Job Summary
The Senior Systems Analyst - Testing Lead understands business processes, process analysis/management, and IT managed service requirements. Provides high level thought leadership on testing strategy across portfolio, while driving automation to reduce overall complexity and cost. Ensures the IT Outsourcer is meeting delivery expectations and SLAs. This individual will be responsible for executing on the testing strategy and improving our current testing service through innovation, automation, and adherence to best practices.
Position Responsibilities
* Participates in strategy discussions and other business unit discussions to understand and capture high level business needs.
* Communicates status of IT effort and incidents to key business stakeholders proactively.
* Prioritizes requirements with the business stakeholders.
* Understands end to end application environment and works with architects to validate capabilities are being build according to strategic direction
* Oversees IT Outsourcer service management (problem management, issues escalation, and change management).
* Drives innovation and streamlines overall testing process.
* Develop automated scripts against SOAP/REST web services.
* Develop automated scripts at the UI-level using Selenium to facilitate regression testing
* Lead the implementation of the overall automation testing strategy
* Serve as a mentor to other resources on the team in regards of test automation
* Design and construct data-agnostic tests that can be used as reference implementations that others can follow.
* Participate in rapid planning, design, coding, unit testing, and review
* Create test automation strategies that are applicable to DevOps environments (ie: AzureDevOps)
* Creates and distributes quality assurance practices and standards.
* Assist in developing technical documentation; participates in test-plan development, integration and deployment
* Develops operating procedures and user manuals for transition into routine operations
* Oversees and provides guidance to IT Outsourcer for continuous improvement opportunities.
* Assist with tracking and influencing IT Outsourcer service performance and escalation
* Partners with application software vendors on services, system lifecycle and contract/license management
* Supports financial management and forecasting for associated IT costs
Position Qualifications
* Bachelors Degree Required (Computer Science or other degrees)
* 5+ years in Information Technology or relevant experience
* Working knowledge of systems architecture concepts and methodologies.
* Experience working with an outsourced vendor
* Experience in different types of testing: Functional, integration, regression, smoke testing etc.
* Experience in testing .NET, java, SAP, Oracle applications (custom as well as ERP) etc.
* Experience with automated testing frameworks
* Experience with Stress/Load testing tools
* Able to provide key matrices about test coverage, test execution, defect status, issue resolution etc.
* Knowledge of data staging concepts (SQL background) for different environment to help aid integration testing
* Can perform root cause analysis and able provide clear & concise steps to reproduce the defects
Preferred Qualifications
* UI testing experience
* Familiarity with MicroFocus Testing suite
* Understanding of web technologies. Good understanding of multi-tier web application architecture
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Our Benefits:
We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:
* Health: Medical, dental and vision insurance, company-paid life, accident and disability insurance
* Wealth: great salaries, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
* Growth: online courses, virtual and classroom development experiences
* Balance: paid-time off , flexible work-schedules
Our Company:
Conagra Brands is one of North America's leading branded food companies. We have a rich heritage of making great food, and a team thats passionate about innovation and growth. Conagra offers choices for every occasion through iconic brands, such as Birds Eye, Marie Callender's, Banquet, Healthy Choice, Slim Jim, Reddi-wip, and Vlasic, and emerging brands, including Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP, Duke's, Earth Balance, Gardein, and Frontera.
We pride ourselves on having the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in the food industry. For more information, visit www.conagrabrands.com.
Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law.
Chicago, IL
Conagra Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a food company in North America. The company operates through Grocery & Snacks, Refrigerated & Frozen, International, and Foodservice segments. The Grocery & Snacks segment primarily offers shelf stable food products in various retail channels in the United States. The Refrigerated & Frozen segment provides temperature controlled food products in various retail channels in the United States. The International reporting segment offers food products in various temperature states in retail and foodservice channels outside of the United States. The Foodservice segment offers food products, including meals, entrees, sauces, and various custom-manufactured culinary products packaged for sale to restaurants and other foodservice establishments in the United States. Conagra Brands, Inc. sells its products under the Marie Callender's, Reddi-wip, Hunt's, Healthy Choice, Slim Jim, Orville Redenbacher's, Alexia, Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP, Blake's, Duke's, Frontera, Banquet, Chef Boyardee, and BIGS brand names.
The company was formerly known as ConAgra Foods, Inc. and changed its name to Conagra Brands, Inc. in November 2016. Conagra Brands, Inc. was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.