Introduction
In this role, you’ll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

As a Test Specialist at IBM, your analytical and technical skills will directly impact the quality of the software we create. Come work in an agile environment where you will help each iteration reach the next level. Whether the testing is manual, automated, or cognitive, you hold a key role in releasing the best deliverables to IBM’ers and our clients.

Your Role and Responsibilities

• As an Automation Testing Practitioner, you will design, build, test and deploy effective testing solutions which reduce the amount of manual effort in the testing process.
• You are responsible for applying automated tools in testing of applications across all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Support the test team by recommending tools and processes
• To automate other test activities, such as test management, reporting, test data generation and defect management.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Minimum 4+ years of experience in Quality Assurance and Software Testing
• Profound knowledge of Software Development Processes and Testing life cycle.
• Working knowledge of Java 1.7 with Selenium/Appium, Cucumber, and BDD Tools along with an understanding of TestNG/Junit, Ant/Maven and Jenkins
• Hands-on experience in the development of application changes, testing the changes, and driving continuous delivery transformation within Scrum teams.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Knowledge of the commercial product ARIC from the Feature space will be an advantage
• Experience in MongoDB and WebServices testing is highly desired
• Ambitious individual who can work under their own direction towards agreed targets/goals.