Description

Responsibilities

Quality Lead is responsible for overseeing and managing the quality assurance (QA) processes for both manual and automated testing efforts. This role involves leading a team of QA engineers developing and implementing testing strategies and ensuring the delivery of highquality software products. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in both manual and automated testing strong leadership skills and a deep understanding of software development life cycles (SDLC) and QA methodologies.

As a Test Lead you will

• Collaborate with product managers product owners and technical team to develop test strategies and test plans
• Plans and organizes testing efforts for large systems in Graphical User Interface (GUI) and nonGraphical User Interface (GUI) environments including the of systems integration tests specialized tests and user acceptance testing (e.g. stress tests)
• Develop of test plans test scripts and test cases and execute these against the various components.
• Design develop and maintain automated test scripts for functional regression and integration testing
• Use automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium Appium Katalon or similar to create robust and reusable test scripts.
• Provides advice on the testing strategy test plans the selection of testing tools and the identification of resources required for testing.
• Assist with planning and creating test data as it relates to each test phase
• Executes quality assurance and testing activities for various types of testing such as integration testing functional testing regression testing unit testing load testing performance testing and accessibility testing
• Plans and organizes testing efforts in both frontend and backend application components/environments
• Communicate test results regularly through reports that summarize test completion and defects found
• Help with the implementation of the project technical testing strategy and methodology. This includes testing of integration points and interfaces and nonfunctional requirements (e.g. failover component response times data integrity security)
• Evaluate test results against acceptance criteria to determine successful completion of the sprint increment
• Defines and measures acceptance criteria for test cases
• Record all defects/issues in the Clusters defect reporting tool (Jira) including detailed descriptions screenshots and steps to reproduce
• Participate in elicitation and business requirement workshop sessions sprint reviews and/or walkthrough meetings
• Work with crossfunctional teams to ensure quality throughout the agile / iterative solution development lifecycle
• Conducts postrelease / postimplementation testing
• Supports clients with user acceptance testing (UAT) activities
• Creates traceability matrix to ensure testing outcomes align with business requirements
• Coordinate and facilitate regular defect review meetings with Business Analysts and Business stakeholders
• Provide testing and defect status updates in daily scrum standups team meetings as required
• Provide weekly report confirming status of assigned tasks

Knowledge Transfer Requirements

• Knowledge transfer is expected to occur throughout the duration of the assignment through regular meetings touchpoints and working sessions with LRC staff
• All design development artefacts and source code including all relevant and complete documents must be transferred to the ministry in the designated repositories provided
• Dedicated knowledge transfer sessions will be scheduled to ensure completeness of knowledge transfer and all documentation is shared and allow LRC staff to ask clarification and/or follow up questions

SkillsExperience and Skill Set Requirements

Evaluation Criteria:

Testing Skills/Experience 50

• 10 years of experience in process planning organizing and implementing testing efforts
• Demonstrates working knowledge of the testing process and the Software development life cycle (SDLC) including Agile & DevOps
• Experience with creating reviewing and executing test strategy test plans and test cases
• Executes quality assurance and testing activities for various types of testing such as integration testing functional testing regression testing unit testing load testing performance testing and accessibility testing
• Experience with providing identification and resolution of problems/issues
• Plans and organizes testing efforts in both frontend and backend application components/environments
• Communicate test results regularly through reports that summarize test completion and defects found

Automation Testing Technical Skills/Experiences30

• Handson experience with automation tools like Selenium Appium Katalon etc.
• Ability to write clean maintainable and reusable code for test automation
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Java Python C# or JavaScript.
• Familiarity with testing frameworks such as TestNG JUnit NUnit or PyTest.
• Experience with API testing tools like Postman SoapUI or RestAssured.
• Knowledge of RESTful and SOAP web services.
• Ability to write and execute SQL queries for database validation and datadriven testing.
• Ability to debug and troubleshoot automation scripts and identify root causes of failures.
• Ability to adapt to changing requirements and technologies.
• Experience with AODA Compliance Audit tools AXE WAVE etc.
• Familiarity with performance testing tools like JMeter or LoadRunner (optional)

Leadership Skills 20

• Collaborate with crossfunctional teams including development product management and operations to ensure a unified approach to quality.
• Drive initiatives to enhance testing tools frameworks and processes to improve overall efficiency and effectiveness.
• Communicate testing progress results and risks to stakeholders providing actionable insights and recommendations.
• Act as a key point of contact for QArelated issues and escalations.
• Promote a culture of quality and continuous improvement within the organization.
• Excellent analytical problemsolving and decisionmaking skills.
• Strong organizational creativity and perseverance skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal skills.
• Proven track record for building strong working relationships.

Hybrid model Candidates needs to be in office 23 days in a week.

Must ahves:

• 10 years of experience in process planning organizing and implementing testing efforts
• Experience with creating reviewing and executing test strategy test plans and test cases
• Executes quality assurance and testing activities for various types of testing such as integration testing functional testing regression testing unit testing load testing performance testing and accessibility testing
• Collaborate with crossfunctional teams including development product management and operations to ensure a unified approach to quality.
• Act as a key point of contact for QArelated issues and escalations.