Quality Automation engineer

Here's a comprehensive checklist of components and skills for your Quality Automation engineer assessment: Dm me if u have these skills

## Version Control & Collaboration
- Git/GitHub: Clone repos, create branches, commits, pull requests, merge conflicts
- GitHub Copilot: Access, usage, prompt engineering for test scripts
- Code reviews: Understanding PR process, commenting on code

## Test Automation Frameworks
- Karate Framework: API testing, feature files, scenarios, data-driven testing
- Selenium WebDriver: Web UI automation, locators (XPath, CSS), waits, page object model
- TestNG/JUnit: Test runners, annotations, assertions, test suites
- REST Assured: Alternative API testing (if used)
- Cucumber/BDD: Given-When-Then syntax, feature files

## Development Skills
- Java: Core Java concepts, OOP, collections, exception handling
- Maven/Gradle: Dependency management, build configurations
- IntelliJ/Eclipse: IDE setup, debugging, running tests
- JSON/XML: Parsing, validation, schema understanding
- SQL: Database queries for data validation, setup/teardown

## Testing Types & Practices
- API Testing: REST/SOAP services, endpoint testing, authentication (OAuth, JWT)
- UI Testing: Cross-browser testing, responsive testing
- Integration Testing: End-to-end workflows, system integrations
- Regression Testing: Test suite maintenance, smoke tests
- Data-driven Testing: Parameterization, test data management

## CI/CD & DevOps
- Jenkins/Azure DevOps: Pipeline setup, scheduled jobs, build triggers
- Docker: Container basics, running tests in containers (if applicable)
- Environment management: Dev, QA, UAT, Prod understanding
- Test execution: Command line execution, parallel execution

## Test Management & Reporting
- Jira: Creating/updating tickets, defect logging, sprint tracking
- Zephyr: Test case creation, test cycles, execution tracking, test case upload/import
- Confluence: Documentation, test plans, runbooks
- Extent Reports/Allure: Test execution reports, screenshots on failure
- Defect lifecycle: Logging, severity/priority, retest process

## Monitoring & Observability
- Datadog (since you're implementing this): Log analysis, APM traces for test debugging
- Application logs: Reading logs, correlating with test failures
- Network tools: Postman, browser DevTools, Fiddler/Charles Proxy

## Delta Dental Specific Context
- EBD (Oracle ADF): Understanding of ADF components for UI testing
- Macess workflows: Customer service/enrollment/claims flow knowledge
- Integration points: A3CS, IPCS, MetaVance, Genesys APIs
- WebLogic: Application server basics, deployment URLs
- Environment validation: Daily checks, smoke test automation you mentioned

## Best Practices & Processes
- TDD methodology: Technical Design Documents for test approach
- Code commit frequency: Regular commits, meaningful commit messages
- Test data management: Creating/maintaining test data, data cleanup
- Flaky test handling: Identifying, debugging, stabilizing unreliable tests
- Code quality: Clean code, reusability, maintainability

## Additional Tools (Context Dependent)
- Performance testing: JMeter, Gatling (if applicable)
- Security testing: Basic OWASP knowledge (if in scope)
- Mobile testing: Appium (if mobile apps exist)