Job Summary:
We are seeking a results-oriented Software QA Engineer Lead with a minimum of 8 years of hands-on experience.
The ideal candidate will have proven liaison and partnership skills to effectively manage client expectations, along with accomplished communication, negotiation, and problem resolution skills.
This role requires innovative problem-solving abilities, hands-on testing experience, and expertise in automating test cases.
The candidate should have the ability to see both the business and technical sides of the problem and have a strong analytical background in distributed development environments.
Key Responsibilities:
•Lead QA initiatives for a project with possible coordination of offshore resources while contributing to the testing effort in a hands-on role.
•Work with supervisors to oversee all aspects of quality assurance, including establishing metrics, applying industry best practices, and using tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met.
•Act as the key point of contact for QA aspects of releases, providing QA services and coordinating QA resources internally and externally.
•Review requirements and/or non-business requirements.
•Develop and execute procedures, plans, test cases, and scripts (manual and automated).
•Build automated test scripts (using Selenium-based framework or LoadRunner).
•Work closely with cross-functional organizations, project teams, and clients to develop project schedules, execute test plans and cases, and deliver high-quality products.
•Track testing risks and develop mitigation action plans.
•Create and execute detailed test scripts to verify software functionality and/or performance and adherence to business and non-business requirements.
Other Related Duties:
•Perform other related duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
•This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Required Qualifications:
•Proven experience with a variety of different testing techniques such as UI Testing, Automated Testing, and Behavior Driven Development Strategies.
•Strong expertise in designing and implementing automation tests using Java and Selenium.
•Proficient in testing and automating REST APIs and Web Services.
•Experience with In-Sprint Automation.
•Experience working in an Agile development and continuous integration environment.
•Experience managing QA teams on initiatives of at least 3 people.
•Proven ability to lead offshore teams.
•Capable of adapting to a rapidly evolving environment.
•Expert at SQA methodologies, tools, and approaches (manual and automated testing experience).
•Knowledge of Java, JavaScript, HTML, SOAP/XML, SQL required.
•Extensive knowledge of QA tools such as ALM, Jira, and methodologies.
•Extensive experience with cross-browser testing, compatibility testing, web services, and mobile device testing.
•Strong written and verbal communication skills.
•Excellent leadership and coaching skills.
•Strong people management, interpersonal communication, and collaboration skills.
•Highly organized, self-motivated, customer-oriented, and able to work independently as well as within a team and with internal business and technology partners.
•Experience and good understanding of Chrome Dev tools, UNIX command, Shell scripting, Eclipse, HTTP, HTTPS, Test Driven Development a plus.
•5 years working in an SDLC compliant on-shore and off-shore team environment.
Education and/or Experience:
•Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from a Four (4) year College or University or equivalent education/experience.
•Advanced skills, subject matter expert with 8+ years QA experience.
Language Skills:
•Ability to read and interpret documents such as policy and procedure manuals, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions.
•Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
•Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.
Mathematical Skills:
•Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, and percentages.
Reasoning Ability:
•Ability to solve practical problems and solve a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardizations exist.
•Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Customer Service Relationships:
•Assesses and diffuses problem situations and requires influencing others to reach consensus.
•Requires tact and diplomacy to handle difficult customer relationships.
•Explores alternatives and creative solutions to meeting the needs of customers.
Work Complexity:
•Tasks are multiple and diverse with some interrelationship across processes.
•Work requires the direct application of a variety of procedures, policies, and/or precedents.
Work Environment:
•Work is normally performed in a typical interior work environment which does not subject the employee to any hazardous or unpleasant elements.
Additional Skills & Qualifications:
•Agile Experience.
Employee Value Proposition (EVP):
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Education: Bachelors Degree