subject to manager approval.
• Internal Career Development Opportunities (minimum of 6 months tenure in the current position and in discussion with supervisors)
• Access to hundreds of professional e-learning courses, specifically created for Comscore
• Be creative: You don’t have to follow the norm to be successful – we encourage you to think outside the box. Our culture is built on encouraging innovative ideas, communication and joint success.
• Informal Work Atmosphere: We believe in getting the job done in a comfortable, casual environment!
• The ability to become a truly global engineer, with exposure to markets across the world. With more than 30 offices around the world, many Comscore teams work together across locations.

About Comscore:

At Comscore, we’re pioneering the future of cross-platform media measurement, arming organizations with the insights they need to make decisions with confidence. Central to this aim are our people who work together to simplify the complex on behalf of our clients & partners. Though our roles and skills are varied, we’re united by our commitment to five underlying values: Integrity, Velocity, Accountability, Teamwork, and Servant Leadership. If you’re motivated by big challenges and interested in helping some of the largest and most important media properties and brands navigate the future of media, we’d love to hear from you.   

Comscore (NASDAQ: SCOR) is a trusted partner for planning, transacting and evaluating media across platforms. With a data footprint that combines digital, linear TV, over-the-top and theatrical viewership intelligence with advanced audience insights, Comscore allows media buyers and sellers to quantify their multiscreen behavior and make business decisions with confidence. A proven leader in measuring digital and set-top box audiences and advertising at scale, Comscore is the industry’s emerging, third-party source for reliable and comprehensive cross-platform measurement. To learn more about Comscore, please visit Comscore.com.

Comscore is committed to creating an inclusive culture, encouraging diversity.

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