Senior Test Lead
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Job Location:
Fort Worth, TX - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
How will this role impact First Command
The Senior Test Lead role will have a significant impact on First Command by driving consistent high-quality testing across multiple agile teams and enterprise-level initiatives. By standardizing QA processes supporting test automation and closely monitoring key quality metrics the role will improve software reliability reduce production defects and enhance delivery predictability. Through strategic collaboration with QA leadership product owners and development teams the Test Manager will align testing efforts with business goals helping First Command deliver technology solutions that are robust compliant and responsive to client needs. Additionally the role will contribute to long-term quality maturity by leading innovation in tools practices and team capabilities.
What will the employee do in this role
- Define test approaches strategies and quality controls for projects and releases.
- Ensure test plans scenarios and scripts align with business requirements compliance and risk considerations.
- Providing direction on QA tasks and practices and offering ongoing technical guidance and peer mentorship.
- Provide guidance priorities and quality expectations to ensure timely and effective test execution.
- Review test deliverables from quality engineers to ensure consistency and accuracy.
- Maintain traceability between requirements test cases and defects.
- Report test progress coverage and defect trends to leadership and stakeholders.
- Recommend go/no-go decisions based on test results and risk assessment.
- Implement and monitor QA processes including automation test data/environment management and metrics reporting.
- Ensure team compliance with QA standards processes and best practices.
- Partner with Product Owners Developers and Business Analysts to identify test needs early.
- Support development teams in implementing shift-left testing practices.
- Champion testing standards tools and processes across teams.
- Identify gaps in testing coverage process or tooling and propose improvements.
- Support adoption of automation performance and data-driven testing initiatives.
What Skills/qualifications do you need
Education
- Required Bachelors degree
Work Experience
- 10 years QA experience
Certifications
- Preferred : Any ISTQB Certification
Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- Required Experience in working in agile environments and a strong understanding of QA methodologies tools and processes
- Required Experience in E2E QA landscape core testing test data management test environment and tool management
- Required Ability to work effectively with development teams and other business stakeholders.
- Required Strong knowledge of metrics measurement and reporting.
- Required Excellent problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues.
- Highly desirable: Experience in automated testing tools and frameworks
- Highly desirable: Hands on experience/understanding of Salesforce landscape
- Nice to have: Exposure to/experience in performance and security testing
- Nice to have: Experience in Financial domain
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Continuous Integration
- Jenkins
- Test Cases
- Performance Testing
- C/C++
- LabView
- Jira
- Software Testing
- System Testing
- Test Automation
- Selenium
- Cerner
About Company
With over 60 years of financial coaching experience and over 175 offices around the world, First Command's Financial Advisors are proud to serve America's military.
