Industry / Sector / Domain
Information Technology & Services
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience Range
8+ years
Position Summary
Catenon India is looking for a Software QA Manager for one of its clients.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a team of QA leads and testers responsible for designing and executing E2E test strategies for all the projects under CTO software org
- Achieve effective resource utilization within his/her team and cross functional collaboration across projects under CTO software org
- Be a SQA thought leader and establish a framework for continuous Quality improvements, achieve consistent best practices and enable test automation & performance testing across projects under CTO software org
- Responsible for hiring, motivating, and retaining QA resources through effective performance management
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to understand application architecture, identify testing requirements, and create test strategies, test plans & comprehensive test cases to effectively validate them
- Design & drive implementation of functional, integration, system, regression, compatibility, and end-to-end testing of iOS & Android applications for routers
- Provide technical direction, coaching, guidance, and support to team members in multiple geo locations on all aspects of SQA testing to ensure industry standards and best practices are followed
- Establish SQA processes and implement effective Quality metrics and KPIs across projects under CTO software org
- Work with QA teams to conducts tests, document and analyze test results and present findings to different stakeholders
- Perform root cause analysis for escaped defects and drive initiatives to improve the testing approach and test coverage to prevent defect leakage
- Implement customer focused test strategies identifying most rigorous issues impacting customer behavior
- Prioritize UI & API test cases for automation and set up test environments for continuous test execution
- Work with third party partners to investigate & troubleshoot issues, determine root causes, understand their test environments, and gather test cases, test results, to ensure E2E validation of services
- Implement regression test optimization through structured Risk Based Testing and exploratory testing
- Implement creative solutions to increase test coverage partnering with different internal testing groups
- Create and update defect classification criteria for software projects working with engineering and product management leads
- Work with engineering and product teams to drive testability and debuggability of software systems
- Ensure effective QA engagement in sprint teams for Agile testing implementation
- Establish test environments and test data management strategies and implement them for different testing activities
- Set up test lab with required devices for remote QA testers
- Earn trust through regular communication with senior management on status, risks and change control
- Establish effective onboarding processes, knowledge retention and expedite resource onboarding across projects under CTO software org
- Coach and mentor QA staff members across projects to improve productivity and ensure high quality deliverables aligning with organizational goals
- Utilize automation tools and methodologies to improve individual team effectiveness and to increase efficiencies in the QA process
- Leverage JIRA to enforce process standardization and consistent best practices implementation across software projects
- Create a team environment that fosters collaboration, respect, and professionalism to drive innovation
- Own the metrics for Software Quality, define, measure and report on these metrics
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent
- 8+ years of hands-on experience designing, developing, and implementing E2E testing strategies for Mobile applications, Cloud and Embedded systems
- 7+ years of experience as a manager or lead of a quality assurance team
- Expert knowledge of QA testing processes, design methodologies, testing techniques and industry best practices
- Experience with building automated tests for Mobile Apps, Cloud and embedded systems
- Experience with SOAP / REST APIs testing
- Experience with standard QA and development tools
- Creativity and initiative to improve test coverage and effectiveness
- Extensive experience with Agile testing practices
- Proficient in prioritizing tasks that can drive outcomes aligning with organizational goals
- Adept in improving QA processes that can maximize efficiency
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