NBCUniversal
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QA Specialist

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Employer Provided Salary: 90,000-125,000 Annually
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Company Description
NBCUniversal owns and operates over 20 different businesses across 30 countries including a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, world-renowned theme parks and a premium ad-supported streaming service.
Here you can be your authentic self. As a company uniquely positioned to educate, entertain and empower through our platforms, Comcast NBCUniversal stands for including everyone. We strive to foster a diverse and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard. We believe that our workforce should represent the communities we live in, so that together, we can continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world. Click here to learn more about Comcast NBCUniversal's commitment and how we are making an impact.
Job Description
Welcome to Peacock, the dynamic new streaming service from NBCUniversal. Here you'll find more than a job. You'll find a fast-paced, high-performance team of incredible colleagues that want to be at the epicenter of technology, sports, news, tv, movies and more. We work hard to connect people to what they love, each other and the world around them by creating shared experiences through culture-defining entertainment.
As a company, we embrace the power of difference. Our team is committed to creating an organization that champions diversity and inclusivity for all by curating content and a workforce that represents the world around us. We continue to challenge ourselves and the industry by being customer-centric, data-driven creatures of innovation. At Peacock, we are determined to forge the next frontier of streaming through creativity, teamwork, and talent.
The Peacock Technology team is seeking a Quality Assurance Specialist. The Quality Assurance Specialist on the Digital Operations team will be required to use standard industry tools to test development of pending applications and digital product from the NBCU team as well as monitor the quality of our live, in production, digital product.

  • Review testcases with the territory (US Market) expertise and be able to use your own initiative to add value to the current test pack for testing the applications to the core that are being built by off-shore team
  • Understand the proposition and use your expertise in coming up with 'out of the box' scenarios using the current territory (US Market) knowledge
  • Create and perform standard release regression test verification (per platform) to confirm successful code deployments and mobile store submissions
  • Be able to repeat the test packs manually across the whole suite of OTT devices in scope
  • Participate in daily scrum calls with remote teams to support issues' triage process and understand prioritization of work assignments
  • Manage the creation, updates and status of issues detected during the test execution phase
  • Manage the retest, updates and status of issues reported by other project stakeholders
  • Report Test execution status to Test Managers, Project Managers and Release Managers to ensure that all project deliverables are appropriately verified and approved for both distribution for owner verification and for final code deployment/ submission
  • Cover both E2E & UAT Testing from a customer's perspective


Qualifications

  • Minimum two (2) years' Quality Assurance process and Quality Assurance management tool experience
  • Minimum five (5) years' of website support and web applications experience
  • Familiarity with agile development methodologies and full software development lifecycle, especially with web, mobile, connected device and OTT applications
  • Familiarity with current popular Connected Device/OTT (tvOS/Apple TV, Roku, Fire TV, Android TV, Xbox One, PS4, etc.)
  • Familiarity with applications supporting video/media playback
  • Experience with building test plans and coordinating QA/UAT with functional teams
  • Ability to adapt/adopt new technology and solutions easily
  • Good understanding of networking, SSL, firewalls, Akamai
  • Experience with Charles proxy, Splunk or similar logging tools
  • Experience with Jira, Slack, Confluence collaboration tools
  • Experience with TestRails, Quality Center or similar test case management tools


Desired Qualifications:

  • Have prior experience with desktop, mobile and connected device and OTT development or support
  • Ability to self-start, self-manage, meet deadlines, and learn from mistakes
  • Familiarity with both manual and automated testing
  • Have a passion for digital media platforms and entertainment industries
  • Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines
  • Familiarity with basic product support a plus
  • Highly organized and able to track multiple deliverable and projects


This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $90,000 - $125,000
Additional Information
NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. NBCUniversal will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, where applicable.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access nbcunicareers.com as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations in the US by calling 1-818-777-4107 and in the UK by calling +44 2036185726.

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401(K) matching
Company equity
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Performance bonus
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Child Care & Parental Leave
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Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
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Paid holidays
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Commuter benefits
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Company-sponsored happy hours
Onsite office parking
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Fitness stipend
Home-office stipend for remote employees
Onsite gym
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Job training & conferences
Tuition reimbursement
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Continuing education stipend
Continuing education available during work hours
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