Pega Testing Consultant

Pega Testing Consultant Mid Level

Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline. • 5+ years of experience with strong hands-on experience in Pega application testing and test automation. • Proficiency with Pega Test Automation Suite (ATS) and/or Selenium automation with Java for UI testing. • Working knowledge of Pega rules engine, case management, workflows, and UI behavior (PRPC 7.x / 8.x). Preferred Qualifications: • Experience building or enhancing automation frameworks (e.g., page object model, reusable utilities, reporting) and establishing automation best practices. • Exposure to CI/CD tooling and source control (e.g., Jenkins, Git, Azure DevOps) for automated test execution and reporting. Hiring across all locations • Analyze functional and technical requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria for Pega applications to define end-to-end test strategy and coverage. • Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using Pega Test Automation Suite (ATS) and/or Selenium with Java for Pega UI components, workflows, and case-driven applications. • Create and execute test plans, test cases, and test data for functional, regression, smoke, integration, system, and UAT testing across multiple business scenarios. • Validate Pega artifacts including case life cycles, flows, activities, UI rules, decision rules, and decisioning outcomes to ensure accuracy, stability, and compliance with requirements. • Test and validate Pega integrations (APIs/services and downstream systems), ensuring correct data mapping, error handling, and end-to-end process continuity. • Perform data validation across environments using SQL queries to verify data integrity, processing results, and reconciliation between systems. • Identify, log, triage, and manage defects using tools such as JIRA/ALM; provide clear reproduction steps, evidence, and impact analysis to accelerate resolution. • Collaborate closely with developers, business analysts, and DevOps teams to troubleshoot issues, validate fixes, and ensure quality delivery within Agile/Scrum sprints. • Integrate automation suites into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins/Azure DevOps), enabling reliable scheduled and on-demand execution with consistent results across environments. • Enhance and optimize automation frameworks, improving reusability, maintainability, reporting, and execution speed; reduce flakiness through better synchronization and stability practices. • Participate in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives), provide testing estimates, and ensure quality gates are met for each release. • Prepare test execution reports, track quality metrics (coverage, defect trends, pass/fail rates), communicate risks/status to stakeholders, and recommend continuous improvements to QA standards and best practices.