AMI Functional Test Lead

Position: AMI Functional Test Lead

Position Type: Full-time

Location: San Francisco, CA

Salary Range: $180000-$200000 years

10 - 25 years of experience

Desired Skills : SQL

Job Description

Must Have Technical/Functional Skill

• 10+ years of hand-on experience in Functional Testing, including test design, execution, defect management, and test governance.
• Strong AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) domain knowledge including meter provisioning, head-end systems, MDM, network management, and field integration workflows.
• Experience with AMI implementation testing, including integration with upstream/downstream utility systems (CIS, OMS, DMS, Billing, GIS, SCADA).
• High-level understanding of automation frameworks and experience collaborating with automation teams to define automation strategy, identify candidate test cases, and review automated scripts.
• Experience in integration testing, E2E testing, system testing, and UAT support for large utility transformation programs.
• Good understanding of SQLs and APIs such as Mule.
• Strong knowledge of test management tools such as Jira or equivalent.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and coordination skills.
• Ability to lead distributed teams and drive testing deliverables independently. Experience in debugging, root cause analysis, and triaging flaky tests.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end functional testing for AMI implementation projects, ensuring full coverage across meter deployment, head-end systems, MDM, field operations, and integration layers.
• Define Test Strategy, Test Plans, Test Scenarios, and Test Metrics for AMI programs and coordinate sign offs with stakeholders.
• Oversee E2E testing across all interfacing systems, including CIS, OMS, DMS/SCADA, Billing, and external vendor applications.
• Collaborate with automation teams to identify automation opportunities, review scripts, and ensure automation supports regression and release cycles.
• Drive requirements analysis, test case design, traceability, and ensure alignment with business and regulatory requirements.
• Manage test execution, defect triage, prioritization, and coordination with development and business teams.
• Ensure data preparation, environment readiness, and validation of test environments for all phases of testing.
• Prepare daily/weekly test status reports, dashboards, and executive level summaries for leadership teams.
• Ensure timely delivery of Test Closure Reports, Test Summary Reports, and formal Test Sign offs.
• Work closely with business testers, vendors, integration partners, and technical teams to ensure seamless testing and issue resolution.
• Provide leadership, mentoring, and technical guidance to functional testers in the team. Contribute to continuous improvement of automation strategy, framework enhancements, and adoption of emerging automation technologies.

Regards,

Sajith Nair Ztek Consulting Inc

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