Senior Test Engineer - Hybrid

at  Unum

Our Fortune 500 company is driving a digital transformation and looking for forward-thinking innovators to disrupt how our industry thinks about and uses technology. As one of the world’s leading employee benefits providers, we help millions of people gain affordable access to benefits that help them protect their families, their finances and their futures.
Are you an asker of questions, a solver of problems, and a challenger of the status quo? Our mission is to provide a differentiated customer experience and exceed the expectations people have of technology at any company — not just insurers.
We are seeking individuals to join our team of talented IT professionals who share never-ending passion and an unwavering focus on our customer experience. Team members comfortable working in an agile, fast-paced, and delivery-focused environment thrive in our environment where we value an entrepreneurial spirit and those who challenge the status-quo.
Unum is changing, and we’re excited about what’s next. Join us.

GENERAL SUMMARY:

Are you a highly talented Senior Test Engineer with a passion for leadership and a deep understanding of both the technical and business sides of operations? Unum is seeking a Senior Test Engineer to join our Digital Transformation Organization in the Legacy Quote and Proposal systems!
Key Responsibilities:
Leadership and Oversight: Provide leadership and oversight to our team of offshore contractors based in India. Ensure the highest standards of testing are maintained.
Scrum Leadership: Lead Scrum ceremonies and guide testing professionals within the Scrum framework. Your leadership will be critical to our team’s success.
Quality Assurance: Ensure the quality delivery of the defined goals of the agile team. Identify the needed integration testing effort and proactively partner across agile teams to ensure the appropriate testing is completed without impacting other teams.
Technical and Business Bridge: Act as a bridge between our IT professionals and the business side of Unum. Collaborate closely with the Senior Business Analyst to ensure the team remains on track and aligned with business goals.
Subject Matter Expertise: Be a deep application and test technology skillset subject matter expert. Research third-party/cloud solutions and manage quality deliverables on them.
Collaboration: Work hand-in-hand with the Senior Business Analyst daily, diving into technical and business aspects to ensure comprehensive solutions and team success.
Mentorship: Play a critical role in mentoring Test Engineers of all levels to ensure we are growing future talent within the agile teams. Foster a culture of continuous improvement and excellence.
If you have proven experience as a Senior Test Engineer with strong technical expertise, demonstrated leadership skills in a Scrum environment, with the ability to lead Scrum ceremonies effectively and have a strong understanding of both technical and business aspects, with the ability to bridge the gap between IT and business teams, we invite you to apply!
* This is a hybrid opportunity, defined as 2 days onsite per week at our Portland, Maine campus *

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Our company is built on helping individuals and families, and this starts with our employees. We want employees to maintain a positive balance, which is why we provide access to the benefits and resources they need to invest in themselves. From our onsite fitness facilities and generous paid time off to employee professional development programs, we are committed to helping employees live and work their best – both inside and outside the office.
Unum is an equal opportunity employer, considering all qualified applicants and employees for hiring, placement, and advancement, without regard to a person’s race, color, religion, national origin, age, genetic information, military status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or protected veteran status.
The base salary range for applicants for this position is listed below. Unless actual salary is indicated above in the job description, actual pay will be based on skill, geographical location and experience.
$89,400.00-$174,800.00
Additionally, Unum offers a portfolio of benefits and rewards that are competitive and comprehensive including healthcare benefits (health, vision, dental), insurance benefits (short & long-term disability), performance-based incentive plans, paid time off, and a 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match up to 5% and an additional 4.5% contribution whether you contribute to the plan or not. All benefits are subject to the terms and conditions of individual Plans.
Company:
Unu

• Provides test leadership and direction for all EPIC features delivered
• Collaborates with Sr. Software Engineers, Principle Software Engineers or Architects on the application of agreed testing standards process, tooling and frameworks required for the delivery of features in the product backlog
• Ensures application solution design conforms to agreed quality attributes such as performance, security and usability etc.
• Evaluates 3rd party/cloud based solutions and new releases to socialize testing implications. Participates in evaluation for purchase and/or implementation of new features.
• Ensure product backlog has appropriate acceptance criteria defined and participates in their prioritization
• Provides ongoing and appropriate mentorship for team members on the discipline of testing
• Plays an active role in championing and improving the test practices at Unum
• Drives the team’s build out and use of test automation through metrics and data
• Collaborates and partners with the business and the agile team to ensure acceptance tests are automated by the team
• Identifies process improvements and contributes to corporate testing standards and definition of best practices.
• Provides consultancy and coaching team members on unit testing, test driven development, provisioning of test data through stubs and drivers, white box testing tools and techniques etc.
• Keeps abreast of emerging testing practices and technologies and pro-actively analyzes current processes and practices and suggests and drives improvements
• May manage complex multi-function, multi-business unit projects with medium-high risk impacts
• Responsible for ensuring the quality of existing and new features through both manual and automated testing and use of continuous integration techniques where practical
• Partner closely with the Business Analyst to create acceptance criteria for the user stories. Produces test scripts, materials and regression test packs to test new and amended software or services. Specifies requirements for environment, data, resources and tools.
• Partners closely with team members to assist with and help drive test automation through all phases of testing (such as unit, system, integration and regression)
• Is an advocate for Quality Assurance best practices across the entire team throughout the deliverables
• Analyzes and reports test activities and results using industry best practices that align with the companies reporting and metrics needs
• Develops test strategies, test plans, test cases, test coverage, and test execution reports to support the Quality Assurance effort in testing features that are part of application and/or solution changes
• Creates and maintains traceability records, from test cases back to requirements.
• Communicates daily with the Scrum Master and/or Team Lead and the Agile team on progress made and planned progress for the coming day and reports any impediments blocking their progress
• Participates in sizing and estimation activities within the agile team
• Collaborates with the Team (Business Analysts, Designers, Software Engineers, Architects, etc.) to ensure that the team defines, configures, builds and produces features and solutions that meet or exceed what the product owner is expecting
• May serve in a Scrum Master role for an agile team
• Automates testing of software to industry standards
• Create and maintain appropriate test artifacts for the team
• Collaborates with software engineers on the definition of done for software deliveries transitioning to testing and ensures the agile team understands the overall testing process
• May direct the activities of onshore and offshore testing teams and be accountable for ensuring that they adhere to the teams standards
• Ensures that the latest project progress is known to the agile team by ensuring Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools are up to date and participating in daily standups outlining progress made, progress planned and detailing impediments
• Thinks with the mind of the end customer at all times, ensuring solutions seek to improve the customer experience and delight their customers.