QA Automation Test Lead - Hybrid

Title: QA Automation Test Lead - Hybrid

Location: Dallas, Texas, USA

Length: Long term

Restriction: W2 or C2C

Description:

Webcam interview *** Long term project *** ***Hybrid***

Description:

Lead testing activities for a major product platform implementation interacting with client stakeholders, working with cross functional teams, with end-to-end coverage of functional testing, driving test automation framework design & development, enabling in sprint test automation for UI as well as backend & guiding other team members.

Total Experience: 9+ years

Key Responsibilities:

Perform test planning, team coordination, monitoring and control of the testing activities.

Participate in customer calls, the requirement gathering exercises, sprint planning / grooming sessions, sprint review etc. as needed.

Work experience with projects having In sprint test automation.

Knowledge of automation test strategy, different automation testing tools and expertise in one or more of the automation testing tools.

Work in close liaison with customer and development teams for co-ordination and communications related to the testing activities.

Work with the testing team to ensure the stories are verified for accuracy of acceptance criteria and is tested as per the sprint plan to enable early validation and prevent defect leakage to production.

Monitor the project from a process and quality standpoint and alert the project manager about the deviations/risks at the earliest.

Guide and mentor the testing team in implementing best practices in different areas of testing including System testing, Regression testing (including automation), Performance Testing, Security Testing etc.

Track the quality metrics and initiate proactive interventions with customer and development teams to improve the metrics.

Efficient reporting of the test metrics to client stakeholders reflecting accurate information on the status and quality of the product.

Should have good working knowledge of agile processes and DevOps processes specifically regarding testing.

Work experience in financial domain (specifically payment-based systems) will be an added advantage.

Following should be the responsibilities of a test lead:

Define test strategy and test approach to meet the project timelines without compromising on quality.

Interact with client stakeholders to understand the testing needs as per product requirements, quality gating criteria, strategies to realize the test outcomes, enable test automation.

Perform test planning activities for each sprint and ensure the team can complete testing as per the test strategy defined.

Drive in sprint test automation for feature delivery in alignment with dev cycles by enabling required process modelling and mitigating challenges.

Monitor that the defined test approach is followed, and the tasks are completed as planned in the sprint. Raise any risks encountered.

Enable the testers to collaborate with rest of the team and the stories get tested as soon as the development is complete as per the sprint plan.

Perform test reporting like test progress report, summary report, quality metrics etc. and keep the project team posted on the testing progress.

Do periodic review of the testing process followed and the deliverables created. Suggest process improvements needed.

Identify and implement technical innovations that adds value and improve the engineering processes including AI adoption.

Guide and mentor, the team to learn new tools and follow best practices in the industry.

Frequently connect with the testing team and support them in addressing any concerns or issues that they are facing in the project.

Job Specification Skills and Competencies

The candidate should have excellent communication skills, strong interpersonal skills and be team oriented

Good client interfacing skills

Knowledge of financial domain, specifically payments will be an added advantage

Innovative in proposing implementing new ideas processes

Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new testing tools technology and implement it effectively

Mandatory Skills:

Automation Test Strategy

Implementation of test automation frameworks

Functional & Product Testing Experience

In sprint Test automation experience

UI based test automation experience using tools Cypress or Playwright (JS or Typescript).

API based test automation using Playwright, Postman, Rest-Assured or any similar tools.

Test Reporting and KPIs

Client interfacing skills

Agile & DevOps

Primary Skills

Automation Test Strategy

Implementation of test automation frameworks

Functional & Product Testing Experience

In sprint Test automation experience

UI based test automation experience using tools Cypress or Playwright (JS or Typescript).

API based test automation using Playwright, Postman, Rest-Assured or any similar tools.

Test Reporting and KPIs

Client interfacing skills

Agile & DevOps

Good to have

Financial and Payments domain experience

Security testing

Performance testing