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Senior Test Analyst, B&OP SDK and Integration Services

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The concept of “Blizzard polish,” that is, the infinite care and loving detail put into every aspect of our games, is something we take seriously and pride ourselves on delivering to our players. It’s a responsibility shared across the company – and its undisputed heart and soul is Blizzard QA. We’re searching for like-minded folks with a passion for QA to help us continue to deliver unforgettable gaming experiences for years to come. Blizzard QA is a close-knit team; we care about iteration, problem solving, and succeeding as a group. We genuinely love what we do for a living, and expect the same from everyone who joins us! If your career is ready for its next great challenge, get in touch and let’s get to work!

The Battle.net & Online Products organization is home to 300+ superpowered engineers, program managers, and designers passionate about the technology that powers Blizzard Entertainment’s games. Whether you’re playing one of our titles, chatting with friends, or just shopping online, B&OP ensures that our players are immersed in engaging, exciting, and secure experiences.

Covid-19 Hiring: We are currently working under a temporary work-from-home model and are continuing to interview and hire during this time. This role is expected to begin as a remote position but will later be assigned to work full-time at a physical location on-site .

Responsibilities

• Work and collaborate with B&OP teams to embed and establish quality goals, develop test plans, and understand risk-based testing.
• Identify and implement technical solutions (tests) increasing test efficiency and coverage, while reducing the cost of test execution.
• Debug and tackle defects found during test runs, partner with the team to identify the root cause and write reports/bugs.
• Analyze test data and results to identify patterns, report on risk status to development partners, and influence software quality.
• Make effective use of time outside test execution to engage in early test planning and process improvement.
• Collaborate with analysts and engineers to provide testing guidance.
• Promote quality software among individuals and teams.
• Share ideas, solutions, processes, and best practices within the team and across Blizzard, to be part of innovative and exciting products!
• Champion Blizzard’s core values, especially “Commit to Quality”.
• Test against deployed changes to production.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability (3+ years) within a QA or similar role with a focus on engineering or automation.
• Proven experience as a QA tester with a deep understanding of testing best practices and the SDLC.
• Solid understanding of acceptance, functional, regression, exploratory and integration testing.
• Experience working in SCRUM/Agile Environments close to a development team.
• Strong communication skills in both verbal and written formats.
• Experience with REST API Testing, Automation, and Documentation (Postman, JUnit, TestNG, Rest Assured SoapUI, Swagger UI)
• Experience with Web Testing (black and grey box) and Web Automation (Selenium, Cypress, or similar frameworks)
• Experience with Mobile Testing of iOS and Android (virtual and physical devices) and traffic monitoring (Charles Proxy, Fiddler)
• Experience with testing on Windows and MacOS
• Experience with setting up and tearing down test environments
• Experience with CI/CD Pipelines (Jenkins)
• Experience with JIRA, Confluence, Github.

Pluses

• 2+ years of experience working within a professional environment with large testing code bases in Java, Javascript, or C#.
• Experience in online technologies/platforms/services to design test for web services (micro-services), web sites (SPAs), authentication (SSO, OAuth, 2FA), SDKs, or security.
• Experience with game engines, content and asset editors, and shared technologies.
• Experience writing scripts to optimize manual workflows.
• Experience with software release management.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Blizzard Entertainment is a global company committed to growing our employees. We offer generous benefits and perks with an eye on providing true work / life balance. We’ve worked hard to champion an intensely collaborative and creative environment, a diverse and inclusive employee culture, and training and opportunity for professional growth. Our people are everything. Our core values are real, and our mission has never changed.

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! At Activision Blizzard, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are dedicated to creating the most epic entertainment experiences…ever. Join us!

Accommodation Request: We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com . General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.