Lead Software Development Test Engineer

Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

Support an environment that ensures employees understand how their efforts contribute to overall business strategyManage the team's book of work, partnering with leadership to plan the future supply and demand of resources requiredEvaluate the testing status of projects while identifying and escalating critical risksEnsure on-time delivery of work including; monitoring dependencies, tracking progress and project milestone completionInfluence designs towards re-usable IT components and services keeping in mind test validation and test automation principlesMaintain a high degree of cross-team and cross-application coordination to ensure end-to-end testing meets intended objectivesDrives the preparation and execution of end-to-end and automated test planning and execution activitiesProvide testing expertise to project teams; partner with Development team to troubleshoot application issuesInteract with senior management to share and present future automation strategyEnsure team's adherence to departmental and organizational policy and proceduresReview test strategy with stakeholders to ensure comprehensive coverage and obtain feedbackResponsible for the provisioning of test environments for the team, and assist with coordination to resolve issuesMitigates risk by following established procedures and monitoring controls, spotting key errors and demonstrating strong ethical behavior.

Qualifications:

Minimum of 7 years of related experienceBachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

Talents Needed for Success:

Highlights the expected benefits of new actions and strategies to help others overcome fears of change.Fosters a culture where honesty and transparency are expected.Proactively seeks feedback from others on his/her own performance; Ensures that regular feedback is given in a constructive and behaviorally oriented manner.Supports an environment where individuals are respected for their contributions.Acts as a role model for respect and inclusion by showing consideration for peoples different needs; Integrates people of different backgrounds within and across teams; Encourages others in the department to gain a deeper appreciation for different customs and beliefs.

Testing Concepts:

• Responsible for system integration testing of newly developed or enhanced applicationsRequires in-depth knowledge of the software implementation lifecyclePossesses good Testing Process knowledge and a detailed understanding on AGILE methodologyWorks with project teams during early stages to establish plans, standards, and procedures that will add value to the testing effort and satisfy the constraints of the projectEnsures on-time delivery of work including monitoring of external and internal dependencies, tracking of progress, and monitoring of project milestones accomplishments by:oRecording work status information and generating status reportsoTracking and reporting actual versus planned completionoEnsuring all activity is accurately recorded and reported
• Drives the education of Business and Development teams on the testing model, methodology, and processes, particularly end-to-end testing, and its role in quality assuranceDemonstrates Leadership characteristics while handling Product, Development, EAS, and other stakeholdersDemonstrates proficiencies in Project and Quality management, Issue management, and CommunicationAssists Testing Manager in reviewing Portfolio Management and Resource Management forecast reports, to optimize teams supply/demand planning, maximizing resource utilizationMonitors adherence to quality standards during the testing of production applications, identifies areas of strengths and weaknessIdentifies process improvement opportunities and communicates to the project coordinator
• Experience with ServiceNow, Jira and ALM Domain Knowledge:Ability to works closely with business and development subject matter experts, to continually improve depth and breadth of knowledge for the assigned applications/systemsAutomation:Experience in writing, and executing application tests using industry standard automated testing tools like SeleniumAI Testing exposure would be an added advantage