Lead II - Software Testing

Create and Organise testing process based on project requirement and manage test activities within team

Outcomes:

1. Test Estimates and Schedules-. Ensure Test Coverage
2. Produce test results defect reports test logs and reports to evidence for testing
3. Publish RCA reports and preventive measures
4. Ensure Quality of Deliverables
5. Report project metrics and status
6. Ensure adherence of Engineering practices processes and standards
7. Understand and contribute to test automation/performance testing
8. Work with DevOps team when required; to understand testing framework and QA process for implementing continuous testing
9. Manage team utilization

Measures of Outcomes:

1. Test Script Creation and Execution Productivity
2. Defect Leakage Metrics (% of defect leaked % of UAT defects and % of Production defects)
3. % of Test case reuse
4. Test execution Coverage
5. Defect Acceptance Ratio
6. Test Review efficiency
7. On-time delivery Effort Variance
8. Test Automation Coverage

Outputs Expected:

Supporting Organization:

1. Ensure utilization and quality of deliverables prepared by the team
2. Co-ordinate Test Environment and Test Data provisioning

Test Design
Development
Execution:

1. Participate in review
   walkthrough
   demo and obtain sign off by stakeholder
2. Prepare Test Summary Report for modules/features

Requirements Management:

1. Analyse
   Prioritize
   Identify Gaps; create workflow diagrams based on Requirements/User stories

Manage Project:

1. Participate in Test management
2. Preparing
   Tracking and Reporting of Test progress based on schedule

Domain relevance:

1. Identify business processes
   conduct risk analysis and ensure test coverage

Estimate:

1. Prepare Estimate
   Schedule
   Identify dependencies

Knowledge Management:

1. Consume
   Contribute
   Review (Best Practices
   Lesson learned
   Retrospective)

Test Design
Execution:

1. Test Plan preparation
   Test Case/Script Creation
   Test Execution

Risk Identification:

1. Identification of risk/issues and prepare Mitigation and Contingency plans

Test & Defect Management:

1. Conduct root cause and trend analysis of the defects

Test Planning:

1. Identify the test scenarios with understanding of systems
   interfaces and application
2. Identify end-to-end business critical scenarios with less support Create and review the test scenarios and prepare RTM
3. Prepare estimates (time /effort) based on the requirements/User stories
4. Identify scope of testing

Client Management:

1. Define KPIs to the engagement and ensure adherence to these KPIs.

Stakeholder Connect:

1. Handle monthly/weekly governance calls and represent issues for the team

Skill Examples:

1. Ability to Create Review and manage a test plan
2. Ability to prepare schedules based on estimates
3. Ability to track report progress and take corrective measures on need basis
4. Ability to identify test scenarios and prepare RTM
5. Ability to analyze requirement/user stories and prioritize testing
6. Ability to carry out RCA
7. Ability to capture and report metrics
8. Ability to identify Test Data and Test Env. Specifications

Knowledge Examples:

• Knowledge of Estimation techniques
  1. Knowledge of Testing standards
  2. Knowledge of identifying the scope of testing
  3. Knowledge of RCA Techniques
  4. Knowledge of Test design techniques
  5. Knowledge of Test methodologies
  6. Knowledge of scope identification and planning
  7. Knowledge of Test automation tools and frameworks
  
  

  Quality Assurance Engineer Job Description: Qualifications 3-5+ years of experience as QA Engineer, or SDET Hands-on experience with Java or Selenium. Designing, implementing, and running test cases. Working with test processes, methodologies, tools, and technology. Performing functional and UI testing, quality reporting. Knowledge of software engineering practices and agile approaches. Proficiency CI/CD integration and pipeline development in Jenkins, Spinnaker or other similar tools. Experience in Gherkin (BDD /TDD) using Cucumber/Jbehave. Experience using JIRA, ALM, Xray or any relevant Test management tool. Willingness to take challenges head on while being part of a team. Proficiency in UI automation (Serenity/Selenium, Robot, Watir) Experience developing utilities using Java, Python or any scripting languages. Preferred Ability to work under tight deadlines and within a team environment. UFT/Selenium experience preferred in building object repositories, standard & custom ch