Staff IT Analyst II

Job Title:

Staff IT Analyst II - Quality Assurance Automation Tester

Location:

Block 23

What you'll do:

Western Alliance Bank is seeking a passionate, results-driven Senior QA/Automation Tester to deliver innovative, industry leading manual testing and automated testing solutions for our Juris Banking applications. We want a creative, highly motivated tester who can take initiative, have good sense of urgency and is comfortable working in a fast paced, agile environment supporting our Juris Banking teams. In this role, you will be responsible to lead and plan the testing effort, analyze requirements, create test strategy / test plans, design / execute manual and automated tests, report testing results and display an excellent communication and collaboration with all stakeholders. In this role you will be performing multiple types of testing (System, Integration, Data Migration, Sanity, Security, End to End, Smoke, Regression) on various platforms (Desktop Apps, Web Apps, Cloud-Based Apps, Databases and APIs).

• Demonstrate advanced programming skills, working in one or many automation harness solutions, creating automation frameworks and implementing best practices.
• Meeting with the IT / Business stakeholders to discuss baseline, requirements, facilitate user acceptance testing, and communicate testing progress/results.
• Identifying software testing risks, weaknesses, and target areas of improvement.
• Reviewing software bug reports, production bug leakages, highlighting problem areas and provide recommendations to mitigate risks.
• Participation in sprint design, planning, grooming and demo practices.
• Leading QA coordination, planning, design, execution, evaluation, and reporting.
• Designing and executing automation scripts and manual test cases.

What you'll need:

• 5+ years’ experience as QA automation engineer with expertise in planning, designing and execution of automation and manual testing activities.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a similar field.
• Prior experience with enterprise orchestration and data integration tools, preferably Control-M or Informatica and Azure Functions for data processing.
• Advanced programming skills including automation frameworks.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language, preferably JavaScript or Python (experience with .NET or Java is also valued).
• Hands-on experience with automation tools is required—preferably with Playwright, Cypress, or Protractor. Familiarity with Selenium/WebDriver, Appium, RestAssured, Maven, or other TDD frameworks is also acceptable.
• Familiarity with a low code / no code automation framework or Behavior-Driven Development or Test-Driven Development frameworks.
• Ability in designing, creating, and executing API tests and SQL database queries.
• Hands-on experience with following testing types: Integration, System/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.
• Excellent analytical skills and strong attention to detail.
• 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 [email protected] or call 602-386-2488.  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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