Project Role: Quality Engineering Lead (Test Lead)

Project Role Description: Leads a team of quality engineers through multi-disciplinary team planning and ecosystem integration to accelerate delivery and drive quality across the application lifecycle. Applies business and functional knowledge to develop end-to-end testing strategies through the use of quality processes and methodologies. Applies testing methodologies, principles and processes to define and implement key metrics to manage and assess the testing process including test execution and defect resolution.

Must have skills: Functional Test Planning

Good to have skills: Capital Markets Regulatory Compliance, Python (Programming Language)Minimum 5 year(s) of experience is required

Educational Qualification: 15 years full time education

Summary:

As a Quality Engineering Lead, you will lead a team of quality engineers, guiding them through the complexities of multi-disciplinary team planning and ecosystem integration. Your typical day will involve collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure the delivery of high-quality applications. You will utilize your business and functional knowledge to create comprehensive testing strategies, ensuring that quality processes and methodologies are effectively applied throughout the application lifecycle. You will also focus on defining and implementing key metrics to manage the testing process, including test execution and defect resolution, ultimately driving quality and efficiency in the development process.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Expected to be an SME.
• Collaborate and manage the team to perform.
• Responsible for team decisions.
• Engage with multiple teams and contribute on key decisions.
• Provide solutions to problems for their immediate team and across multiple teams.
• Facilitate training and development opportunities for team members to enhance their skills.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of testing processes and suggest improvements.
• Create and maintain functional specifications for the Datawarehouse applications.
• Participate in discussions related to project planning, functionality, and review of functional specifications.
• Create test plan, test narratives, and define the test scope based on functional specifications and user stories.
• Develop manual test cases to test software changes in Datawarehouse applications.
• Create Feature Files in Gherkins format for test automation.
• Write python scripts for test automation.
• Create test data scenarios and execute test cases.
• Create and maintain regression test suite.
• Periodically report the test results and create test statistics.
• Follow-up on bugs identified and retest of software.

Professional & Technical Skills:

• Must To Have Skills: Proficiency in Functional Test Planning, knowledge in derivatives and OTC clearing, Jira and GitHub
• Good To Have Skills: Experience with Capital Markets Regulatory Compliance, Python (Programming Language).
• Strong understanding of quality assurance methodologies and best practices.
• Experience in developing and implementing test strategies and plans.
• Proficient in defect tracking and management tools.
• Ability to analyze complex requirements and translate them into test cases.
• Sound understanding of test methodology and agile software development methodology.
• Functional knowledge in derivatives and OTC clearing
• Experience in collaboration tools such as Jira and GitHub.
• Experience in testing Datawarehouse / reporting applications.
• Experience using statistical computer languages (R, Python, SLQ, etc.) to manipulate data and draw insights from large data sets.
• Experience with distributed data/computing tools: Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Hive, Spark, etc. would be an advantage.
• Experience in visualizing/presenting data for stakeholders using: Zeppelin, Power BI, Micro Strategy will be an advantage.

Additional Information:

• The candidate should have minimum 5 years of experience in Functional Test Planning.
• This position is based at our Hyderabad office.
• A 15 years full time education is required.

15 years full time education

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