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Job Title: Endur Quality Engineer Test Lead

Location: Juno Beach, FL (Hybrid)

Duration: 6+ Months/Contract

Interview Mode: MS Team

Visa: Any Expect H1B

Client: Publicis Sapient/ NextEra Energy

Skills | Must-Haves:
* 7+ years of professional experience
* extensive knowledge in Endur applications and challenges that comes with traditional testing models
* heavy API testing experience (in JVS and OpenComponents)
* experience with Endur components (i.e. grid, domain services, workflows, user defined simulation results, etc.)
* experience testing Endur integrations both inbound and outbound

Nice to Have Skills:
* Bachelor's degree
* currently working with traders, operations and/or market risk groups
* past experience working with both offshore and onshore teams
* Endur data modeling experience

Job Description:
Endur Test Lead
Responsible for developing and implementing a test strategy for the migration of European Gas, Power and Carbon trading from Aligne to the latest version of Endur.
This will be a greenfield Endur implementation, defining and adopting best practice in every aspect of the project including the testing function.
A key deliverable will be the ability to regression test a significant proportion of the solution with little involvement from the business. New versions of Endur should be deployable with confidence in weeks, not months as a result.

Responsibilities
Selection and implementation of appropriate test tools
Designing and implementing a scalable, optimized API-based testing approach, focused on automation and minimizing manual testing
Recruit, lead, coach and develop a team, directing them to deliver an effective end-to-end test capability including smoke, acceptance, integration, system, regression and performance tests
Understanding the requirements of the business and ensure testing adequately covers these needs within practical constraints such as time and cost
Effective communication with other senior stakeholders across the project, particularly progress reporting
Working closely with the Development Lead to ensure customizations are more easily testable
Working with other test leads (e.g. on the SENA & LNG Endur projects) to ensure best practice approaches can be leveraged across Shell Energy
Endur Knowledge Requirements
Deep knowledge of the Endur application and the challenges this presents for most test tools and traditional testing models
Understanding the importance of JVS and OpenComponents in the context of an API-based testing approach

Knowledge and understanding of key Endur concepts such as:
o Grid
o Domain Services – (APM, Credit, Log Monitor etc.)
o Workflows
o User Defined Simulation results (UDSRs)
o Accounting
Experience testing Endur integrations (both inbound and outbound)
Knowledge of the Endur data model for transactional data, with focus on power and gas markets
Knowledge of the Endur data model for static data

General Requirements
Experience running a distributed testing team
Effective management of tasks, timelines, and progress reporting to senior management stakeholders
Understanding of the pros and cons of available Endur testing tools in the market, and experience of at least one
Demonstrate a thorough understanding and experience of agile and waterfall delivery methodologies, often in combination
Experience with Behaviour Driven Development testing (BDD testing)
Technical skills such as SQL, Azure, PowerShell scripting, JVS and OpenComponents an advantage
Must have experience following a structured CI/CD process to ensure standards and processes are uniformly upheld

Thanks & Regards

Mangal Thakur

SKILLBIRD LLC.

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