Senior Test Engineer (AWS & Automation Testing)

About Gartner IT:

Join a world-class team of skilled engineers who build creative digital solutions to support our colleagues and clients. We make a broad organizational impact by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions that power Gartner. Gartner IT values its culture of nonstop innovation, an outcome-driven approach to success, and the notion that great ideas can come from anyone on the team.

About the Role:

Gartner is seeking a technically adept and highly motivated Senior Test Engineer with keen attention to detail. This role will focus on the design of the test cases and testing Integrations (manual + automation). The ideal candidate should understand various integration patterns: pub/sub; AWS API Gateway; REST API’s messaging. Experience with Publisher/Subscriber event-based integrations, AWS Glue, AWS EventBridge, Lambda functions is required. ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualifications Board) Certification is a plus.

Who You Are:

• An excellent communicator with strong interpersonal and prioritized skills.
• Proactive and capable of working independently with a distributed team (spread across US and India) in a hybrid environment.
• Possess an ownership mindset, able to identify, communicate, and act on issues and initiatives.
• Skilled in working on parallel initiatives in an organized and timely manner.
  
  

What You Will Do:

• Perform duties as an individual contributor and/or team member with 100% hands-on work
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable front-end and back-end code, ensuring the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications.
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs and devise solutions to these problems.
• Lead the development of maintenance and enhancement work items in automation testing.
• Proficient in writing Test Scenarios and Test Cases. Knowledge about Test Strategy and Test Plan
• Mentor and guide QA team members in developing automation skills and proactively assigning automation tasks to enhance team capabilities.
  
  

What You Will Need:

• Strong problem-solving skills, with a keen attention to detail and accountability.
• A desire to learn and adapt to new technologies and methodologies.
• Working experience with onsite/offshore model is preferred
• Understanding of Good Documentation Practices (GDP)
• Experience with Jira and Confluence is a big plus
• Proficient in writing Test Scenarios and Test Cases. Knowledge about Test Strategy and Test Plan
• Test execution, defect (bug) tracking, reporting, and issue resolution/coordination
• Develop and execute test automation scripts. Conducts and/or participates in formal and informal test cases reviews
• Assist with developing, implementing, and documenting testing methodologies
• Experience in automating web applications across multiple devices and platforms using test automation tools & frameworks, such as Selenium, Appium, TestNG, Cucumber and JUnit/NUnit etc.
• Knowledge on Tools required for Amazon Web Services, Swagger or Postman
• Brainstorming and suggesting process improvement ideas to the team
• Advanced Proficiency in SQL.
• Experience with AWS, DevOps and CI/CD practices.
  
  

Must Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Computer Science or Engineering preferred
• Test Engineer must work well with developers and BA in an agile development environment
• Understand various integration patterns: pub/sub; AWS API Gateway; REST API’s messaging
• Experience with Publisher/Subscriber event-based integrations, AWS Glue, AWS EventBridge, Lambda functions is preferred
• Candidate should have experience with API Testing, Automation Testing (Selenium Web driver), REST Assured and Performance/load testing (JMETER)
• 4-7 years hands-on experience testing different applications for both manual and automated tests
• Experience with AWS Glue ETL jobs, including transformation logic.
• Proficiency in writing automated tests for serverless and ETL solutions.
• Knowledge of data validation, schema evolution, and error handling in Glue jobs.
• Knowledge of Test management tools X-Ray, All-In-One within JIRA (Project Management Tool)
• Expertise working in Integration, Performance, database, Regression, End-To End and API testing
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to present technical information in a clear and concise manner to IT Leaders and business stakeholders.
• Strong Knowledge of agile methodologies and practices
• Strong Knowledge of Automation Tools like Playwright and Selenium for Web, Appium for Mobile Testing, Rest Assured and Playwright for API testing, Percy or Playwright for Visual testing.
  
  

Don’t meet every single requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right candidate for this, or other roles.

Who are we?

At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world.

Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective insight, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to more than 21,000 associates globally who support ~14,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

What makes Gartner a great place to work?

Our sustained success creates limitless opportunities for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. We have a vast, virtually untapped market potential ahead of us, providing you with an exciting trajectory long into the future. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance.

We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.

Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations.

We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

What do we offer?

Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers.

In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive — working virtually when it's productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.

Ready to grow your career with Gartner? Join us.

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