
Sr. Engineer, IT Quality Control(Test Strategist)
- India
- Permanent
- Full-time
- BA, BS or equivalent experience in related field. Advance Degree preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in Electronics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a software-related discipline.
- 10+ years as a software automation tester, with at least 5 years in QA leadership role.
- Applies working knowledge in the application of concepts, principles and technical capabilities to perform varied tasks
- Works on projects of moderate scope and complexity
- Identifies possible solutions to a variety of technical problems and takes action to resolve
- Applies judgment within defined parameters
- Receives general guidance and may receive more detailed instruction on new projects
- Work reviewed for sound reasoning and accuracy
- Test Strategy: Develop and execute comprehensive test strategies that cover end-to-end test execution to roll out complex digital products in a complex multiple technology domain. This includes System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and Smoke Tests, with an emphasis on quality, alignment with requirements, and overall test coverage.
- Provide coaching to Test Leads and Test Engineers, to ensure the team has the proper skillset and mindset to support our mission of delivering reliable solutions. Build and maintain a capacitation strategy to track different levels of seniority in the team and their development over time.
- Step in to execute Hands-on Coordination & Test Execution whenever needed: Lead and coordinate hands-on test execution activities, ensuring tests are performed on time, within scope, and to the highest quality standards. This includes functional and non-functional testing activities across the team. Unblocking the team whenever needed, taking tactical and strategic discussions with multiple stakeholders.
- Resource & Deliverable Accountability: Oversee resource planning by closely interacting with Domain Test Leads, Delivery Leads and Product Managers to ensure test deliverables are completed on schedule. Ensure that the test plan is followed, and any test issues are identified and resolved promptly.
- Acceptance Criteria & Sign-off: Define clear acceptance criteria for each test phase as part of the Test Strategy. Ensure these criteria are met before sign-offs are provided for each stage of the testing process, maintaining transparency with stakeholders and ensuring business objectives are met.
- Collaboration & Cross-Functional Engagement: Partner with Domain Test Leads, Product Managers, Product Owners, Delivery Leads, Engineering Leads, and Tech Leads to ensure alignment on quality goals and testing requirements across multiple Agile Release Trains.
- Test Process & Continuous Improvement: Drive best practices in test processes, tools, and methodologies. Foster continuous improvement by regularly evaluating and optimizing the testing lifecycle to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
- Reporting & Documentation: Prepare and deliver comprehensive test execution status reports and communicate results and risks to key stakeholders. Maintain thorough documentation of test plans, results, defects, and other critical test artifacts
- Coordinate test related work between on-shore and off-shore teams maintaining schedules and prioritizing tasks.
- Set project plans and quality expectations for major releases that are grounded in a solid understanding of customer impact and our product offerings.
- Strong people management skills with a proven ability to hire, coach, and grow talent within your team(s).
- Experience developing automation in agile development environments leveraging methodologies that include continuous integration, deployment and delivery, and test-driven development.
- Experience creating and implementing test automation strategies and performance testing methodologies, along with the associated tools and techniques (unit, functional, integration) used to execute automated test suites, and debug test failures.
- Ideal candidate should be comfortable explaining and applying successful industry practices and capable of integrating them into our environment.
- You should be an excellent communicator that is easy to work with, you should be comfortable articulating concepts to stakeholders and management across multiple business functions.
- Have strong technical skills, both functional and non-functional, manual and automation, ideally in a continuous delivery environment.
- Ability to build, and direct quality assurance principles and maintain the quality of delivery between Cardinal Health and its vendors and partners
- Structured and influential communicator: verbally, in written documentation and in presentations
- Experience of working with different platforms Mobile, Web applications and API
- Hands on experience in automated testing of API, web applications & mobile applications using Selenium Appium.
- Knowledge on SAP Test planning
- Possess good analytical skills, with excellent problem-solving abilities.
- Experience with Jenkins or other CI/CD pipeline tools is a plus
- Experience in practices like BDD/TDD/ATDD and test automation is a plus
- Knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming concepts is a plus.
- Exposure to Mobile Applications, eCommerce and healthcare domain Testing is a plus
- Exposure to Katalon is a plus
- Solid experience (5+ years) in driving complex test strategy formulation and execution, particularly in a multiple technology domain such as E-commerce/CRM/ERP rollouts, consisting of a background in SAP
- Proven hands-on experience with end-to-end test execution, including SIT, UAT, and Smoke Tests.
- Experience working in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment and with Agile Release Trains is highly preferred.
- Ability to functionally manage Test Leads and Test Engineers, guiding them through testing phases while maintaining accountability for the overall test process.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally and influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Certifications in Software Testing (e.g., ISTQB, SAFe) are a plus.