QA Lead

Responsible for ensuring that quality engineering strategies are aligned with department value streams by reviewing requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback Provide leadership and guidance with team members to set quality engineering technology strategy and direction; partners with business stakeholders and influences overall strategy and use of current capabilities or product offerings Oversee and manage design, development and execution of automation scripts using enterprise tools. Also, continuous collaboration with Development, Functional and Universal Automation framework team for the overall efficiency from the automation perspective across multiple projects Collaborate with the test data and environment management team for the E2E test environment strategy for the release Oversight on strategies to support regression suites based on the yield value to improvise the cycle time and overall efficiencies Develop and apply testing strategies to be executed and implemented by product teams Provides leadership to quality engineering teams, and proactively engages with teams to promote process and organizational improvements that enhance overall effectiveness, especially drive Agile & SAFe methodologies. Must Have Skills: Extensive experience in software product engineering, deployment, and integration. Advanced proficiency in programming languages and coding, such as Python, Java and JavaScript. Strong background in test and quality assurance - demonstrated track record of both tactical execution and strategic leadership in test and quality assurance programs and procedures. At least 12+ years of experience working in the technology industry with 5+ years in leadership role Thorough knowledge of Agile software delivery models (Kanban, Scrum, etc.) Ability to deliver quality rigor by practicing lean & agile methodologies, showcasing technology leadership by formulating automated testing framework and demonstrating engineering mindset by deep understanding app solution & design Nice to Have Skills: Software Testing Certification (e.g. Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL); Certified Software Tester (CSTE); Certified Software Test Professional (CSTP)) Experience working in the energy/utility industry Neoload, HP LR, Selenium, Rest Assured, Appium, Test NG, UFT, Jira, XRAY, Confluence, JMeter Familiarity with Cloud technology Azure/AWS and DevOps tooling & solution.