QA AUTOMATION MANAGER

PERMANENT JOB (IMMEDIATE HIRE)

LOCATION: NYC

NO H-1 SPONSORSHIPS

NO THIRD PARTY RESUMES

Requirements:

Seeking for Quality Assurance Manager, to lead the Software Testing Team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced manager who can make a strong technical contribution with testing and enjoys leading the efforts of others. This leadership role requires at least 6 years of related technical experience in software testing and/or software development with at least 2 years’ experience managing others. The ideal candidate will have significant experience with Web, Mobile, UI and API automation frameworks, understand Object Oriented Programming, and be familiar with Agile and DevOps CI/CD concepts.

Responsibility:

• Oversee the operations of the On-shore and 3rd party Off-Shore (India) Quality Assurance team, consisting of Manual Testers as well as Test Automation Engineers


• Define, Develop, Implement and Manage QA Testing Strategy inclusive of people, process, and tools


• Own responsibility for test (case) coverage and test and defect reporting and metrics


• Create test estimates and define/build reusable testing assets for large/complex projects


• Manage Functional/Non-functional and performance testing


• Increase the use of automated testing frameworks for Web and API test automation


• Advocate for QA best practices across the development and engineering teams


• Monitor team performance, recruit and mentor QA team members


• Mentor junior QA team members of the team in testing and engineering best practices


• Support Scrum delivery teams with estimation, planning, and strategy for testing Web and Mobile applications


• Work closely with product teams to define and achieve sprint goals


• Guide the agile development processes including quarterly planning, metrics gathering, sprint planning, grooming and overall sprint deliverables


• Identify and present innovative and creative testing solutions.

Requirements:

• 6+ years of experience in software testing with Web and Mobile applications


• 3+ years of experience in building and managing QA teams, both Manual and Automated testing


• 2+ years of experience in managing both On-shore and Off-shore QA teams


• Strong experience in Agile development and test methodology


• Experience with Test Management Tools (Jira, Selenium, Jenkins, Confluence, BitBucket, CI/CD tools, TestRail, BrowserStack…(link removed))


• Significant Test Automation skills using leading Web & Mobile tools: Selenium


• Deep understanding of the software development and QA life cycle processes (including test planning, test case design, execution, defect tracking and reporting)


• Experience with Keyword Driven, Data Driven automation frameworks


• Experience creating performance and scalability tests using: Jmeter, or other


• Scripting skills with one or more scripting languages, such as: Python, Ruby, PowerShell is helpful


• Experience working on Agile (Scrum) teams, and/or in a DevOps organization, is very helpful


• Strong communication and influencing skills, and professional business demeanor


• Process mindset, able to develop and improve process in order to support quality applications


• A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science preferred or equivalent education & experience