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Job Description:DESIRED PREVIOUS JOB EXPERIENCE Experience monitoring application performance during performance tests or production usage using APM and other monitoring tools to isolate the fault domain, dive deep into application code, and identify root cause of performance issuesExperience monitoring resource usage for physical servers, application servers and databases to drive optimization changes in production environmentHave collaborated with development leads and project team to review and refine application NFRs, SLAs, & KPIs to create acceptance criteria and performance budgets necessary to measure, validate, and improve performanceInteracted with project teams, development, operations, and infrastructure resources to recommend solutions to remediate performance issuesDeveloped Shift left performance practices including execution of performance tests in Continuous Integration & Delivery pipeline MINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATIONS • 6+ years of experience in Quality Assurance and software testing environment • 5+ years of experience developing and executing automated test scripts in UI and web services / API • 5+ years of experience working with automated test frameworks and test runners • 3+ years of experience with Java and developing Junits • 3+ years of experience with test case management and test case management tools • 3+ years of experience utilizing risk-based testing techniques • 2+ years of experience with defect management and using defect management tools • 2+ years of experience managing test environments and test data • 1 year of experience using SQL or other query methods to validate data changes in the database • Any experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment • Any experience mentoring and coaching team members (remote and onsite) Key Responsibilities: • Own and be accountable for test strategy, test planning, and test execution within their product team• Responsible for design and execution of test strategies as part of an Agile scrum team• Participate in product design reviews to provide input on testability of functional requirements, product designs, and estimating/planning• Analyze and decompose complex software systems and collaborate with and influence others to improve the overall design• Translate user stories and requirements to test cases• Develop and support the testing of product features throughout the entire development cycle• Design and build advanced automated testing frameworks• Uncovering issues by debugging the application through logs, stack traces and test results and continuous monitoring of systems under test• Work closely with development teams to drive root cause analysis and feed that knowledge into automated quality processes effectively• Drive adoption of best practices in code health, testing, and maintainability• Collaborate with engineers in other teams to keep current on the company’s latest developments in the area of automation, learn from them and share/propose ideas• Advocate for shift-left approach to testing and be the voice of quality• Research emerging test tools, trends and methodologies and enhance existing systems and processes• Guide testing efforts involving coaching, mentoring, active participations in application code reviews, and contributing to improvements to frameworks, tools, processes,• Lead best practices for both Software engineers and Quality engineers like Risk based testing, TDD (Test Driven Development) and Shift left practices including execution of automated tests in CICD pipelines.• Leverage Java knowledge to build Junits for both front end code changes and web services/API.• Provide oversight to ensure automation test suites are well maintained and operational• Participate in the interviewing, selection, and onboarding of Kroger QA team members• Analyze Application requirements and design and provide feedback on completeness and testability• Provide accurate estimates for QA efforts including test case design/scripting, test data management, test execution, and defect correction• Assist in Front end, Data Integrity and backend testing including DB and services/API.• Report on risks to timeline to all stakeholders and guide Team to resolve/mitigate risks to project timelines.• Identify opportunities to improve application code quality by increasing unit and integration test coverage• Identify opportunities to increase Test automation coverage at all levels of testing – Unit, INT, SOA, E2E and Regression.• Leverage technical expertise to develop, maintain and execute automation tests and CICD pipelines• Provide ideas and feedback on test automation frameworks and opportunities to improve• Participate in all ceremonies, meetings, and sessions held for the project and team• Assist with building and maintaining test environments and driving their best use• Understand Kroger’s core quality metrics and how to utilize them to foster quality improvement