Staff IT Analyst III - QA Automation/SDET

Job Title:Staff IT Analyst III - QA Automation/SDET

Location:OH - Columbus

What you'll do:Western Alliance Bank is looking for a results-driven QA Manual Tester and Test Automation Engineer to deliver innovative, industry-leading manual and automated testing solutions for our Business Escrow Services applications. We are seeking an individual who takes initiative, works independently, brings a sense of urgency and initiative, and provides QA leadership. You will be responsible for analyzing application functionality, developing manual and automated test scripts, identifying, and documenting bugs, managing test data and environments, reporting on quantitative and qualitative QA metrics, and collaborating closely with our engineering and Escrow teams in an Agile environment.

This position is ONSITE ONLY and you must be located in or within a commutable distance from Columbus, OH.

Demonstrate advanced programming skills in JavaScript/TypeScript, creating automation frameworks from scratch and implementing best practices.

Drive manual QA activities including test plans and test cases, functional, regression, and exploratory testing, test evaluation and reporting.

Contribute to Agile ceremonies including sprint design, planning, refinement, and demo activities.

Meet with IT and Business stakeholders to discuss baselines, requirements, facilitate user acceptance testing, and communicate testing progress and results.

Identify CI/ CD and testing risks and weaknesses, reviewing production bug leakages, highlighting problem areas, and providing recommendations to mitigate risks.

Report on quality metrics such as defect leakage, number and severity of defects, manual test coverage, test completion, automation execution time, automation pass/ fail rates, automation coverage, defect detection rate, and automation ROI.

What you'll need:

7+ years working as a QA automation engineer with expertise in manual testing.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a similar field.

Proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript for test automation.

Ability to utilize Playwright (experience with Cypress or Protractor is another option).

Experienced .NET programming skills in Selenium/WebDriver, RestAssured test automation framework.

Experience with C# and Python.

Familiarity with a low code / no code automation framework or Behavior-Driven Development or Test-Driven Development frameworks.

Experienced in integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using tools like Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.

Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS for test environment provisioning and deployment validation.

Proficiency in designing and executing manual test cases and defect reporting using Azure DevOps (TFS, VSTS) (experience with HP QC (ALM), Redmine, and Jira with Zephyr is another option).

Skilled in API testing with Postman and SoapUI.

Experienced in testing databases using Microsoft SQL Server, as well as either Oracle or MySQL.

Direct experience with the following testing types: Integration, System and Functional, Data Migration, Accessibility, End to End, Sanity, Smoke, and Regression testing following Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

Detailed knowledge of software application testing standards and best practices.

Experience in defining and tracking quality metrics as noted above.

Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional teams including developers, product owners, and business analysts.

Ability to mentor junior QA engineers and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement.

Excellent analytical skills and strong attention to details.

Good written and verbal communication skills.

Good test leadership and test management skills.

Benefits you’ll love:

We offer all the important things you'd want — like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC. AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email or call . When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

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