Job Description

Company Description
KGS TECHNOLOGY GROUP, head quartered in Alpharetta, Georgia; is a leading multinational IT Consulting company that has successfully served the business community for over five years in onshore and over Ten years in Offshore. KGS in to software service, Customized Software development, Business consulting, Manpower staffing and outsourcing in various verticals like Banking, Business Services, Financial, Insurance, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Retail, Transportation, and Utilities including small-midsize ISV (Independent Software Vendors).

Job Title: QA Automation Engineer
Duration: 12+ Months
Location: Sunnyvale /CA & Philadelphia( PYTHON SCRIPTING & API experience is MUST )- ONSITE role
Design and develop test automation and tools, with a focus on maintainability at a large scale
Analyze requirements, procedures and problems to automate or improve existing test systems
Develop and maintain test automation frameworks and scripts for platform testing (e.g. using Python, API)
Write test cases and detail test scenarios, ensure their completeness, automation and execution
Lead in the identification and resolution of problems and defects, and help driving to resolution
Comfortable with collaboration, open communication and reaching across dev, qa, ops and other cross functional teams
Integrating test automation with build systems, test case management and bug tracking tools
5+ years of proven track record testing Internet or cloud based services and platforms in a mid to larger Linux environment
3+ years of outstanding proven record in hands-on developing highly technical test automation frameworks from ground up, including API, UI and Unit test automation
Strong grasp and practical experience with automation of at least one cloud platform (e.g. VMWare, OpenStack, Cloudstack) and at least one automation framework (e.g. Puppet, Chef, CFEngine)
Passionate and knowledgeable of QA processes and methodology, with ability to create and execute detailed test plans and test cases, perform root cause analysis to identify problems in design and/or implementation.
Deep understanding of web and networking technologies on server and client side, strong with at least one scripting and/or high level language: Python (preferred), Java, Shell, Perl, Golang
Familiarity with REST/SOAP/JSON APIs
Solid working knowledge of NoSQL and MySQL databases, Cassandra preferred
System and application performance and load testing knowledge is a plus
Qualifications
Bachleors
Additional Information
Anywhere in the US (US Citizen or Green Card holder)