QA Lead

Job Title: QA Lead 
Location: Brooklyn, NY - Hybrid 
Company: PruTech Solutions, Inc.

About Us:

Established in 1997, PruTech is committed to innovative problem-solving, solution creation, and fostering strong client partnerships. Serving a diverse array of industries, from government to finance, retail, and manufacturing, PruTech operates from strategic locations including New York City, Washington DC, North Carolina, and boasts a nearshore office in Mexico City and multiple offshore offices in India.

With over two decades of experience in Information Technology and system integration, PruTech offers a comprehensive suite of services to meet evolving technological needs:

• Project-based system integration
• Custom software solutions
• Package implementations
• Consulting and advisory services
• Big data and analytics
• Nearshore and offshore services

At PruTech, we are dedicated to shaping the future of technology and driving success for our clients through innovative solutions and strategic partnerships.

SCOPE OF SERVICES:

The QA Lead will work with the team and share responsible for leading all testing modifications the NYC Design System and rollout across nyc.gov guided experiences because of enhancements, defect fixes, platform upgrades and software maintenance among other things. Responsibilities include reviewing requirements for completeness and testability;
preparing and coordinating test plans; assigning tasks to other QA analysts; tracking the progress of the team members; developing and recording test cases; executing test cases and analyzing and reporting results; mentoring team members with appropriate tools and OTI processes and standards.
 
TASKS:
1.Understand details of the NYC Design system and guided experiences.
2.Ensure QA process is organized according to OTI standards and best practices
3.Contribute to review of requirements and other project artifacts with the project team; provide QA comments and sign off.
4.Develop and own: Test Strategy & test plan; Detailed Test Cases; Test Scripts; Traceability matrix; Test estimates; Progress reports for test execution; Defect reports.
5.Provide estimates for required testing efforts, collaborate with Project Manager to have testing tasks properly scheduled.
6.Load and maintain test scripts into the test management system, participate in loading and maintaining requirements in the appropriate system.
7.Maintain necessary documentation in SharePoint project site and other shared repositories.
8.Assign tasks to QA Team members and track their progress.
9.Acquire / create / verify test data.
10.Execute test cases according to test plan.
11.Work with project teams to track, report and resolve defects using the test management system.
12.Assist support team in deployments.
13.Contribute to identifying appropriate test cases for sanity testing, regression testing.
14.Identify test scenarios suitable for test automation and automate them where applicable; Contribute to identifying scenarios for performance testing.
15.Make sure all assigned tasks’ status is properly reported and documented.
16.Execute all other QA tasks in the SDLC process.
 
MANDATORY SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
 
At least 12+ years of experience in the field of Quality Assurance with a minimum of 5years as a QA Lead working with complex enterprise solutions. 
Experience testing public-facing software
Experience in using SLDC management system (like Azure DevOps, QC or JIRA) to track and execute test processes. Experience using Azure DevOps (former TFS, Cloud TFS, VSTS) is preferable. 
Experience with UI test automation tool: Selenium WebDriver using Java.
Experience in covering requirements with test cases.
Must be able to assist in validation of technical requirements for integration between system components via real time and batch data transfers. 
Experience with specifics of functional and compatibility testing of browser-based UI (HTML based).
Understanding of the test tasks specifics for HTML based UI vs desktop applications or “thick clients”.
Understanding the purpose and use of the test tools for APIs/Web services, like SoapUI or Postman.
Understanding specifics of various text file formats (CSV, XML, JSON) and their use. 
Understanding the purpose and scope of performance testing process and tools. 
Must be proficient computer user with experience using standard productivity tools including Microsoft Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio for documents development and data preparation and handling.
Must be able to take strategic direction from executive management and participate in strategic planning activities throughout the lifetime of the project.
Must be able to see tasks through to completion without significant guidance 
Strong issue resolution and investigation skills. 
Ability to articulate and document the steps taken to resolve an issue.
Excellent oral and written communication/soft skills and the ability to clearly articulate to all project members and stakeholders; must be a team player who works well with technical and non-technical resources.
Must take initiative, be a decisive decision-maker and show confidence in decisions made.