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Nationwide Insurance

Senior Analyst, Quality Engineer, (Remote)

Columbus, OH

If you’re passionate about innovation and love working in an environment where you can constantly improve and adopt new technologies to drive business results, then Nationwide’s Information Technology team could be the place for you!

We are seeking a Senior Analyst, Quality Engineer that will act on an Agile Team as the Quality Engineer for a Robotics Process Automation line. Develop testing infrastructure, test automation frameworks, and evaluate features in order to establish complex testing patterns. Provide consulting and governance on how to improve test effectiveness through robust Automation Frameworks.

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The ideal candidate will have experience with testing co-ordination, dependency management, Cross-business unit collaboration and have a strong automation mindset and focus. Knowledge of testing tools like TOSCA, Ruby / Cucumber, and Hexawise, is needed.

Must have strong collaboration, communication, and leadership skills.

Job Description Summary

If you’re passionate about delivering technology solutions to support a company providing extraordinary care to its customers, then Nationwide Technology is the place for you. Nationwide's industry-leading technology workforce embraces an agile work environment and a collaborative culture to deliver outstanding solutions and results. If that sounds like something you aspire to, we want to hear from you!

As a Quality Engineer you will plan and conduct a wide range of software quality tests and analyzes to ensure all application products and services meet organizational standards aligned to their quality management approach, as well as, end-user requirements. All Quality Engineers perform quality planning, quality design and execution.

You will focus on a blend of skills enabling efficient execution of risk-based testing, test automation, performance testing, test data management, test environment management, continuous integration and continuous deployment all improving speed to delivery for our business partners.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities: 

  • Under guidance, carries out procedures to ensure all information systems products and services meet organization standards and end-user requirements.

  • Analyzes and reviews requirements, user stories and technical work products.

  • Uses the appropriate quality engineering tools to design and create the automation needed.

  • Validates basic test results, records and researches defects.

  • With guidance leverages appropriate test engineering and automation tools and techniques for each technology domain and application.

  • Assists in the identification of means to deliver more effective and efficient testing, without compromising quality.

  • Executes basic to moderate release testing and backs out testing when needed.

  • Identifies, documents, and reports several release test results.

  • Addresses defects found in release testing and works with the appropriate team members to resolve open testing issues or testing questions.

  • Aligns with the Nationwide automated testing reference architecture.

  • Complies with release management process governance and timelines throughout the release.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships:  Reports to Technology Manager or Director.

Typical Skills and Experiences: 

Education:   Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information systems, or a related field is preferred.

License/Certification/Designation:  Technology certifications including TOSCA Automated Specialist 1 (AS1), TOSCA Automated Specialist 2 (AS2), or other related designations are preferred.

Experience: Two years of related experience with software delivery or educational experience within a technology domain.  Demonstrated experience in testing for agile teams including planning, test plan creation, maintenance and execution.  Understanding of test automation and optimization throughout a stack and the tools to support.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills:  Solid analytical and communication skills, knowledge of planning.  Ability to problem solve and set priorities needed. Insurance/financial services industry knowledge a plus. 

Other criteria, including leadership or technical skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and HR Business Partner.

Values:  Regularly and consistently demonstrates the Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions: 

Overtime Eligibility:  Exempt (Not Eligible)

Working Conditions:   Normal office environment. Some travel maybe required.

ADA:  The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job.  Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties. 

Job ID: c2212462ea1e70d5aac673ec781ec2a7e6445b50c20e7d1bb97d0490cf908422
Employment Type: Other