Lead Quality Engineer- Guidewire/Remote

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce is working with a client in search of a Lead Quality Engineer (Guidewire Required) to join their team! This position is full time, direct hire. They offer pension plans, strong 401K match, and they have excellent retention!

This position is remote, but you must reside in one of the following states with the ability to travel up to 25% of the time: CT, DE, FL, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TX, VA, WI.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
* Lead the testing efforts for Production support, maintenance and enhancement of all applications within the IT ecosystem including Guidewire Policy Center, Billing Center, ImageRight, GhostDraft and API integrations
* Develop and maintain comprehensive test plans and test cases based on business requirements and functional specifications
* Build sprint test design and execution plans, provide estimates for testing efforts and monthly release cadence
* Coordinate with project stakeholders to define testing strategies and priorities
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of testing activities with sprint plan and defined monthly release cadence
* Identify and report defects, track and manage defect resolution processes
* Set up test processes and drive continuous efficiencies
* Participate in daily sprint stand ups and plan for test execution of stories, features and epics
* Manage allocation and assignments and drive test progress
* Responsible for developing and maintaining functional, end-to-end, performance and regression test suites that thoroughly cover all aspects of applications across the portfolio
* Build test plans and approaches for time travel testing including the planning associated towards required environments
* Participate in business requirements reviews and provide feedback to developers
* Work with business towards test design reviews, incorporating feedback and test results sign off

REQUIREMENTS:
* Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or related degree required
* Guidewire associate certification with latest v10 Guidewire product, preferred
* Minimum 8 years of experience as a Quality Engineer or Quality Analyst with Guidewire products and insurance domain required
* Minimum 5 years of experience will tools like Jira, Git, Bitbucket, etc. required
* Minimum 4 years of experience with full implementation cycle of end-to-end insurance domain implementations required
* Minimum 2 years of experience working Test automation experience driven by Guidewire GT UI and API test frameworks required
* Experienced with Insurance domain and value chain across Policy, Claims and Billing functions
* Experienced with full implementation cycle of end-to-end insurance domain implementations
* Test automation experience driven by Guidewire GT UI and API test frameworks
* Implementation experience in leveraging Gatling towards performance testing
* Experienced in planning, design of time travel testing
* Experienced across multiple core integrations like data warehouse, financial, portal, rating, financial, etc.
* Execution experience in driving QE planning, design, and execution in a SAFe agile manner
* Implementation experience of quality gates implementation through GW TeamCity CI/CD and associated tooling
* Implementation experience of SAFe agile methodologies for Integration and end to end planning and execution
* Understanding of GW branching and experience with associated automation suites management
* Understanding of test automation across test data, data platform, Guidewire, APIs, and non-functional testing
* Proficient in Microsoft Office Suites

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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