Lead Test Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• The Lead Test Engineer is responsible for independently leading Test Engineering teams.
• You will be responsible for developing test plans and implementing those plans against the corresponding test procedures.
• You will be accountable for the development release and maintenance of test procedures.
• You will be a part of the ETE team The Enterprise Test Engineering (ETE) family is responsible for ensuring that all applications and systems meet defined quality standards.
• The ETE family encompasses three major areas including (a) functional testing (b) nonfunctional testing and (c) test architecture and enablement.
• Other key focuses include regression testing browser testing performance testing capacity and stress testing resiliency testing environment management services and infrastructure testing.
• Develops conducts and evaluates testing processes working closely with developers to remediate identified system defects.
• Indepth knowledge of automated testing tools and quality control and assurance approaches including the creation of reusable foundational test automation framework for the entire organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for system integration testing including automation of newly developed or enhanced applications.
• Responsible for reviewing requirements and design artifacts developing unit integration and system test cases ensuring extensive test coverage for our cloud application.
• Play an active role in translating business and functional requirements into concrete deliverables.
• Advanced java / Selenium development skills with significant experience applying those skills in test environments.
• Lead develop and advise on test automation strategies and provide critical feedback in requirements design implementation and execution phases.
• Expert and hands on automation at all software layers (e.g. UI services APIs etc.) as well as CI/CD technologies (e.g. Cloudbees Jenkins Cucumber Git JUnit Jira etc.).
• Develop and improve next generation Test Engineering Automation solutions in a Continuous Integration environment.
• Experienced in an Agile/DevOps environment in collaboration with BAs product owners and application developers.
• Define design development documentation and maintenance of tools and Automation Frameworks for current and next gen Software Platforms/Frameworks as part of an Agile team.
• Partner with different stake holders Product Management Application Development DevOps and other technical teams.
• Contributes to the Automation development of endtoend regression.
• Works closely with business and AD domain experts to continually improve depth and breadth of knowledge for assigned applications/systems.
• Experienced in mentoring more junior Test engineers verifying work products and providing guidance as needed.
• Capable of working on multiple work streams concurrently in a fastpaced environment
• Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills with confidence representing QA principles within agile teams.
• API testing Python and AWS experience in a plus
• Requires a functional understanding of distributed and/or mainframe test environments.
• Responsible for Project Coordination and Technical Management tasks

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors degree and/or equivalent experience preferred.
• Minimum of 57 years of experience with automated unit and integration testing
• Experienced in Agile/Waterfall onsite/offshore work model and coordination.
• In depth knowledge of the software implementation lifecycle (specifically the testing model methodology and processes)
• Experience with Test Engineering methodologies and Test Automation Frameworks
• Extensive experience with testing modern scripting languagebased components.
• Experience with frontend & backend testing.
• Experience in writing sophisticated SQL queries.
• Experience with JIRA Microfocus ALM Bitbucket Git and Jenkins
• Experience with test data management is a plus.
• Detailed understanding of smoke testing blackbox and nonblack box testing as well as regression testing
• Experience in estimating prioritizing and planning testing activities.
• Requires the ability to work well with both business clients and technical team and the ability to work independently both individually and as part of a team.

  Must have:

• 57 years of experience with automated unit and integration testing.
• JAVA
• Selenium
• Agile/Waterfall
• Indepth knowledge of the software implementation lifecycle and testing methodologies.
• Test Engineering methodologies and Test Automation Frameworks.
• Testing modern scripting languagebased components.
• FrontEnd and BackEnd Testing.
• Writing sophisticated SQL queries.
• JIRA Microfocus ALM Bitbucket Git and Jenkins.
• Detailed understanding of smoke testing blackbox and nonblackbox testing as well as regression testing.
• Expert and hands on automation at all software layers (e.g. UI services APIs etc.) as well as CI/CD technologies (e.g. Cloudbees Jenkins Cucumber Git JUnit Jira etc.).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Nice to have:

• API testing
• Python
• AWS
• Test Data Management