Digital Test Lead

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The role of Digital Test Lead is accountable for providing Digital Testing services focusing on the Digital projects and other projects requiring testing services.  A successful candidate will provide Testing Services expertise with a particular focus to Digital applications. This role will not only provide Digital Testing expertise but will also be required to provide guidance and training to other Test analysts/testers in the team. This position is located in Erlanger, KY.

Job Responsibilities:

• Work closely with Project Manager(s) and/or Solution Manager(s) to understand and document the testing requirements
• Daily coordination and follow up with Partner’s onshore and offshore team members on their assigned tasks
• Calculate high level testing resource estimate based on project size, complexity and duration
• Analyze testability of project requirements
• Complete test strategy
  • Entry/Exit criteria
  • Schedule
  • Kick off meeting
  • Test case creation automated/manual
  • Plan regression testing
  • Plan stress/load testing
  • Test environment plan
  • Test data plan
  • Test communication plan
  • Test Resource plan
  • Test case execution
  • Business participation and sign off
  • Defect process
  • Test and defect reporting
• Run the kickoff meetings
• Attend project meetings and add value
• Monitor and report on schedule adherence
• Monitor and report on test case creation
• Monitor and report on test environment creation
• Monitor and report on test data creation
• Monitor and report on test case execution
• Monitor completion of Business sign off
• Make adjustments to the Resource Plan as required
• Schedule and run or monitor the defect meeting
• Timely reporting of project status to project Management
• Assess quality and test process maturity level and assist in defining strategy to implement best practices.
• Monitor Communications are as per the plan
• Report any concerns on testing preparation, quality, or timelines to Test and Project Management
• Complete post project defect analysis for possible improvements

• Resolve issues with Solution Managers and Project Managers
• Resolve issues with the testing team
• Resolve issues with Testability of Requirements, User Stories, or other documentation
• Responsible for creative solution to testing challenges while still assuring proper testing
• Work with IT and/or Business Leads to find Resources needed to successfully complete testing
• Work on Negotiations of Partner agreements
• Define guidelines for testability of requirements or other documentation
• Lead review sessions of best practices for testing and implement results
• Work with Business Leaders on moving forward testing initiatives
• Responsible for designing test communication plans

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor\'s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Finance, or a related field
• 7+ years of experience in software quality assurance and testing.
• Must have 3 years of experience as a Test Lead or similar software testing position.
• Minimum 4 years of hands on experience with automation testing, with ability to design and maintain scalable frameworks for Web, service and mobile automation.
• Experience with testing of all phases on minimum four Digital projects with at least two in the Test Lead capacity.
• Experience with creating cross platform manual and automated test plans and test cases
• Ability to lead multiple projects simultaneously
• A self-motivated team player with good communication skills and the ability to multi-task
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills as well as the ability to analyze complex problems
• Management skills (ability to lead meetings, prioritize, resolve conflicts, maintain issues list, and execute to Test plan).
• A passion for software product quality
• Experience with QA processes, test frameworks, test design strategies, writing test cases, and automating tests
• Demonstrates the ability to translate technical information into terminology understood at all levels of users, both verbally and in writing.
• Consistently creating a positive work environment by being team-oriented.
• Ability to interact with all levels of employees in a courteous, professional manner at all times.

Preferred:

• Expert on working with Sauce Labs or other Mobile/cross browser testing tools
• 2 years of hands on experience in automation testing using Tricentis Tosca test automation tool
• 3 years of test experience on working with Agile methodology
• Experience with DevOps and Continuous testing

Nice to have:

• Technical understanding of cloud/mobile applications, web services, server-side components and APIs
• Experience with software development methodologies/processes such as (but not limited to): Waterfall, Agile/Scrum and Shift-Left-approach to make testing more efficient and can adjust to a hybrid form of methodology

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