QA Lead/Automation Tester

Job Title: QA Lead/Automation Tester

Location: Boston, MA

Duration: 6+ Months contract

Job Summary

In the Quality Assurance team, we are seeking a skilled and experienced QA candidate, our goal is to focus on QA processes, procedures and oversee the testing of Datawarehouse or Database of an application. Able to assess software quality through data esting with experience in organizing and controlling the testing process, ensuring visibility, traceability, and delivering high-quality software. Working closely with all the stakeholders and teams and ensuring that they meet the required standards for reliability, accuracy, and security and drive expertise in manual testing strategies that exist within our insurance ecosystem. The successful candidate will secure an opportunity to work with foremost experts in ensuring effective delivery of high-quality data.

QA team lead is also responsible for developing and implementing fixes and improvements, working with their team and with others in the organization to deploy updates and resolve issues that arise during the QA process. You will showcase tactful people skills and articulate communication skills. 

Key Objectives and Major Responsibilities:

• The purpose of this role is to train and mentoring the QA testers and improving all aspects of their understanding.
• Responsible for leading assigned projects to ensure quality, timely delivery, People management.
• The individual will play an essential role in understanding the requirements from BA and defining the test strategies.
• Review functional and design specifications to ensure full understanding of features and testing scope.
• Identify test requirements from specifications and design test coverage plan.
• Major responsibilities include working with other teams and make sure to follow standards and best practices.
• Collect information from team and communicate status as needed to management
• Ensure tickets are prioritized and resolved in a timely manner.
• They will accelerate a high-quality Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) by collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Contributing to the organisational values by actively engaging in the larger learning and development process.
• Driving concise, structured, and effective communication with peers and clients.

Key Capabilities and Competencies:

Knowledge:

• Strong understanding of Testing concepts and QA methodologies
• Strong knowledge of ETL testing/MSBI suite.
• Experience with performing compliance testing, quality control/assurance processes or internal/external audits.
• Ability to understand the bug, troubleshoot them and take part in defect triage call to take decision’s 
• Familiar with Agile Framework.
• Maintain different test metrics and share report to management
• Ability to log defects in different defect management tools like JIRA, Azure DevOps and create reports.
• Understanding of user behaviour, ability to learn user experience and communicating user scenarios.

Skills:

• Excellent judgment and analytical skills
• In-depth understanding of industry standards and company policies
• Ability to be highly effective as a remote employee on a distributed team and contribute to an inclusive, open, and collaborative workplace.
• Good customer focus, strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Exhibits strong leadership skills and ability to learn new tools and technology as per project requirement.
• Strong writing, networking, and communication style with the ability to formulate professional emails, presentations, and documents.
• Ability to work independently and contribute to the team with minimum supervision.

Qualification and Experience:

• Recognized with B. E, B. Tech or Master’s in computer application, computer science, engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 8-10 years of demonstrable experience in testing as QA Lead or similar role in Data testing
• Experienced in reviewing and analysing system specifications, BRDS, use cases, scripts and more.
• Demonstrable experience building strong client/on-site stakeholder relationships.

Desirable:

• Relevant certifications, such as ISTQB, AINS 24, Azure data, Advance SQL are preferred
• Handled multiple projects at a time with good exposure to client interaction.
• Team handling experience as it’s a Lead + IC role.
• Highly technical person with a recognizable insurance experience.

Keywords: Automation, Selenium, ETL, JIRA, Azure, DevOps