Test Lead

10+ years of QA Engineering and QA automation experience 

2+ years managing software testing teams and writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test strategies and plans 

2+ Years working in DevOps and/or Agile environment 

Good knowledge of different .net frameworks and Microservices architecture 

Proficient in any programming language (Ideally c#)and extensive experience ofautomating RESTFUL APIsandWeb UIs. 

Good understanding of database querying using SQL Server. 

Experience in Selenium, Cucumber-Gherkin, Specflow, Protractor 

Experience in Web Application Testing, and System Integration Testing. 

Prior experience working with the UK or other regions such as North America/EMEA/APAC. 

Good analysis and troubleshooting skills. 

Experience working with the following: CI/CD, BDD, Agile/SCRUM/Kanban methodologies 

Maintain and develop pertinent operational statistics, and results reporting 

Support and contribute to Business Development initiatives 

Research escalated issues to deliver coaching opportunities 

Bachelors/Masters/Doctorate in Computer Science or equivalent 

Perform other duties as assigned 

Prior experience in leading QA teams with a track record of successfully validating and delivering high-quality and scalable products. 

Hands-on experience in Manual and Automation testing.  

Deep knowledge of automation and manual best practices and industry Standards 

Solid experience in fullstack web application testing  

Experience with software testing metrics, Test Planning, Different levels, types and methods of Testing 

Strong attention to detail and quality, and the ability to direct the team to adopt best practices. 

Ability to adapt quickly to changes and maintain high team morale and efficiency. 

Ability to work collaboratively with teams to address their needs, motivate them throughout the project, and identify opportunities to add their support directly when needed. 

Ability to provide oversight and analysis of work estimates and defend and articulate work efforts. 

Ensure the team adheres to established test case standardization & best practices. 

Ability to coordinate training sessions for senior and junior team members. 

Ability to work collaboratively in teams with other specialized individuals. 

Instill team empowerment, ownership, and accountability 

Able to work in a fast-paced, technical environment with minimal oversight and in a professional manner. 

Ability to measure team and individual’s performance through standardized key performance indicators, and the ability to push the quality bar higher. 

Staying on top of cutting-edge testing techniques and trends, implementing the technologies, and ensuring higher quality products on projects. 

Build test plans, test scenarios, and test data to support development projects and project requirements, and design documents. 

Helping teams to design, build and execute automated tests to validate data-centric applications. 

Identify regression testing needs and create and maintain an Automated Regression Suite. 

Work as part of cross-functional teams spread across India and the UK for developing and implementing Test best practices in an Agile environment.