Lead Quality Assurance - Data Testing [T500-19185]

About FM:

FM is a 190-year-old, Fortune 500 commercial property insurance company of 6,000+ employees with a unique focus on science and risk engineering. Serving over a quarter of the Fortune 500 and major corporations globally, they deliver data-driven strategies that enhance resilience, ensure business continuity, and empower organizations to thrive.

FM India located in Bengaluru is a strategic location for driving FM's global operational efficiency that allows them to leverage the country’s talented workforce and advance their capabilities to serve their clients better.

Role Title: Lead Quality Assurance Spec

Position Summary:

Provides consultation at the highest high technical level to multiple project teams and application support groups in the analysis, design, and execution of effective Quality Assurance procedures and defect prevention / detection processes for corporate and client area information systems, across multiple computing environments. Contributes directly to these activities on large and complex projects. Determines and reports the quality of multiple product releases at any time by quantifying the degree to which they meet the defined and implied user requirements. This is the highest-level position in the Quality Assurance job family. Ultimately, the goal of this position is to ensure that systems delivered will consistently address the organization’s business need or problem as defined in the requirements.

Job Responsibilities:

• Identifies detail business design requirements which need to be tested and determines what constitutes an appropriate test for each and every requirement. Identify requirements that need clarification in order to develop an appropriate test. Independently develops test plans covering the aggregation of testing requirements identified across multiple business areas. Develops and refines estimates of the work associated with the test plans as well as the execution of tests and QA activities.
• Develops and maintains specific test cases (i.e. test data, test processes, and test results) for component / assembly testing, integration testing, system testing, security and control testing, online help and user interface testing, conversion testing, load / stress testing, and regression testing. Participates in code reviews to clarify requirements, validate test cases, and provide feedback to the development team.
• Independently plans, tests, and reports the results of manual and automated functional testing; identifies and tracks defects and interacts with development staff to isolate and resolve; retests to confirm defects have been corrected. Participates in defect management/triage. Validates functionality across system releases. Develops automated test scripts where appropriate.
• Determines compliance with test plans and procedures; tracks development of project artifacts necessary for Quality Assurance throughout the lifecycle; ensures that projects adhere to methodology and standard practices; develops and tracks quality metrics for projects in process; champions the development of QA practices and procedures throughout the IS organization.
• Performs load, stress, performance, and reliability testing efforts and supports associated analyses.
• Implements automated testing tools. Performs periodic system audits to ensure that only controlled versions of the software reside in the appropriate environments.

Skill and Experience:

• 5 to 7 years of experience required to perform essential job functions.
• Additional Experience Qualifier (optional): 8+ years of experience in systems quality environment

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE

• Knowledge of the relevant technical computing environment(s), including operating system, database management system, application development framework.
• Understanding of test case management tools, test case generation techniques, and problem tracking/reporting systems.
• In depth understanding of current business processes in multiple functional business areas.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Proven ability to analyze business requirements and understand business activity and information models in order to develop appropriate test plans and extensive experience with test case generation techniques.
• Proven ability to perform functional, integration, load/stress and regression testing and to accurately evaluate and document the results.
• Extensive experience with automated testing tools.

SOFT SKILLS:

• Excellent analytical ability and communication skills, strong judgment, and the ability to work effectively with business personnel and IS management and staff.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to successfully deploy new processes across the IS organization.

Must Have Skills:

• Programming Languages: Proficient in SQL, Python, C# and JavaScript for software development and automation tasks.
• Testing Tools & Frameworks: Experience with modern testing tools and frameworks for quality assurance.
• SQL & Data Analysis: Strong skills in SQL and advanced data analysis techniques.
• Test Automation: Capable of designing and implementing automated testing solutions.
• Test Strategy & Planning: Expertise in creating and executing comprehensive test strategies and test plans.
• Data Testing: Hands-on experience in Data Driven Testing, Data Warehouse Testing, Database Testing, Data Lake Testing, and ETL/Data Products Testing to ensure data integrity, quality, and consistency across systems.

Education and Certifications:

• BS or equivalent in Computer Science or related discipline and specific advanced education in software quality assurance

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