Quality Assurance Automation Lead

Role – QA Lead –

Expected Years of Experience – 10 +Yrs

Purpose of Role

· Maintain the appropriate skills, tools & test environments, in line with methodologies & defined testing standards

· Ensure resources availability for holistic, scalable enterprise application testing for complete project portfolio

· Defining quality assurance process, testing frameworks, test strategies & guidelines

Key Accountabilities

· Manages internal staff and external vendors for testing/quality assurance of business solutions/new system capabilities for multiple projects in parallel

· Work closely with development teams to ensure that software is being developed to meet quality standards, and ease of deployment and maintenance.

· Review and implement QA processes and procedures, including testing strategies, test plans, test scenarios, required timelines and definition of done

· Monitors project deliverables are meeting entry and exit criteria across the testing lifecycle

· Creates testing metrics reports & distributes to the target audience (Eg. technical debt, code/test coverage, defect statistics, automation coverage)

· Ensure robust test environments and valid test data.

· Ensure that softwares are getting thoroughly tested and identified defects are resolved in timely manner.

· Collaborate with other teams in the organization, to ensure that software development is aligned with overall goals of the Chola MS.

· Keeping up to date with industry trends and best practices in software quality assurance.

Technical Requirements

· Bachelor’s degree in computer science or any similar fields

· 10+ years of experience in QA or any equivalent experience along with 5+ years of managing the team.

· Expertise in software testing, including test planning, test case design, test execution and defect management.

· Familiarity with software quality assurance tools and technologies, such as automated testing tools, test management tools, and defect tracking systems.

· Good understanding of various bug tracking tools (e.g., Jira, Remedy), S/W quality tool, test coverage (e.g., SonarQube) and test/build environment tool (e.g., Jira, Jenkins, Tosca, Perfecto)

· Mangers having experience in or understanding of support functions such as Finance, risk, operations, CISO, HR etc. of Insurance sector will be preferred.

· Strong logical reasoning ability and problem-solving skills

· Strong understanding of software development methodologies, such as Agile, Waterfall and DevOps

· Experience with project management and budgeting.

· Understanding of performance testing, device farm testing, coordinating security tests, Information security tests.

Desired Personal Qualities and Behavior (the how)

· Strong commitment to professional development.

· Process Oriented and excellent time management skills

· Ability to adapt to new situations and issues and to solve problems

· Good organizational, communication, presentational and interpersonal skills - with the capability to communicate concisely and effectively equally well with fellow engineers, non-technical colleagues and with members and/or customers alike