Responsibilities
• Define the test automation strategy and framework to be used across the Agile teams, and continue to enhance and modify based on industry best practices.
• Define the means and strategy for all testing aspects including both functional and non-functional.
• Participate in relevant review meetings and assist the teams with the definition and implementation of the relevant tests.
• Execute automation strategy, define and manage automation metrics, and drive process improvements
• Provide technical leadership, direction, strategy and hands-on assistance to other team members
• Mentors other QA professionals in test automation best practices and adherence to overall testing strategy
• Responsible for administration of test tools and integrations required to support the test automation strategic roadmap and will implement enterprise-wide standards and process guidelines to ensure effective use of the tools
• Ensure test plans and scripts are documented, reported and tracked
• Assist in defining measureable testing metrics and build out automated reporting and dashboards.
• Provide automation test reports and statistics and ensure accurate and complete documentation.
Qualifications:
Knowledge and Skills requirements
• Coding experience, Java preferred.
• Experience designing and implementation of automated solutions.
• Experience in performance testing
• CI/CD experience in all levels (TDD methodology, Jenkins as tool, stability and reliability testing etc.).
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
• Familiarity with cloud related technologies.
• Familiarity with Big Data technologies in an advantage
• Demonstrated ability to build strong working relationships.
• Ability to facilitate innovation and new ways of working with teams.
Education:
• A degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
Experience:
• At least 7 years of software development or automated testing implementation.
• At least 3 years as testing automation lead.
• At least 3 years of experience working to implement a DevOps culture using automated tools.
• Experience working Agile/Scrum environment required.
• Management experience as a team leader is an advantage
