Test Automation Engineer (Worksoft)

Role & responsibilities

• Facilitate the successful release of system enhancements / new functionalities from Development to Production through effective testing.
• Management of end-to-end test activities, including test strategy, test process management, team coordination, and communication
• Lead cross-functional team to support each release project testing
• Develop test plans, facilitate the creation of test cases, and test scripts on multiple projects of varying sizes
• Determine test automation approach and scope for the project effort.
• Mobilize and manage Test automation Engineers to complete the project test automation.
• Create, maintain, and report testing metrics, including SLAs and KPIs
• Validate that user expectations are achieved during the testing process
• Coordinate smoke testing.
• Facilitate triage calls and drive issues to resolution with IS&T and business partners to get closure on open issues during Test cycles.
• Continuously improve testing best practices and methods.
• Influence teams to make the right decisions on Go/No-Go exit criteria based on Test Cycle performance and risk mitigation.
• Stitch across the different functionality and facilitate end-to-end test scenario creation, manually or automatically.
• Resource Management & Overall Metrics management for the QSS team.

Preferred Candidate

• Strong understanding of supply chain operations processes
• Well-versed in multiple styles of Release & Change Management processes, including Agile/Scrum, Waterfall, and Iterative
• Minimum 5 years for managing and executing system integration testing or user acceptance testing for complex, highly integrated projects
• Minimum 5 years in a lead position with experience in SAP implementations. S4HANA experience is very desirable.
• Experience in software test automation tools and frameworks such as Worksoft, Tosca, UFT, Selenium, etc.
• Solid understanding of project management approaches, tools, and phases of the project lifecycle
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate at all organizational levels
• Ability to facilitate Brainstorming sessions to gather lessons learned from implementation with the business and BPR, and the Information Technology group (IS&T)
• Excellent teamwork skills and ability to influence others, and an ability to quickly establish trust and credibility
• Strong level of customer focus and attention to detail
• Working knowledge and familiarity with industry best practices in software testing.
• High level of professionalism, energy, and sense of urgency to make things happen
• Problem-solving skills are a must