Senior Automation QA Engineer - Experian Data Quality

Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We help to redefine lending practices, uncover and prevent fraud, simplify healthcare, create digital marketing solutions, and gain deeper insights into the automotive market, all using our unique combination of data, analytics and software. We also assist millions of people to realize their financial goals and help them to save time and money.

We invest in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. As a FTSE 100 Index company listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN), we have a team of 22,500 people across 32 countries. Our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland.

Today, a consumer's digital footprint is vast and it's not uncommon for someone to have multiple emails or to mistype an email address at the point of entry. It's critical for businesses to send emails to valid and active inboxes to stay in compliance and avoid being blacklisted.

That's where Experian and you come in.

Reporting into Software Team Manager and as part of our leading Data Quality Team, you will work on our Email Validation (EV) Product which corrects all parts of an email address and ensures that the email address is live and receiving mail by sending a silent ping. Available in several deployment methods, our EV solution will return a verified address in real-time or in batch.

What you'll do:

• Perform automated testing and release processes of standard and complex modules.
• Perform suites of automated tests, ensuring they remain through regular maintenance.
• Perform investigation of production defects, including root cause analysis.
• Design test cases and test scripts under own direction, mapping to pre-determined criteria.
• Determine product quality goals, standards and levels, with input from stakeholders, and map through the QA Approach.
• Ensure testing activities are carried out following release and Sprint planning activities.
• Review and propose appropriate automation tools for component tests.
• Responsible for specific area of performance test strategy (e.g. test data, environments).
• Design security test cases and assign appropriate level of priority.
• Reduce cycle time by identifying bottlenecks.
• Improve knowledge of the technologies used.
• Gain knowledge on all developed products and understand how clients use them.

What you'll bring:

• Around 5 years of experience in Software Automation Quality Assurance role.
• Experience with Java or another OOP language.
• Bachelor in Computer Science, Information Technologies, Software Engineering or relevant.
• Experience with TypeScript, Python, Bash.
• Knowledge of K6, Elastic Search, Logstash, Redis, Kibana, and ActiveMQ.
• Experience with Linux.
• Experience with Git or similar versioning control system.
• Working knowledge of Azure and Azure Pipelines (desirable).
• Experience with Databases - PostgreSQL, CosmosDB, h2.
• Expert understanding of software development process.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.

You will get:

• Personal Development - career pathway for professional growth supported by learning and development programs and unlimited access to online educational training courses, learning materials and books.
• Work environment - excellent work conditions with friendly environment, recognized strong team spirit, and fun and quality recreation time.
• Social benefit package including life insurance, food vouchers, additional health insurance, monthly flex allowance and internet coverage, corporate discounts, marriage and childbirth / adoption allowance, Multisport card, Sharesave plan, Employee assistance program, а birthday gift and many other benefits!
• Work-life balance - 25 days paid vacation, 1 additional day off for your birthday and extra 3 paid days for participation in Social responsibility event.
• Opportunity for Flexible working hours and Home Office.

Experian is an Equal opportunity employer. Everyone can succeed at Experian and bring their whole self to work, irrespective of their gender, ethnicity, religion, colour, sexuality, physical ability or age. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at the earliest opportunity.

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