Qa Engineer Jobs in Hanover, PA (NOW HIRING)

As the largest most diversified television broadcasting company in the country, we continuously look to embrace new opportunities and challenge ourselves to defy expectations of what a broadcaster can do. We are looking for a detail-oriented individual to drive quality and quality-related development work related to Sinclair's applications. You will work alongside the product teams to acquire in-depth knowledge of how each application works in terms of business logic, security aspects, development environments, and production environments. You will provide input into test strategies, document areas for improvement in design, and assist in corrective action in all stages of the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

Operations, Collaboration & Partnerships

Recommend and assist in corrective actions taken at all stages of product life

Submit and track production (maintenance) and release issues

Review functional and design specifications to ensure full understanding of deliverables

Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing efforts across multiple projects

Develop and maintain test plans, test cases, test data, project test progress and release reports, application turnover documents and test schedules

Design and implement software testing solutions via automated and manual means

Perform backend database testing in identified testing environment including validating stored procedures, jobs and triggers

Identify, document and track bugs

Collaborate with development team and business to troubleshoot issues

Ensure projects meet customer requirements and objectives

Performance Improvement:

Help the software applications team to maintain a level of excellence

Develop and refine test case standards, methodologies and sustainable processes

Develop and evaluate performance metrics to establish process success

Design, document and implement procedures and techniques that are consistent with best practices for analyzing, testing, and evaluating the risk (software & business), accuracy, completeness, internal integrity/consistency, testability and overall quality of system

Research emerging technologies and identify opportunities for adoption

Track operations and constantly look for ways to make things work better, faster, and smoother

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in IT discipline or equivalent work experience

3-6+ years of application testing experience

Experience reporting, regressing and reproducing software problems

Experience with relational databases (administration and T-SQL); understanding of SQL and ability to query/validate sets of data

Experience testing 3rd party applications, determining root cause, and partnering with 3rd party vendors to resolve issues

Experience working with a formal Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process

Agile experience preferred

Experience in both front and back-end testing

Familiarity and experience with automated testing tools such as Robot Framework, Selenium, etc. preferred

Familiarity and experience with AI testing tools such as Copilot, ChatGPT, etc. preferred

Experience using one or more of the following tools a plus: Jira, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Visual Studio / Git

Thrive in a fast-paced and demanding environment, possess a high level of intellectual curiosity, and demonstrate strong judgment in the face of ambiguity

Please note that this position is not eligible for visa sponsorship, including employer sponsorship for an H-1B visa, OPT-STEM employment, etc.

EEO AND INCLUSIVITY:

Sinclair is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by virtue of an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

About Sinclair:

Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and a leading provider of local news and sports. The Company owns, operates and/or provides services to 177 television stations in 79 markets affiliated with all major broadcast networks; owns Tennis Channel, the premium destination for tennis enthusiasts; and multicast networks CHARGE, Comet, ROAR and The Nest. Sinclair's AMP Media produces a growing portfolio of digital content and original podcasts. Additional information about Sinclair can be found at www.sbgi.net.

 About the Team

The life-blood of our organization is our people. We have a compelling story, a goal-oriented culture, and we take really good care of people. How good? Here is a glimpse: great benefits, open-door policy, upward mobility and a strong desire to see you succeed. Ready to be part of a winning team? Let's talk.

The base salary compensation range for this role is $98,000 to $109,500. Final compensation for this role will be 
determined by various factors such as a candidate's relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and geographic location. Full time positions are eligible for benefits that include participation in a retirement plan, life and disability insurance, health, dental and vision plans, flexible spending accounts, 15 paid vacation days, 2 paid personal days, 9 paid holidays, 40 hours of paid sick leave, parental leave, and employee stock purchase plan.