QA Automation Engineer

QA Automation Engineer

The Company

Morningstar’s structured credit research and ratings subsidiary (DBRS Morningstar) is a Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organization (NRSRO) that has earned a reputation for innovation and excellence in the structured finance market. This group aims to increase market transparency and provides the highest quality ratings through securities research, monitoring services, data, and technology solutions.

The Team

MCIA empowers credit market decision makers with tools and information that lead to faster, insightful, and more predictable outcomes. The solutions launched from MCIA will further Morningstar’s commitment to empower investor success by bringing transparency, responsiveness, and leading-edge technology to credit markets and all of structured finance.

The Role

The QA Engineer will work with the MCIA team to ensure timely and high-quality delivery. Will have to coordinate and work with the members in a global team in an Agile way. We are looking for an individual that can apply discipline, create solid software products and be accountable for deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with development of quality assurance strategies in Agile environment.

• Writing test cases for the new functionalities of existing and new applications

• Analyses and reviews system requirements. Uses requirement and other design documents to gain overall understanding of the functionality of the new or enhanced application.

• Test automation – creating and maintaining scripts for automation testing using Selenium web driver (with Java) and Test Complete

• Execution of Manual test cases and maintaining the execution log.

• Tracking quality assurance metrics

• Documenting all issues, while assisting in RCA and in resolution of the bugs.

Requirements

• At least 2+ years of Software QA experience with no less than 2 years of scripting experience delivering successful products in agile/iterative environments

• Expertise in automation test plans, test cases and test scripts of complicated applications with understanding of business requirement and adapting the testing with the requirement.

• Experience in Test Automation using Selenium Web driver using Java, Test Complete and Junit, JMeter.

• Experience working in Agile Software Development.

• Experience in testing Web Services

• Experience in Development and Upgrade of Test Automation Framework

• Experience working in Test management tools like Jira SpiraTest.

• Strong expertise in problem solving techniques and insuring quality of projects.

• Should be well versed with quality assurance techniques, methodologies and best practices leveraging any test management tools

• Strong automated test tool proficiency with practical experience on any automation framework/scripting

• Excellent self-study skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer.

About Us

Morningstar DBRS is a leading provider of independent rating services and opinions for corporate and sovereign entities, financial institutions, and project and structured finance instruments globally. Rating more than 4,000 issuers and 60,000 securities, it is one of the top four credit rating agencies in the world.

Morningstar DBRS empowers investor success by bringing more transparency and a much-needed diversity of opinion in the credit rating industry. Our approach and size allow us to be nimble enough to respond to customers' needs in their local markets, but large enough to provide the necessary expertise and resources they require. Market innovators choose to work with us because of our agility, tech-forward approach, and exceptional customer service.

Morningstar DBRS is the next generation of credit ratings.

If you received and accept an offer from us, we require that personal and any related investments be disclosed confidentiality to our Compliance team (days vary by region). These investments will be reviewed to ensure they meet Code of Ethics requirements. If any conflicts of interest are identified, then you will be required to liquidate those holdings immediately. In addition, dependent on your department and location of work certain employee accounts must be held with an approved broker (for example all, U.S. employee accounts). If this applies and your account(s) are not with an approved broker, you will be required to move your holdings to an approved broker.

Morningstar’s hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to work remotely and collaborate in-person each week. While some positions are available as fully remote, we’ve found that we’re at our best when we’re purposely together on a regular basis, typically three days each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you’ll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.