Senior Automated Test Analyst

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Job Summary: We are seeking a Senior Automated Test Analyst to drive innovation with attitude, leadership, and a focus on execution, contributing solid expertise in agile methodologies. Key Highlights: 1. Work using agile methodologies and quality engineering. 2. Create and review test scenarios, ensuring efficient coverage. 3. Lead manual, exploratory, and integrated functional testing. **Senior Automated Test Analyst** We are looking for a **Senior Automated Test Analyst** to empower people and businesses through innovation, with attitude, leadership, and a focus on execution. **Your impact in this role:** Possess solid knowledge of agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, etc.) and quality engineering practices; Experience creating and reviewing test scenarios, applying systematic techniques to ensure efficient coverage; Ability to execute and guide teams in manual functional and exploratory testing; Expertise in planning and executing integrated functional tests, using appropriate techniques and tools; Capability to perform risk analysis, helping prioritize testing efforts toward high-probability and high-impact scenarios; Experience defining test strategies, distributing tests across levels according to the chosen strategy; Ability to collect and analyze user/business metrics and incidents, leveraging them for test planning and decision-making; Knowledge of reviewing prototypes/wireframes and proposing improvements, identifying issues and opportunities; Experience reviewing user stories, requirements, and acceptance criteria, suggesting enhancements; Ability to disseminate agile QA culture and practices across teams; Understanding of application architecture and its integrations, applying this knowledge to test planning and execution; Experience using and evolving processes, standards, and templates predefined by the Quality Chapter; Ability to review and suggest improvements to unit tests and code reviews (functional tests); Skill in creating test doubles using an already-defined framework; Experience developing frameworks or scripts for test data generation, including databases such as Mongo, Oracle, and MSSQL, and messaging systems like RabbitMQ, Kafka, and IBM MQ; Capability to report test execution status, critical bugs, and blockers; Skill in presenting team deliverables to stakeholders and gathering feedback; Experience debugging errors using logs and monitoring tools; Ability to mentor new members of the Quality Chapter and request expert mentoring; Familiarity with project and test management tools such as Jira, Zephyr Scale, and Confluence; Continuous pursuit of innovation in systemic processes. **Tech Stack:** Completed or ongoing undergraduate degree, preferably in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Analysis, or related fields; Minimum 5 years of experience in software quality assurance and testing; Manual testing for Mobile and API; Experience developing frameworks or scripts for test data generation, including databases such as Mongo, Oracle, and MSSQL, and messaging systems like RabbitMQ, Kafka, and IBM MQ; Code versioning tools (GitLab); Test scenario and defect management tools; Agile methodologies and the QA role within agile; Monitoring/Troubleshooting (Kibana/OpenSearch); Risk analysis; Databases; Contract testing; Review of unit and integration tests; Creation of test doubles (mocks, stubs, fakes, spies, dummies); Continuous integration, continuous delivery, continuous testing, and DevOps culture; Monitoring/Troubleshooting (Grafana and Dynatrace). * **Nice-to-have:** Knowledge of automated testing across multiple platforms: Mobile and API; Experience in financial institutions; Experience with rules and decision engines. **Benefits:** Remote work allowance Flash card Access to South Academy courses and certifications Financial education program **About South:** You will join a collaborative team with autonomy and a focus on continuous improvement, working on projects with real business impact, where transforming ideas into deliverables is part of everyday work. We are recognized for our people: we have been named twice among the best companies to work for in Brazil (GPTW). We are committed to the future: we are a carbon-neutral company. Interested? Apply now and help us make it happen!